The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-03

, progress which man has made from
the crooked stick To the steam pillow
| from the duguut canoe TO the ocean
palace. from the howell tu the mod
eru hum. from TIA" oNcart to The au-
tomobiie. tht passenger train and the
living machine. from the rude reed
nutc to the pipe organ from anarchy
81 tribal government to constitutional
law. from ssNagcry to all hat we
mean by Christian civilization We
ar. borne onward by a mighty and
eycr-rising tide. and "our sails are
hiied by the winds from another
! world.
Therefore. what I say tn YOU to-
night - for the purpose of Impress
ing upon YOU u sense of individual re-
sponsibility of the part all of us.
Ia. great drama Of life. Your part
cannot all be comedy, 1t need not all
be t~ragcdy-hut your paft In IL must
be played by yourself
You must walk UPON your own feet;
you must night your own battles, you
must achieve your own destiny. You
cannot depend upon your own par
cnts or friends TO achieve success for
you. No rule Of natural philosophy
h more rigidly incXorable than that
which prescribes. In the organic cycle
between birth ana death, that Il love.
which may yearn To the boundaries
of being. still must be a bys,ander
and lot a participant IN the struggle
of Il soul ON its itinerary through the
world. Human mother love, as every
one knows would go to the foot of
the gallows-tree. If II could. . n
through the shadowland to he other
side of the grave. But one of the
pathetic facts of existence IN that the
desire TO shoulder another's burden
and another's life. beyond u given
point. b. frustrated.
We must go our " gait, make our
own way. choose our own vocation.
The assistance others may give ~
can help US only So far Beyond u
certain line, soon reached, only a
blessing and a prayer can follow us
INTO the uncharted space.
Let us grip the fact that others
cannot make as winners, ANA when
We see others reaching the lucrative
rewards which We thought We dcscrN-
ed. II H. uo use Tor us to raise a nue.
aud cry that our merits have not
been appreciated. that another has
stolen the rewards which should haN"
been ours. In such circumstance. ~
We VIII bee honest with ourselves, W"
shah hpi that while another was sue
ceetlug We slept ana beautifully
dreamed: that another aWokc and
went through the chill gray ~ the
dawn aud stole , march ON our sleep
ing oy'iids.
n WISHES were horses. hen beg
gdrs might ride Thc %grandios.
equipment of our dreams requires %
DE translated into something more
substantial than the moonbcam lad
dcrs Of fairylanl Il We wou,d climb.
Nothing worth the having T. handed
TO W on a silver platter. The strong
man WHOSE career We applaud was
not the spoiled darling 81 rtcK. bu'
h.. went hard and fast after an ne
got. and his fortune was that which
is accustomed to favor the brave.
Many are ready 20 share with INN
IN. fruit Of his toll who would ninch
even from the printed picture OF IN"
downright sweating labor whereby ne
now stands where h" stand and has
what Ia" has
Whit difference does b. make who
does the hing e the thing ,~ done
Vet over the headlines and even the
SIZE OF the typ. nerC' icaiOuSic~ ~"
"ugeudered because We believe some
one b. getting more credit thar hl~
due. Maybe So. Bat II il shuuld be
the fact We may be sur. that iIui'
will du Justice, The centuries smile
AZ. ~Iuscrutablc smile oi the -phln>
that looks out over the desert where
cInp.Iors. who announced themsolNcs
lushucrahlN mighty. are now nothing
but q hIragc of dust AMI hcdi
Let N. proclamation az your merii
take car. OF Itself; your business -
to do She work to run the race. "a
pillow the clean straight furrow o.
the end II YOU wait for men 90 an.
gels tu perform the task 20 which
1you were appointed you VIII grow
old aud the tide of darnkess viii nov
around YOU ware and yUu will e.
to the grave with your ~" WORK IN
finished
And let Ms not get the idea that ~
must do something great In the world
something that win focus the eyes oI
tn. masscs upon US. something tina
VIII StfN our names SbuuulNs lnihubi
the corridors Of time. The wurl'
needs unly a few mighty men VIII,
uN ertop the rest Of mankind u woul,
Dee most unfortunate II everybody Sc
To scIinnling In the hope of pr"duc
ms masterpieces Ike Hamlet al
Faust. or % some millions of pcopl'
set themselves TO dauhiug IN The hop
tina, they might produce some NH
lions 81 paintings that would riyal th'
Last supper or the Mona Lisa
What an appalling thing Il would h'
III other millions decided to hccum'
m" equals. on the field on carnage
' at Alexander, Caesar 81 Napoleon
The world + work must be done
HImaulty must nave food and cloth"
and shelter II c~NcrNhndy gave ul
raising corn and wheat and p~otatuc
ana became pocts aud orators. paint
.rs aud generals. tho world sooi
would -ttr.' II sold and diamond
'Worc as plentiful thc' would Do. NoIti
Tar less than non
Ia conclusion, / want 90 ash you n
cultivate q positive instead Of u neg
latiNo attitude toward llfo and ITS du
lies A. illustrations 81 what I mean
yto you to Jesus and Confucius
ItSu~ tauuht ntsItIN, T~igltgoftsussg