The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Heart to Heart Talks
ny CHARLES \. LuRIE

Emperor William of Germany created
a stir with it several years ago when he
asserted that Germany should seek a
place in the sum-" meaning thereby
that Germany should attempt to fill
the position in the world to which she
was entitled by her advance In wealth
and science and population.
Places In the sun of publicity and re-
nown are undesirable, no doubt
But it depends on the means chosen
to attain them. If they are sought by
nations, for example. by means OF
overbearing force or tricky diplomacy
they are not worth while.
And III individual persons seek them
by analogous methods it We're better
for them to remain content with sta
tions in the shade, not in the sun
The sun can wither and burn AMI
and fructify. There is death in the
rays of the sun sometimes, for all its
life giving power
If you expose yourself too much to
the sun you may be sunstruck And il
you strive too eagerly for fame and
place and power YOU may find that life
in the shade holds far more desirable
prizes.
1t depends on the means you employ
to get and hold your "place in the sun"
Keep Moving
I find the great thing in this world is
not so much where we stand as in what
direction we are moving. To reach the
port of heaven We must sail sometimes
with the wind and sometimes against 1t,
but we must sail and not drift nor lie
at anchor.-Oliver Wendell Holmes
That's the great thing--to keep mov-
ing.
Motion is life; immobiiity is death.
Moreover, to permit the body or the mind
to remain motionless for even q short
time is to invite deterioration and decay
Even In sleep the body is not completely
at rest, for the vital processes of respira-
tion digestion, etc. go on.
What is true OF the microcosm of
body Is true also of the macrocosm of
the world, for the mass of men repeat
in many cases the processes which ami
mate the individual.
The world. like the man, must keep
moving II life is to continue. 1t can
not rest. 1t must go on and on, to full
fill It's destiny. We hope and trust and
believe that the destiny, both of man as
an individual and of man in total will
and must be good.
1t does not rest in the power of man,
perhaps, to put hand on the helm of the
world, on the ship of all mankind and
direct it safely. surely and steadily to its
ultimate port.
u.
Granted that man must keep moving,
why not move in the right direction?
As you stand at the stern of the vessel
OF your own destiny, in the watches of
the starlit night, take thought of your
course and your destination. Give your
self up to contemplation of the end and
aim of life and resolve that you will
steer your bark Alright.
Let the binnacle light of your conscience
so shine on your compass that you will
be able to hold the wheel true in all stress
of weather.
The ship which drifts aimlessly about
on the face of the waters without guild
ance, is called a derelict. 1t is signfi-
cant of the justice of the figure of the
speech comparing man and his journey
through life to a ship and her voyage
that a human being drifting without di-
rection is called a human derelict.''
Resolve to be on the ocean of life a
great, strong, proud liner, fearlessly push
ing its way through storm and sunshine
and making splendid voyages, rather than
a storm beaten. helpless, drifting derelict.