The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

TO develop as much energy as possible.
one does this not only by exercises OF
such nature as to prepare his body ma
| chine to generate more energy, but also
( in part, by avoiding any waste of it
through useless channels. In other words,
he concentrates instead of scattering or
dissipating his energy. And very similar
conditions hold good in business and pro-
fessiOnal life, l believe. For there, as
In athletics, the energy available for ones
work depends upon conceptration, which
in the very nature of things means self
restrain in the expenditure in other di-
rections.
one cannot dissipate his energy and
still keep it for his work. One may have
the very strongest constitution, but dis
sipation will knock him out and usually
will not take very long to do it, II is
true that one can stand a lot of abuse,
some much more than others. II one
has been born with tremendous vitality
he may be able to dissipate a consider
able amount of it and still be capable of
standing on his feet through short box
ing contest of three rounds, or of hold
ing ,-own a job for a few years, even
though he may not do himself justice
Dut in a finish fight he would find him
self wanting and would go down for
the count. And the great point about
this is that life is finish fight.
Must Train to Win.
1t is a long, hard struggle for most of
us, and the only way to win out is by
training and preparing ourselves for our
work, and by-conserving and conCentrat-
ing our energy upon il. OF course, the
possession of natural ability or talent
counts for a whole lot But just the
same. no matter what his work may be.
the man who lives a clean life and per-
sistently fits himself for his work has
petitors that cannot be gained in any
other way.
But there's another kind of success.
another way to win cut in any kind of
game. That is not the kind of sue
cess that depends upon some one else
being compelled to lose i'm order that YOU
may win. but the kind of success that
depends merely upon getting the most
out Of the game whether you win or
lose. And this is true both in athletic
sports and in life. And from this point
of view. the man who is willing to win
unfairly. whose only idea is to win in
any way, is really the loser.
Pleasure In Game.
There is a pleasure and an interest
in the game itself. for the sake of the
game, without reference TO the question
of winning or losing The chief thing is
to get the most out OF it. And to get
the most out OF life. There's a lot to
get, Most of us are not getting it.
believe that it is largely a question OF
getting into the game for all YOU are
worth. 1t is better to be in it. even
il you are only dub, than to be merely
a spectator. Many people go through
life only as spectators, looking on at
the others who get into the game and
really do things.
A man like Thomas Edison is the kind
of man who gets into the game. Some
people never try very hard to do any
thing. and so they never do do anything.
They merely loaf along, making Cvery-
thing as easy as they can. and ever ,
exert themselves il they can heIu. a
man like Edison who gets into the game
really concentrates and applies himself ,
more i'm week than some fellows do |
in a life time.
Get into the game. if you want to get !
anything out of il. Play it straight. and :
play it for all it is worth. Life is short +:
and. as Bill Nye said, We'll he a long
time dead" II you are going to -
anything, you've got to do ii now.
Besides, you never can tell what YOU .
,an do until you get into the game. Col .
cge trainers often find their best ma {
terial for the track or gridiron in raw, .
Intricd boys who nobody would sus-
oect on first sight to be championship !
You cannot tell what is in any !
nan until you try him out. And a good |
many people go to their graves without
,ver trying themselves out, either IN an
athletic sense or in any real ambitious
attempt to be anything or do anything /
outside o. the commonplace.
Clean living and concentration will win 1!
n athletics-and elsewhere. But some
seople don't like hard work. And per-
jistence is too much like work. They
ire looking for the easiest way. But
here is no easy way to anything that
: very muc.. worth having. In the long
.un you will get just about what you
rave earned. And il you have chosen
he easiest way you will not get much.