The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-10-22
Fortune FavOpS The Brave

Fortune FavOrS The Brave.
"In bltale or business, whatever the
game,
In law or in love it is ever the SAM,
In the struggle for power, or the
scramble for pelf
Let this be YOUR motto-"Rely on
! your self
For whether the prize be ribbon or
throne,
The victor is he who can ''go it
alone !"-J g. SAKE.
A proof as old as the hills and
true as the living sun is the title
of this article.
| tits the man who goes it alone
that wins. Take what pursuit
you will for example and glance
for a moment at the first men of
lit. the men who have identifide
themselves with the occupation;
the men who have wone fame
land rencwn in the pursuit of any
Occupation and you find them as
a class, men on whom the goddess
fortune las been avish in, be
stowing great gifts. and you will
Islso, men who are brave in every
laense of the WORD at home and
Iabroad in public and private life.
I While the men who make these
Lament able" these signal fail
lures of their lives are those who
'ihave for their creed the one
word fail" and that is what
they do with their lives and all
their undertaking.
Do you think that fortune
would ever have favored Napol-
lion if he had not been brave en-.
ough to draw his sword for Frace
would history have carried the
the name of Ceaser down the
a floating age if he had not been
Y brave enough to meet Romes foes
Q lon many a hard fought field.
i And when at last expelled from
p the country he had the courage
. to gather his troops about him
/. and go back. then fortune favor
ed him, and he became king OF
Il Rome, the die was cast, the Rub
u icon passed and Rome was fref
e. no more but Caesar and his gooC
n fortunes sat upon the creates
q throne the world ever knew.
!, But not only on the battle fielC
!, need to look for success; history
e contains far creator names than
1.-THE Heroes of battle. " oulC
4 Calico ever have established his
a theory of the worlds orbit if he
had sat silent, fortune would
), never have come up to him anC
i. lacked him his opinion an the sub
,l|ject if he had ever been silent
|and said nothing when prosecuted
% Fortune would never nave placed
!. his name among the brilliant gal
ell lax OF names of the worlds great.
y est sons, rs one of the greatest
p phylosjphers, If he had not laiC
the courage to stand for his Greco
h and 20 like the world slene. In
K law or in love it is ever the same
d as it proves every day in our
e courts of Justice, it was Mrs.
y Gains bravery that gave hel
/. after a long trial of 40 years the
y biggest part of the city of New
$, Orlea ms.
) 1t was the bravery of Sir Wal
tier Relige who dared to throw
q his gold embroidered into a mud
e puddle so that Queen Bess nigh,
l. pass by without soiiing her slip.
e pers that first won her friendship
and favor and eventually made
him a knight of England,
The poet says:
"'Faint heart ne'r won fair lady
and the English Queen when her
. lover wrote with a diamond or
: her window.
!, "Fain would climb but fear fall,
: she answered
"If thy heart fail the elmo not at all,
o Will the hint SO graciously
e given he made hold ef heart anC
climb to the topmost round after
p favor,
}. Though you should be unfort
t unate at first remember that no
thing ventured nothing gained
l. also that fortune is a tickle god
dess and is perhaps only trying
: you. Some of the grand st for
tunes ever made were gathered
|. from the heels of defeat an(
turned in to victory. AS exam
: pie take the life of James Fisk
j. or Jim Fisk as commonly called
{, who went in to Wall Street mar
kets with a thousand dollars ant
. came out at the end of a week
without a dollar. 1t is said tina
+ he swore an oath that Wall Stree
: had broked him it should agar
i, make him and by sticking to nj!
: purpose he soon grew to be worth
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