The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

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of the antarctic continent. mem
= ~ bers of the polar expedition
headed by Capt. Robert #. Scott. set up
d memorial cross for their fallen leader
and his brave companions. On it ap-
pears this fine line from Tennyson's
= ssU1ysses."
.sTo strive to SEEK to find. and not
NO YIELD
Captain scott's fate was peculiarly
sad one. He reached the south pole
to discover that another had preceded
him there by scant month. He re-
turned to a point nearly in sight OF the
harbor to die of cold and privation.
Yet mournful as was his end there
on tines out of it certain white glory.
te we feel glad in a big way not that
:, :, q died. but that he lived.
= We feel glad that he dared take large
: risks to win a large prize. that he was
net afraid to pay the price, that he kept
UP his records to the end, and that he
met his fate like a man.
ETe strove. he sought. he found and
did not yield.
When one man shows a notable ex-
ample of heroism, when he comes up
to the mark In a conspicuous way. he
makes all men little richer, better,
stronger.
We human beings are so knit together
In our life, SO interviewer in one texture
oe humanity, so dependent each on air
: and all on each. that one great deed be-
comes the propertw and pride of all Of us.
{ ANEW standard has been set; new In
cei4tive is before us.
51Iach high and worthy achievement by
man makes human nature higher and
more worthy. 1t shows what man can be
at his best
Captain Scott won his goal. That an
other won It first does not lessen his
labor or success.
There is glory enough for ALL"
He marched hundreds of miles through
a white wilderness. suffering privations,
arduous labors, great perils, hunger ana
cold. to add to the sum of human lSnowl-
= edge and human achievement. He gave
his life to science.
Best of all
He did not yield.
Service
There is but one true basis for either
wealth or fame.
1t is service.
Any wealth we gain for which we have
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tainted.
Any fame we enjoy that has not been
earned by service is false fame that will
turn to dispraise.
The Greatest of the. Great said he
came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister.
His life was one of service.
The old motto of the nobility was Itch
diem Il serve.)
The first meaning of service is that
If is SOmpfnng do for others
He who does any usful work is BEN
efiting others. 1t may be the raising
of crop that others may have food
they in turn paying equivalent price.
Whether he recognizes 1t not, his
task is altrustic He may think that
he works only for the selfish reward,
but a matter of fact he feeds the
hungry
Perhaps his work is mnistering to the
sick. The vulgar idea is that the doctor
works only for his fee Yet no fee can
measure the easing of pain. the saving
OF life. Whatever we may say Of the
doctor, he works for others.
The one who serves may be a writer.
He entertains, comforts, instructs or in
spires others. We may say that he does
il only for the money or reputation
twill bring him, vet that is but small
part of the truth. He is ministering to
his fellow men.
Or he may be an artist, saying, as
true artists do, that he does not work
alone for what he may gain in return,
but, rather, for the very works sake.
Yet even this falls short of the whole
truth. lie Is adding to the worlds
beauty and so is serving countless thou
sands in the highest way
So 1t is throughout life. If we arc
worth our salt we are serving others. The
reward we receive is but the sauce on
tine dish. The solid, substantial thing is
the service we are rendering
Moreover our Importance in the scheme
OF things depends on this service. 1t
is the rock on which is builded the temple
of our civilization.
One other point The important thing
is the service and not the reward.
The man who works from that end is
the man who wins In a big way
The absolute scientific basis of success
is not how much + can get from others.
but how much | can do for others.
Life is Opportunity
1t is fine aa~ning most OF us
that we have come into new age. that
the world has changed It's viewpoint both
industrially and psychologically.
Invention accounts for much of the In
dustrial transformation. AS that con-
Germs us in social and political way
than 1t does as individuals it can
be passed by in this discussion.
The psychological change is the one
that personally affects each one of us.
In word, this change has brought the
realization in practical actual way that
We make our own world.
Our whole literature mas long been full
of adages stating this truth, but we have
accepted them without recognizing their
tremendous import.
For example:
1--WE can make OF ourselves what we
Z will"
las man thinleth in his iheart so
is he.''
I'VE are the arbiters Of our own des-
tiny
Or, as Henley SO finely puts 1t:
L am the master of my fate; am
the captain of my soul"
The new realization is that these
things are literally true.
The whole of life from the cradle to
the grave is opportunity
Let us take specific instances:
Suppose you are student
1t is your opportunity so to inform
and train your mind In any desired d.
rection that you can make fame and
IT. L.