El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

individually responsible for our
destinies. for our successes or
failures. our happiness or misery is
one that neither science nor experience
has ever answered
The fortunate swell out their chests
and boldly proclaim I am the mas
ter OF my fate : arr the captain Of
my soul" They point to their achieve
ments as the result Of their own energy
the reward Of their superior judgment
and acumen- They scott at chance and
say that a man IS his own luck. and
that he stands or falls according 10
his own will
Unfortunate Blame An Evil star.
The unfortunate. the unsuccessful
the derelicts Of Hfe-cry out on the
other hand, that they are not to blame
for their failures, that they were born
under an evil star. and some malign
power rules their days and brings
their every effort to naught. Their
labor is barren Of results Their Srrug-
giles. fruitless. Their sacrifices in vain.
Opportunity never knocks at their
doors. Happiness passes them BY
They seem to have the curious prop
erty OF attracting eVel to them
selves. as others draw good about them
And who shall judge which OF these
two contentious is rtghLE Who shall
say whether we are the puppets OF
fate or its master2 Does not life itself
begin in the greatest gamble on earthg
Is not luck mOthered in the cradle
Two children are born the self same
moment, OF the same parents, as nearly
alike as humanity possible NO eye can
discern any material difference be-
tween them, but in the little hairless
skull OF the one is a brain that viii
make him a great writer, great gen
eral, a great statesman, a great 11nan-
cier. while the other little head con-
tains only feeble intellect that
will never be able even to think clearly
or do anything fore than grasp few
elemental facts
The wall OF two newborn babes her
aids their coming into the world To
the physician, to the nurse, to even the I
mothers, they sound exactly alike, but
one Of them comes from the throat OF
a CarusO and the other from the throat I
Of one who will never be able TO carry /
a tune.
Great Selected Before Birth.
Chance settles before they were born /
who were to be the Kiplings. the Glad |
stones the NapOleOns. the ROckefellers, I
the CarusOs. 1t was luck, and not Pc !
culiar fitness that put the crown on the /
head OF the king Of England and the I
car Of Russia and made Franz Joseph I
emperor Of Austria and Emmanuel king !
of Italy.
And which Of US. looking back upon I
our own lives, does not marvel at the 4
part that uck-fate-kismet--ca il /
what yOu will-the occult power that ]
somehow seems to rule our utmost that
fort has had upon our destiny. You
saunter purposely down a street, An
idle turning to the right and il is the
path that leads you straight TO fortune, I
or an equally meaningless turning 10 /
the left takes you right to destruction. (
You seek In vain for a publisher for
your book, or a manager to produce
your play, or a capitalist to back your
scheme or exploit your invention, and Z
by chance YOU bump into a strange
man on the street car, or sit next to 7
rH 4
him on the train, and you find in him
the good angel that opens the door to
SUCCESS 10 you.
Luck and Success.
We can not depend on luck alone fo-
success. We must also work and
strive, but beyond industry, beyond I
Intelligence, beyond judgment there is I
also the element of chance and fate I
he something in human life that lies [
IN the knees OF the gods and is given q
IS. or withheld, in accordance with I
he Whim OF the pleasure Of the Power
hat rules our destiny And against |
his decree our tears and our prayers /
wall not.
The idea OF this omnipotent power Of
ate that holds US in the hollow Of its
and has been most beautifully and
graphically portrayed in the picture IT
he top OF this page Look at IL. STUDY {
Observe the great muscular hand
lslng out OF the void Of darkness
he unknown that surrounds life. See
he great life line Take heed OF the ,
my human beings, the man and WON, Z
n, blndfolded, who, starting from dff-
erent directions, perhaps having differ
Mt ends in view, stumble along until [
heir paths meet.
50 are marriages made. So is the
ace perpetuated. So do men ana |
omen come into the heaven Of haDpv
larriages or the purgRtory Of UNHAPPY /
1es. They follow the line of fare
Destiny Plays n Part In Mafrimonv- g.
II you ask man why he married I .
ne particular woman he did. he will
rooably tell you that he loved her or
least he thought he did when he &
sked her 10 be his wife. II YOU ask q
I'm why he loved her. or imagined he y
"a, he cannot tell YOU. Nine times oar n
Ten sne isn't at all the type OF wom- e
he had always Intended to marry
enerally he had no notion at on ~
arriving when he did. She had no par /
GUAR beauty. no special charm 10 ar | n
act MIN more than other women. but / =
idaenly the line OF fate brought I :
lem together' and for veal or woe tho Il
e was cast q
We who believe in love and romance N