Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
\ reader send. in Ibis Ietter. which we answer:

reader sends in this letter. which
p 3 more aa 5 sG e9 aS2" su% S1 5 and station % not
and ambitious Woainf our Prominent men hprer
co to be- poor and gp<noTn yao AFTER they are de2d Mh Gmer
mans ambition and
9s f @z % sy !" the world instead N Il T@1aTf the
That interesting twoIegged charge of this earth,
called wound up complicated fashion Twelve pas
sjon instincts or attractions hem as You please
animate and control hmm.
OF these twelve passions NINE actual moving forces,
THREE direct and g ,20JGl the Other nne ...
dominaewe will ignore the others for the present.
First, and most necessary. is THE INSTINCT OF SELF
PRtHtN AIloN mat instinct kept men awe forced aem 10
continue living this earth under horrible conditions Of cold
and hunger and brutality Natures wisdom made the instinct of
sfprescryaon powerful in primitive to keep him
his the of thirty thou
years and of today the instinct of preservation is
aIpowerfu You that burning theaer sinking ship
elsewhere when the real nature of man out.
The second great moving force in mankind is the PATER
NAL INSTINCT the instinct of reproduction This
that there shall be other human beings earth to follow each
snct of reproduction the strongest next to the instinct of
The third great passion of the human mind is AMBITION,
our desire for change, for improvement.
As we have told you before and shall often repeat the in
of SEIFPRESERV ALTON keeps Jus earth
pAERN TA Sr to t SaTr o On our work
ABOUT PROGRESS.
friend whose letter we quote is one of many that ask
whethe" ambition really worth while what sort of ambition
man ought to have. etc
The question may disregarded If You have ambition
YOU'VE GOT IT. It's like the measles doesn't make any
difference whether it is worth while mott must its
Every human being has ambition youth The young
woman without ambition creature almost mthnkabe
years however our diminish in in
ensifor have yet reached the real of develop
mcnt which will bring about constant increase of intellectual force
and interest at least for the first hundred years of life
Ambition the human emotion that dies quickly 1t
attacked and dcvord by just such questions friend puts
The stomach says: Why feed we'll and enjoy my
dssye delights instead of wasting your energies trying to do
something d02
Vanity says: why don't YOU give up your foolish of
duty Pile one dollar another dress WELL cultivate the good
OPINION OF your neghborS be liked and approved by little minds
The mind tired of repeated failures it wants rest and
Every little opportunity in life every little comfort fights
against mans ambition. if his ambition be really high
Inc average man at thirty begins already to put aside his
dreams of eighteen and twenty.
At forty he has settled down into little m that means no
growth
At fifty he has reached where looks pityngIy
down upon the who possess ambitious that he has
lost and that he now calls "fooIish dreamings"
Our friend asks Anyhow after they are dead what differ
ence does make whether they prominent ruscs2
In opinion it makes great deal of difference 1t can
cosme wisdom the ear" of this globe should be periShabe
\, rI,4 IS not 4%1sy@9e that in universe where know
Srod should be that higher compound force which ca
distribute the force and the matter attached globe
The som MUST be immortal for all through the govern
ment OF the universe we Justice and kindness be
fered without ecompns hereafter 1t bcievabe espec
a hat the passionate desire for Immortality should be placed
IN men only to be disappointed
If We are immortal and MUST be-hcre is surely a re
ward for the soul that tries The soul which per
sS must be higher soul than gives in: and it's
state must be higher when it leaves this body
Various religions reward deserving in various wavs-
with happy hunting grounds. with we'll stocked
the peaceful none4E that The WORKOUT IIndoo
golden crown and the home of solid gold precious stones
winch seemed desirable to the primitive civilization East
Rewarded we SHALL presumably along lines of natu-
raj growth; along the lines of own desert
bu' taxing the Eoom,Nt possible view of the question that
asked and assuming that does make any difference to
man hereafter whether he did wcl on earth we ask in
How about the that lives Sefi>hy fills the little on,-
ach deomte> the foolish bod, fmcfu only for him