The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-03

scholarship In rendering it thus: who,
being In the form Of God, did not med
itate a usurpation to be on an equality
with God, but [contrariwise1 made
Himself of no reputation, and took
upon Him the form Of a servant" He
said:
Whoever has no ambition has not
properly begun to live. Ambition i'm
plies appreciation Of the value of life
a weighing Of prospects and possibiA-
ties-a decision, and a fixed determi-
nation of will. Parents and teachers
should aim to lift before the mental
vision Of the young noble ideals, and to
assist them in determining what they
would copy and which goal they will
bend life's energies to reach. To such
parents and teachers many Of those
successful in life refer in terms of en-
dearment, declaring how much they
owe to the encouragement Of ideals
and ambitions to which these assisted
them.
Many Woe 6esone Faces.
AS we learn to read character and to
observe people, we perceive that many
are wholly without ambition; or that
their ambitions are so low and trivial
as not to be Of real benefit. In q crowd
Of a thousand people. less than a hun
bred will show by their faces and their
energy that they have an ideal, an am
bition, and are pursuing It. In other
words, nine-tenths Of our poor, fallen
race lack the very handspring Of life.
This lack of proper ambition not only
makes life a drudgery instead of a
pleasure, but it is a menace to our So
cial fabric. According to the Bible, 1t
is this nine-tenths of the human fam
lily, without lawful ambitions, that will
be anarchists, striving to pull down the
structure Of civilization In a kind Of
blind fury-the awakening Of an am
bition which, knowing not how to vent
itself, will bring trouble upon all.
Worldly Ambitions Profitable.
It is the ambitious tenth of humanity
' that cause the wheels Of progress to
turn. Their ambitions are keeping their
own minds actively occupied and are
giving employment to the remainder
Of men. The ambitious mechanic hopes
: to become an inventor and to rise In
the social scale. The ambitious clerk
strives for success, hoping to become
a successful merchant. The successful
merchants, princes and captains Of in
; dustry take pride in building up vast
~ th1 nTA1fInF1 M mnnI1-
mental edifices, in the construction OF
great bridges, tunnels, etc. Others
have ambitions along professional lines
There is a general tendency among
the ambitionless to view these success
full people harshly, to think of their
ambitions as purely selfish, giving nc
credit to the pleasure Of an exercise
of ambition which the majority cannot
appreciate because they have n y
! themselves. .. f'
Contrary Thoughts Should Prevail.
Men with ambition leading or tt
genius should be admired. appreciated
and 1t should be remembered that the.
have helped mankind in general to lar
ger conceptions Of life and to wide
possibilities. I grant, indeed, the ne
cessity for legislation in restraining tn
rich, and especially trusts and com
binations of brain and money which
might endanger the liberties and pros
perity of the masses But let us neve
forget how much we owe to the ambl
tious men whom we seek to RESTRAIN
from power to crush those of less am
!. bition and less capacity, who are NOR
! or less dependent upon them.
AS proving that some of our success
full men we're moved by ambition rathe
, than love Of money, we note the rae
that, having accumulated vast fol
tunes, some are directing their enc
! gies in expanding the money in the Ell
! dowment of colleges, the building OF
braries, the financing OF politician an
, medical Investigations for public wea
Whether their judgment and ours agre
las respects the wisdom OF their benz
/ factions is another matter. They hav
a right to exercise their own JUDI
ments in the use OF money which can
to them through the exercise Of the
own brains and ambitions.
We can surely agree that a beautifl
4 library building becomes an incenti,
1 for the erection of other beautif
buildings. even though comparative
q OF salmon to the river last year; b
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