The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-13
ANSWERING THE WRONG CALL.

Bacon, in his essay on ambition,
we'll says: He that seeketh to be
eminent among able men hath a
great task, but he that plots to be
the only figure among ciphers is the
decay of whole age
Every man who through the ex-
ercise of that eapability which is the
growth of preparation gains rank in
his profession Is an accomplished
and net a plodder; he is progress
sive of the forward rather than the
backward order, and his conlmuni-
ty whether it be great or small, is
better for his having lived therein.
But ambition is only the fuel
that must supply the incentive. I'm
less there is preparation and under
standing, adaptability and capabili-
ty upon which the incentive can act,
its flame must flicker and grow dim,
producing that which plots to be
the only figure among ciphers.
That man who through the intelli-
gent application of carefully studied
methods is able to make two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before is accepted a3 a gent
us and is heralded as a success by
his fellow mortals, while that other !
man, who, though responding to that |
sentiment which he may call ambl
ton, lacking in knowledge of that
10 which he seeks to apply his eff
'orts. instead of doubling the
srowth causes to shrink and shriyel |
he one blade already growing, is
branded as a failure.
The world famous DR.. Mayo
lands as a shining light in the
practice OF surgery, but IL
hance should place him at the head
f some, great banking institution
here gold flowing through the ar
,ries of business rather than the
fe current surging through the
ghways of the human body was
e demand for his knowledge, he
,uId, in all probability, prove a
peless failure There is differ
&c between physic and finance.
And the world today is filled with
n who are failures because of a
stant playing at cross purposes.
fling from one avocation to
,ther and prodded by envy, which
too frequently mistaken for AMI
on. these human sand dunes are
on to ruin by the light of some
err mans success Ambition and
ius are the pillars Of glorious
ievement, but the connecting
b is formed of preparation and
while "sticktuitive-
s. is the foundation on which
completed tower of success must
The man who farms with one
nd and undertakes to run a del
trtment store with the other viii
early always prove a failure at 10
9th. A man may be able to fiddle Y
iimself into the good graces of a \
people when frenzied finance would
put him behind prison walls. Ifl
you have been a failure at every
thing for forty years don't expect to
graduate as a moulder of public |
opinion in four
Poetry is one thing and n1olasses
: another. and each are alike use
II in their respective places and |
iperior as to quality through the
suit of ambitious effort on the
TT of their producers. But the mo- u
sses maker can't make good po- u
", neither can the poet star as a u
,lasses maker. If man give az
ne to the church and a nickle to IN
2 devil he is not trying very hard
put satan out of business. ct
If the husbandman has trusted te
u with talent, improve it. Be u
lbitious, but do not let envy in 81
ire you to attempt to root some
Q out of his warm place" rf
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