Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
CREED FOR GOLD
AND FAME IS
DEPL0RED
Living" in Real Sense Does Not
Call for Money-Making,
Forbes Declares.
BY q. C. FORBES.
The philosophy Of life is 10 live

10 Americans I'VE 10 they get
I the most possible out Of life?
What Is the good of oar feyerish
getting and spending. our shaving and
enslaVng labors and plotting and
planning. our mad chase after pleas
ures and dstra ctions II with it al
We haven't learned how to i've. how
{ 10 he genuinely happy, how to order
our DAYS ana our hours that we r7ay
| have time for reflection. time tor
quiet. time for bestowing a t1odsnt
ON others and 10 cultivate the alt ol
/ unselfish kindness"
! had lunch with a man yht, .a
my mind, is committing gradual >ui
eide. He sleeps only about five hours,
rises every morning ST half-past 4.
deVotes hours to studying the kalei
doscopic financial and commercial
daily changes throughout the word
in order the better TO handle his iii
tricate and delicate banking opera
tons, gets early to his office and
performs more WOrk-snd brsiuier
work than any other three men in
his nerve Wrecking profession. True,
he stands a the very top Of the tree.
He has reached heights never before
attained by any man in this country,
and reached them by incessa1t ap-
piicstion, by inordinate industry, nS
the exercise Of painstaking foresight.
His life has been an inspiration TO
others. His success has been phe-
nomensI And he is modest AMI ike
able.
And yet ! make bold to say that
lie mas not learned the art Of living
lie hasn't time to live.
WHY don't you take vacation ."
! demonstrated
It's not easy for me to get away
But YOU can't hope to stand II for
long? ?"
ooh, TN lake a rest some time
Take il before YOU have to-when
You are able TO enjoy IT," l advised
Bu, lie wont, fear.
The end Of work. II effort, Of piod
ding and sweating is TO live and to
help others TO live, is it not? What
profteth it, therefore. man or a
woman. to sacrifice living 10 gain
riches that satisfy not or fame that
Is as soap bubble
Americans are the greatest W"yE-
ers on the face Of the earth. They
pride themselves on it--snd, IN
mea sure, justly so.
But Il their mad chase after sue
cess renders them unfit for congeniai
social panionshp. Il it units
them for tranquil domestic life, if It
makes callous their heart, If ii dries
mp in them the milk of human kind
ness-if in short, it units them to be
ideal fathers and mothers and sons
and daughters, robs them of grace
and graciousness and leaves them
neither time nor inclination for the
higher and less harsh things Of life.
then the mad chase is sill wrong. II
ii shortslghted 1t Yields less than it
costs. Any success" It brings is too
dear. not worth while.
Batting in the marts and striving
for place and power are admirable
and necessary within bounds. Amer
Ica mas achieved more. materially. IN
one century than any nation in MIS-
tory. our triumpAs in trade, in en-
gineering, in invention. in transpor-
tation. in manufa cture, have been the
envy and the. wonder OF the world.
We have raised the dignity of labor,
We have taught effete aristccrats Of
Europe tina: Industry is no disgrace
that honest work and money ma king
soil not the best OF hands.
And yet weN. arc we in danger "
OVERRIDING it, Are We in danger of
negleCtlng TO live Are We in danger
81 putting first things that should
come second" Are we making our
| triumphs administer to us, making
| them and the striving after them
| servants TO us. II. are We becoming
their slaves Are we allowing them
To cramp and Shackle and wien us?
Are We ooufounding roots vita
| loworsr
Are we Inclined to worship the dis
fractions of life rather than the ideals
Of lie"
Is an we'll with our domestir life2
\ nation whose homes are not
/ uauuy rs nor q truly successful ma
| ton even though its barns and It's
! banks be filled 20 overlooking
Would pur "le9ders" not do We'll 10
! do .ote little less attention 20 filling
! their purses and lmpoverishng their
souls and a little more TO filing thsr
homes and their hearts with them
1 ~plNp. and with hNppineSe'