Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-16

We're a duplicate OF yoar original
that man must be a dubious character
whom it Is not safe to duplicate.
If you are willing to accept sue
cessful mans achievement without any
regard for the moral quality, which
must enter into every mans work, then
every epoch produces its successful
| man who has no regard for conscience
or for God. Leave out the moral quail
fly and julius Caesar was success.
| Ignore the moral element and, up TO a
| certain point, Napoleon was supreme
success. II you are disposed TO judge
! OF q mans success without any refer
ence to the moral quality which ought
| 10 enter into every achievement, then
| there are, in every community, sue
cesstul men whose acquaintance would
| be no compliment and whose compan-
| ionship would be disgrace TO any
| man who has any regard for consci-
ence or for character. Let us pc OK
plici,. The man who throws his con-
science overheard is a failure. No
amour. OF money will make bad man
| a success. The more colossal the COZ
lateral the more complete the collapse.
| The poorest man In the world Is the
| man Who has wealth and nothing else.
| Fourth. The highest Interpretation
Of success is this, that man should.
| with a due regard for the most of him
l self and his circumstances. This Is
! success according to scripture, science
and common sense What can man
l do more than to make the most OF
| himself and his circumstances? III l
| can look within and bring forth all that
| God hath implanted of mind. VIII, Icr-
| pose and genius. IT 1 can reach out
| and around and gather up all that be-
longs 10 my condition. environments and
| surroundings-lf / can wed these at
| the altar OF destiny. then l shall have
made the most OF myself and of my
| circumstances. This is success. An
angel could do no more. The highest
| compliment ever conferred on any in
| dividual in the worlds history, was be-
slowed on a woman: She hath done
what she could Having defined sue
| cess in its four interpretations as lit
! eral, individual. popular and ideal. We
| shall now proceed to indicate the
| proper elements which enter into
genuine SUCCESS under the general cap
! lion OF The Vocabulary Of Success.
l. Character. All the money in all
| the banks OF all the provinces OF the
| Dominion OF Canada will not make a
lad man a success The man who
exchanges character for cash. purity
Tor power. principle for party, man
| hood for money, his soul for silver
and his God for gold is a failure. first
last and always. Right only and right
ALWAYS shall have the right of way in
Gods universe. Right is right as God
is God. Character is the only thing
which endures. Character is the only
,thing which you will ever take with
YOU out Of this world and the only
thing which you will ever leave be-
hind you. Character is the biggest
word in the dictionary. Character is
the diamond which scratches every
other stone Character is the keystone
in the arch OF destiny. The universe
is built on character. No lasting SUI
perstructure was ever built on a lie.
Some youthful poet has said
France has the lily,
England has the rose,
And everybody knows
Where the shamrock grows.
Scotland has the thistle,
Flowering on the hill;
But the American emblem is
A one dollar bill.
\ The American emblem is not 81
bill. Nor Is the British emblem
J, gold sovereign or 20 shillings in sill
YER The emblems of republic and
, empire are not of silver and gold, but
, the splendid ensign of the Stars and
Stripes and the great flag with the
. cross upon it. And these emblems
stand for a manhood built four square.
, resting on the solid rock OF truth, be-
tween whose walls there shall stand
. forth in form erect the pillars Of equity
3 and Justice and beneath whose dome
, there shall flash forth, in steady ray,
. the arc light of conscience-a man
, hood, please God, like unto the pro-
, portions of the perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature Of the fulness
of that one concerning whom Jean
Paul Richter once said: "Who beine
the hottest among the mighty and the
!. mightiest among the holy. lifted with
his pierced hands empires of theit
= hinges, turned the stream Of the cen
. turtles out OF it's channel and who still
govern the ages"
. II. individuality. Emerson was righ'
when he said that God has given &c
every man something which is char
: acteristic OF himself. We are all alike
g in one respect: We differ. To every
9 man God has given . place, a work and
e destiny. Happiness and success de-
Ponds on finding your place and your
g work. There Is some one thing whtcf
/ you can do. You can do 1t better thar
( anything else. You can do 1t better
g than anybody else can do IT. If yot
n don't do It, It will remain undone FOL
e all time and eternity. Let no mar
n deceive you, You are not q cypher II
t the divine. thought. You are In thu
Il world and there Is some special wor