The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-10

. ing their mothers with an un. .
. eelnah aeyniion, or their sisters. .
. or q cause ror whose sake they >
. forsook ease and left on think .
= ina OF themselves. u u unseif- =
ish action. growing slowly into .
. the high habit OF devotion, that =
. teaches a man the wide meanine =
. Of hla life. =
IrrHE change In a mans life which
brinan HIM 70 a clear realization
= OF his true place in the world
and his real relationship with the rest
| OF mankind h Inc subject OF President
Woodrow wilson's lateaf hook. Just
published BY Harper's. The slender
little volume IL almost 4 sermon--a
lay sermon on uaseinshueas b. a mar
whose hIgh ideals and sense OF duty
are reflected on every rage. IL Is
called When n Man Comes to Him.
seif.'
Besides a most Interesting exposI-
tlon % the subject written in the
presidents mastery style, there ~
space between the cnverseror a mys-
terry. II has 10 do with the Identity of
one Of the men whose a~waxenings 7
| described.
"The man." President wilson
writes, whom the world was after
ward 10 know. not NJ n prince among
! merchaats-for the world foracts
merchant princes-but as a prince
among he~nefactors"
He tells OF his being Interested for
years IN business alone, AZ the only
thing in life worth while. When frat
asked TO subscribe for n benevolent
object he declined. Only when he
had been made 10 see tho sensible and
practical side OF banev0lenco did his
| mind take hold OF Il.
"Henceforth.T to quote again. "ben-
efceace was as interesting to him as
husiness-was, indeed. a sort Of sub
nnatcd business In which none
moved new forces In a commerce
which no man could bind or limit.
"He had ONE 40 himself-t0 the
full realization OF his powers. . .
Ills faculties were conscicntlousiy
stretched to their risht measure. were
NJ last exercised az their best. He
felt the keen zcsi. nos OF success
merely. but also OF honor. and was
raised TO n sort 81 majesty among his
fellowmen, VINO attended him In death
like a dead sovereign. He had died
dwarfod had he not broken the bonds
OF mere money-gettlng: would eve
have known himself had he not learn
ed 20 spenI 81; and ambition itself
conld not have shown him a straishter
road 70 famc"4
Numerous conjcctures have been
made as TO whom the president had
in mind. but the secret remains un-
discovered.
But It Is not always in such marked
fashion tina; a fnnn comes 10 himself.
Tho ''wholesonae and T~esenerating
change may como after experiences
OF which he alone may be aware;
when he has lcft 90 being wholly oc-
oupicd with his own interests and
petty plans and sees. himself NJ a part
OF the great schemc OF humanity.
1T is a process OF disiilusionment,'
The president writes. The scales
have fallen nway. He sees himself
soberly and knows under What condi-
tions, his powers must act, as well as
what his powers az. He
has learned his own PAGES .
and the true nature OF the going" he
must look Tor 10 the world.
II Is a process ~ establishment, hut
Il dishoartcns NJ soundly made man.
There l. no nxed time In a mans
life az which he comes 20 himself.
and some men never come to them
selves az an. II Is n change reserved
for tho thorouehiy sane and healthy.
and for those who can get
n yieS ~f the proportions Of life and
OF the stage and plot of Us action.
We speak Of men who
nave no sense Of humor.' who take
themselves too seriously. who are in
tense. self absorbed. ovcr-conhdelt
In matters OF opinion, or else go
plumed with c%onccit, think
ing Of nothing so much as themselves.
These are men who have not suffered
that wholesome change"
a mans life. the president holds,
is made Mp OF the relations he hears
90 others. A man IA the part he PLAYS
among his fellows. His relations
with them glyc him his spiritual
growth ana reveal his character, pur-
pose and gifts. Some men 20 through
life following only their own hn-
pulses. some give all their attention
10 what others will think ~ them and
a few "act as those who have mas
tered the secrets Of a serious art, with
deliberate subordination Of them
selves to the great end ana motive OF
the play, spending themselves like
good servauts, indulging no wiiful'
ness, %Obtrndiug no ecceniricity, lend
ing heart and tone and gesture 'o tbs
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