Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-15
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARpEN
VIM IS THE POWDER OF SUCCESS.
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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 a man who can do some
thing; 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, accomplisnes. 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. II 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
thQn tho 0rnntnct ability NTH
ergy. II fired from a gun with sum.
cient velocity a tallow candle can be
shot through an inch board.
He who is hampered by depleted vi.
tally 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 thu
prizes. The great problem. then
which everyone has to face Is how
to generate energy, how to conserve
1t, and how to keep oneself Away
at the top of his condition. When
ever you are angry or feel like grum
bling or pouting-whenever you ar
gloomy, fretful or morose-you ar
consuming your energy. wasting you
vitality, and opening the sluiceway
in your mental reservoir, instead o
sending the power over the whee
to drive the mental machinery. Every
thing which frets, chafes. rasps o
brings inharmony into life is "
tality-waster. Whatever brings dis
cord into the nervous system destroy
power. Friction is a deadly foe t
happiness and success. 1t grind
away the delicate bearings Of life
machinery without doing any good Q
increasing any value. To free lif
from friction, to Intricate all the fa'
ulties and to stop all the leaks Of el
ergy is the first duty to onese
and to others.
Millions of people have made mi
cradle failures in life by letting thl
precious energy, which might hav
| mdOo tucu ouCCcSoAuis oiiP away AAOi
them in foolish living and silly diss
patton. Much of the worst kind I
energy-dissipation is not what
commonly called immoral" It IL ofte
the result of ignorance. carelessnes
or neglect: but 1t Is dissipation. q
the same.
II you would make your mark
the world, and do your part in advan
ing civilization, you must cut
everything which is an energy.wast
or success killer. Do not do anythil
or touch anything which will low
your vitality. Always ask yourse
What is there in this thing am G
ing to do which will add to my III
work, which will increase my powt
keep me In q more superb conditio
and make me more efacient In t
service of humanity"