Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-12-25
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRlSON SWEET MARpEN,
copyright BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
VIM Is THE POWDER OF SUCCESS

There Is no other success quail
ity excepting honesty which Is more
IN demand today in ali lines OF human
endeavor than vim. Everybody be.
lieves in it; everywhere we hear:
Give US 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
1t 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, accomplishes. pushes its
way through obstacles-than from al
most anything else.
No matter how much ability a
young man may have, or how clever,
courteous or amiable he may be, if he
lacks energy, the powder of success,
he never accomplishes 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. If fired from gun with suffi-
cient velocity 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. 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 to face is how
to generate energy, how to conserve
1t, and how to keep oneself always
at the top Of his condition. When.
ever you are angry or feel like grum.
bling or pOuting-whenever you are
gloomy, fretful or mcrose-you are
consuming your energy, 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 vi.
tality-waster. Whatever brings dis.
cord into the nervous system destroys
power. Friction is q deadly foe to
happiness and success. It grinds
away the delicate bearings of LIES
machinery without doing any good OF
increasing any value. To free life
from friction, to lubricate all the fac
ulties and to stop all the leaks of en-.
ergy is the first duty to oneself
and to others.
Millions of people 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 of the worst kind Of
energy dissipation is not what Is
commonly called Immoral" 1t is often
the result of ignorance, carelessness,
or neglect; but 1t is dissipation, all
the same.
If you would make your mark in
the world, and do your part in advanc
ing civilization, you must cut on
everything which is an energy-waster
or success. killer. Do not do anything
or touch anything which will lower
your vitality. Always ask yourself
What is there in this thing l am 60
ing to do which win add to my life
work, which will increase my power
keep me in more superb condition.
and make me more efficient In the
service of humanity"