Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-06-10

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hills and the old trees taught him
their secrets, and he grew up close
to their hearts, manly, open and
free. But, he dreamed Of fame ard
fortune. Ambition beckoned:
And the boy plunged into the
city's roar,
And he learned the markets
sordid lore;
And he learned that life is = ter
rible fight.
Where the wounded fall to the
left and right.
But on their bodies he slowly
rose,
And he gained new strength from
his vanquished foes;
As he overcame them and beat
them down.
He grew in strength and wide
renown.
Then his words were treasured all
over the State,
All men followed and called him
great;
But his face grew keen and his
heart grew hard,
As he stood a victor, scanned and
SCARED.
But he smiled when he thought
of that country boy,
And sneered at love as a child
ish joy"
'In his mad struggle for success,
he crushed all human sympathy out
of his life, and, at last, he stood
alone with his empty victory to
mourn his failure.
His story has been repeated in
thousands of lives. AT the same
cost many a man has achieved sue
cess, but if any could pass before
you tonight, one by one they would
tell you that victories gained by
crushing others are too dearly
bought; that success, barren of hu-
man sympathy and brotherly love,
is dismal failure Such men know
that, if they cannot look back on
kindness and service to humanity,
they have failed. We pity the man
censured by the community, we
pity the man condemned by his
peers, but only the angels know
the depths of woe suffered by him
who stands at the end and, in the
balances of eternal truth. weighs
his own life and record and finds
himself wanting.
at is better to treat mankind with
justice and kindness, than to pro
fit by their weaknesses. Someone
has said a man is successful when
he keeps himself and family from
want, but the beasts of the field
and the birds OF the air do this,
and more. Another has said, sue
cess is the achievement of fame.
The warrior, the writer and the
statesman may achieve fame and
die unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Success which does not contribute
to the betterment of mankind is
failure.
THE earth may ring from shore to
shore,
With echoes of a glorious name,
But he whose loss cur tears de
plore,
Has left behind him more than
fame"
"The man who does his work
faithfully, leaves the world better
than he found it. Whether his op-
portunity be great or small his
life is an inspiration and his mem
DRY a benediction.'
True manhood and womanhood
are the foundation of the nation.
However great and powerful a
State may become, its government
and civilization depend upon the
faithful adherence of the citizens to
the primal principles of truth, lib
erty and justice. No individual
stands alone. We are all bound
to the past, the present and the
future; to all around us, TO the
good and to the bad. Their sue
cesses and failures are ours. We
must place ideals above things, in
tegrity above riches, humanity
above power. We must not cover
the traditions of our fathers with
gold. Carlisle truly said: "The be-
ginning of doom is the withdrawal
of ideals"
THE Babylonian and Egyptian
empires successfully endured for
thousands of years, but the end
was failure. The history Of great
nations is sad record. The schol-
ar, grown old and gray in study
and research, finds decay and ruin