The Washington herald., 1915-04-26
GETTING A START.
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW.
BY NATHANIEL &. FOWLER JR.

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The Hon. Albion A.. Perry. one of
Greater Boston's prom ent professional
and business men. ''strdck twelve" sew
eral times in his address before one of
4 my classes. Among other things he said:
| This year. two years hence. three
years hence. you are going TO find your
selves in a new world, and to your hands
will he decided the task Of helping the
uphuildnS of this new world. Whether
it shall he a better world or not depends
greatly upon whether you learn the les
sOrs that the past has written: whether
you learn the lessons which are being
written before your eyes in letters of
fire today. We hope it will be better
world. but 1t will not be a better world
| unless you are better men and better
women than your fathers and mothers
have been, good though they may have
| been. First clear the ground of the Few
things that ought to be gotten out OF
| the way-that is. as the husbandman
does. He does not plant his seed until
he has uprooted the noxious and injuri-
Gus things which nature has planted in
| the soil. You will not be prepared 70
! enter upon youD careers until You se'
| out of your minds certain false notions.
which come into the minds of all or
us. Get the idea out of YOUR mind that
work is not respectable. If there Is any
thing in this world that is honorable.
! that covers men and women all over
with glory, it is good. hard. honest
\ work"
| Somebody many years ago said tha'
the boy of today was to be the man
of tomorrow" The future. my young
J friends. is in your hands. The world OF
tomorrow Is what you will make or II.
and what you will make Of it depends
upon what you make of todays duties.
Do not forget that the responsibility OF
| the future is upon you. Even though you
are hardly out of your teens. the world
| is looking upon you and depending upon
| you.
You have not the judgment Of older
heads, and you have had little expe-
rience, but as long as you are old enough
to think and to act of your own voiition'
you are old enough to take the Initiative.
| to do things or not to do them.
1t is for you. my young readers, TO de-
termine what the world of tomorrow will
be. The older generation is passing away,
and you must take its place. What you
do today. in school and out Of it. Is of
all importance to you and to civilization.
You cannot escape responsibility. In "a
few years you will be In command Of
human affairs. You will occupy the
places which your fathers now hold.
II the world is not better because Of
you, YOU would better not have lked. 1t
should be a great deal better, because
you have young life and vigor and be-
cause you have the SUCCESSES and the
failures of your fathers % guide you. =
Look upon every duty. no matter how
mental 1t may be, as Of the greatest con-
sequence while it lasts.
Unless you do the little things well, the
big things will not be accomplished. Re-
member that n monument Is not built of
one great stone. but of many little stones
securely Joined together. One weak stone
may affect the solidity Of the whole. You
cannot all be corner stones. but every
one of you can occupy an important place
lin connection with others.
Respect yourself. Realize your respon-
sibility.