The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
The "Tenns Cabinet" and What It Stood For1he French
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Learning Motto Be Afraid.

that he does possess. It ID the only ktuo
of success that is open to most of u.
Yet. some OF tho greatest successes In
history have been those OF this second
class-when call it second class I. am
not running II down In the least. ! am
merely pointing out that 1t diners IN KIND
from the first class. To the average man
it Is probably more useful to study this
second type Of success than to study the
first From the study of the first he can
learn inspiration, he can get uplift and
loily enthusiasm. From the study Of the
second he can. il he chooses. md out
how to win similar success himself
Labor Secret Of Success.
I need hardly say that all the successes
I have ever won have been of the second
type 1 never won anything without hard
labor and the exercise Of my best 1udS-
ment and careful planning and working
long in advance. Having been a rather
sickly and awkward boy. was a. .
young man at first both nervous and dis
trustful Of my own prowess. had To
train myself painfully and laboriously not
merely as regards my body, but a. re-
CARDS my. soul and spirit
When a boy read Q passage In one OF
Marryat's books which always impressed
me- In this passage the captain Of some
small British man-o'-war il explaining to
the hero how to acquire the quality OF
fearlessness. He says that at the outset
almost every man is frightened when ne
goes into action, but that the course to
follow is for the man to keep such
grip on himself that he can act just as
If he was not frightened. After this Is
kept up long enough 1t changes from
pretense to reality, and the man does in
very fact become fearless by sheer dine
of practicing fearlessness when he does
not feel ii. Q am using my own Ian
guage, not Marryat's)
This was the theory upon which went.
There were all kinds OF things OF which L
was afraid at first. ranging from grizzly
bears to mean horses and gun-nght-
ers; but by acting as il I was not afraid
L gradually ceased to be afraid. Most
men can have the same experience II
they choose They will first learn to bear
themselves well in trials which they an
ticipate and school themselves in advance
to meet After a while the habit VIII
grow on them. and they will behave well
in sudden and unexpected emergencies
which come upon them unawares.
II is of course much pleasanter II ons
is naturally fearless, and l envy and
respect the men who are naturally fear
less. But 1t is a good thing to remember
that the man who does not enjoy this ad-
vantage can nevertheless stand beside the
man who does, and can do his duty with
the like efficiency, II he chooses to. OF
course he must not let his desire take the
form merely of a day-dream- Let him
dream about being q fearless man, and
the more he dreams the better he Will
be. always provided he does his best to
realize the dream in practice. He can
do his part honorably and well provided
only he sets fearlessness before himself
AZ an ideal schools himself to think OF
danger merely as something to be faced
and overcome. and regards life itself As
he should regard it. not as something to
| be thrown away. but as pawn to be
promptly hazarded whenever the hazard
| is warranted by the larger interests OF
the great game in which We are all en-
gagged.