The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
HUMAN LIFE
BY Prof. A. A. Hughes.

cession of small events, each of which
is seemingly very uninportant and
yet the manner in which we deal with
them depends our success in life.
Success in any line of work does not
come by chance. 1t Is the man OF
single idea who hammers that idea
into the head of the world who wins
in the battle of life.
A man succeeds because he maps
out his own path and pursues it. He
succeeds because he knows that mon
ey is power and that it must be saved.
He succeeds because health means
wealth and success and that health
must be especially cared for. man
succeeds especially because he has
brains enough to be himself and does
not feel that he must initiate some
one else. He succeeds because he
learns that time is one of the most
important elements in life; that it is
precious and valuable as diamonds
and rubies and uses it for rest, sleep,
study, reading and in making his brain
grow instead of making his expenses
grow. He has achieved success who
has lived well, laughed often, loved
much; who has gained the respect OF
intelligent men and the love of chill
dren. who has filled his niche and
accomplished his task, who has left
the world better than he found 1t,
whether by an improved poppy or
rescued soul, who has always looked
for the best in others and given the
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inspiration to others, whose memory
a benediction. 1t is not my aim to
offer advice but only to call attention
to those noble traits of character ly-
ing dormant in you which if brought
into action and developed would en-
able you to do much more for your
self and humanity. These are not
weaknesses as they are termed by
many supposed great thinkers but
only undeveloped elements lying
asleep in the human soul. l want you
to cultivate the element of sincerity
slumbering in your noble soul because
it is the greatest one possessed r.
the soul. All men who have done
great things have been noted for
their sincerity of thought, for their
devotion to a single aim and for their
invincible determination to cleave to
their purpose and concentrate their
power upon a certain plan until they
had won success in a definite sphere.
The individual who possesses the
power of assembling all his forces at
single point of focusing his ener-
gies and of bringing them to bear
with all the weight of his entire
thought upon the purpose of his life
will succeed irrespective OF opposi-
tion or environment. Examples of
this are: Edison, Helen Keller, Book
er T. Washington, Frederick Doug
lass, Martin Luther, Bunyan, Demos
themes, the 300 Spartans at the Pass
of Thermople. 1t is the ruling pas
sion (ambition) in human life that
makes a man remember it after death
and to the last syllable of recorded
time; our own race as mass has not
yet discovered this one great principle
in life. When they do then the men
who are leaders among us will bring
about forced political changes which
will shortly abolish the so-called Ne
gro problem in America. Theory, sup
positions and resolutions in no age OF
either Ancient, Medieval or Modern
civilization never eradicated any great
evil in the life of nation. Only work
and execution did it. Work is the
only key that opens the door to the
great palace of success. One may be
ever so well prepared b. education
and physical equipment to accomplish
things but if he does not work he
will succeed at no undertaking. Why
do so many great men and women
seek, lonely, country life? Because
the isolation gives them a chance to
develop and build character. All good
impulses are stimulated by judicious
solitude and concentration of mind
The fine work of an actor is studied
out in the quiet of his room and not
in the noise of the Actors club. II
was in solitude that Booth and For
est found expression fer their great
emotion. Bacon cried out once my
spirit hath been much alone" and tc
his long hours of loneliness we are
now indebted for his wonderful phili
sophical works which is the founda
tion of all accurate modern science
In Mark 1 Ch., 35th verse, think
you will find recorded these words
relative to Jesus Christ who was the
only ideal of noble, pure and holy
life and the most sublime figure in al
history. viz: And in the mornini
rising up great while before day, hi
went out and departed into a soil
tary place and prayed
Mrs. Frank Mosee and Miss Nellie
v. Raglan returned home Sunday aft