The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-30
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoN SWEET MkRDEN.
VIM is THE POWDER oFEsuccEss.
Copyright BY Mcclure Newspaper synaios.

There is nc other success quail
lty excepting honesty which is more
in demand today III ali lines of human
endeayor than vim. Everybody be-
lieves in it; everywhere We hear:
Give US a man who can do some
thing; a man who has push; a man
with iron in his blood" Ability is
worthless without the power to put
it into action. Resolutions, however
good, are useless without the energy
necessary to carry them out. Push
clears the track; people get out Of the
way of an energetic man. Energy is
what wins. Many men fail to reach
the mark because the powder in them
is not ~proportioned to the bullet"
More men fail to attain success in life
from lack Of energy-that force which
achieves, accomplisnes, pushes its
way through obsracles-than from al
most anything else.
No matter how much ability q
young man may have, or how clever,
courteous or :amiable he may be, IL he
lacks energy, the powder of success,
he never accomplishes3 much. There Is
no success In weakness, no victory In
the uncertain step, hesitating will, lag
ging hand, or languid brain of an ex-
hausted man. Even small ability with
great energy will accomplish more
than the greatest ability without en-
ergy. II fred from a gun with sufh-
cient velocity a tallow candle can be
shot through an inch board.
He who Is hampered BY depleted vi
tality is constantly losing opportu-
mites, because he lacks strength to
grasp them, to hold on to them, and
to use them. y He is forced behind
and sees men who have not half his
mental capacity, but who have strong
physiques and all their power intact,
forge ahead Of him and seize the
prizes. The great problem, then,
which everyone has toface is how
to generate energy, how to conserve
1t, and how to keep oneself always
at the top Of his condition. When
aver you are angry or feel like grum-
bling or pouting-whenever you are
gloomy, fretful or mcrose-you are
consuming your energA wasting your
vitality, and opening the sluiceways
in your mental reservoir, instead Of
sending the power over the wheel
to drive the mental machinery. Every
thing which frets, chafes, rasps or
brings inharmony into life is a vi
talfty-waster. Whatever brings dis
cord into thesnervous system destroys
power. Friction Is, q deadly foe to,
happiness and success. 1t grinds
away the delicate bearings Of life's
machinery without doing. any good or
increasing any value: To free life
from friction, to lubrisate all the fac
ulties and to stop all the leaks OF en-
ergy is the first duty to oneself
and to others.
Millions of peop,3 have made mis-
cradle failures in life by letting this
precious energy, which might have
made them successful slip away from
them in foolish living and silly dissi-
patton. Much ofathe worst kind Of
energy. dissipation Is not what Is.
commonly called Immoral It is'often
the result Of ignorance, carelessness,
or neglect; but 1t is dissipation, all
the same. a!
If you would make your mark in,
the world, and do your part in advanc-
ing civilization. you must cut off
everything which is an energy-waster
or success-killer. Do not do anything
or touch anything which will lower
your vitality. Always ask yourself,
VIVA is there in, this thing I am go
ing to do which will add to my life
work, which will increase my power,
keep me in a more superb condition,
and make me more efficient in the
service of humanity" j. :