The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-02
by olihilan Scott.

growth Of the music school has filed
my hands with work throughout the
week: and lately the writing of a
weekly article has had TO wait until
Sunday.
I'm irm advocate Of six days work
and one days relaxation.
I'm going to relax.
wish to say that the opinions ex-
pressed In these articles are the results
of travel. observation, experience and
thought.
Printed by a Pensacola newspap per,
they have no especial reference TO Pen
sacola people; but are intended to be
of worldwide application.)
sour doubts are traitors, and make
us miss the good we Oft might have.
through fearing to attempL"-Shak-
spere.
Ambition is desire to succeed.
Mans handspring. which works when
wound up.
Necessity is the mother of Invention
and Ambition Is the father of Inven-
ton.
Necessity and Ambition are the great
producers OF results.
Everyone has Ambition. and everyone
ought to have Necessity,
You don't like that, do you?; but it's
true.
Mother Necessity frequently has to
arouse Ambition and pitch him out of
his coy corner to go and saw wood.
Come out of here she says, land
get busy or I'll starve you"
And Ambition, who spends most Of
his time looking for a soft spot to lie
down at ease yawns and stretches him
self and looks Iongingiy at the beloved
ha " 0fC hnx bo
slippers and the pile of magazines, and
feels quite envious of the cat which
can lie on a nice warm rug before the
fire between meals and stay out all
night singing serenades to the cat next
door.
Necessity is to Ambition what steam
is to machinery. The Machinery Is
there, ready to rust out or to wear out
Without the motive power it's q mere
collection OF wheels and things. Away
comes the steam, round go the wheels,
and you get results.
But" you say. I'VE can have Am
bition without Necessity
Yes. so you can. There are many
noble minds hammering away at big
ambitions; Edison for instance; who is
pretty sure Of the dollar d day which
is the limit of our necessities though
not of our wants. Yet even these men
are driven by a form Of Necessity; he
necessity for mental occupation: with
out which they would quickly decay,
rust. be miserable and die.
Everyone has Ambition; everyone:
it's only a matter of degree.
There are large ambitions and small
good ambitions and bad am
billions, selfish ambitions and unselhsh,
noble ambitions.
81 a. b.
sire to shine in a cheap and vulgar
manner. To be considered good rook-
ing, to attract attention by display o:
clothes, to have a bigger horse or au-
ton1obile or more servants than your
neighbor, 30 shine generally by appear
ances and display.
The cure for this ambition Is an
other ambition. which will keep you
too busy for such foolishness.
Education Is steadily opening the
eyes Of each successive generation to
the folly and vanity and empty head
edness thus exhibited.
The energy and money so wasted
should be diverted into useful chan
nels; the promotion OF laudable am
billions.
The desire to shine is reasonable and
good. It's a divine provision for our
advancement; but we adopt the wrong
means. follow the wrong course We
try to eat soup with a fork whilst
there's sensible spoon lying right be-
side US.
We're a blind lot till we get our eyes
opened. and the finest eye-opener in
the world is Adversity.
The nan who has never exper' -~~1
Necessity or Adversely has missed he
most strengthening part of bis educa-
ZION.
There are any number OF laudable
ambitions open to us. We need. how I
ever. to put on our considering cap
and have a right good argument with |
ourselves before we decide what may |
grove our destiny; for. If we peri |
ourselves to pursue an ambition for |
which we are not qualified. we shall |!
live only to be disappointed.
We all have an aptitude for some |
thing.
The first question therefore is: |
What am / extra smart at which is |
sensible and good and has future pos |
sibilities?"
You will surely think of one or more
ines Of industry which appeal to you. |
The next step should be discussion
with sensible friends who know you
we'll and understand your tempera-
nent.
Patience thought, good advice, and
1 sincere desire to be some hing worth /
while in the world Will before very
- 4hgu~r nY0Sa1rv Y4 "a v,,-aY~z 1905,