The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

Mountains never shake hands. They
NAV start together but whan they get
above the dead level, they part. When
thew differentiate, they separate. When
you take your place in the world, you
will separate from the crowd. You
must stand alone in order to be counted
There seems to be point of perfec-
ton in nature. He who discovers it
and profits by his discovery, will always
| be above the mediocre.
Only thinkers will be leaders. You
may measure your power as leader by
knowing your power to think.
Talk little, hear much, reflect more,
and value tested truth, is a rule that
will lead to the highway of accomplish
ment.
/ If you will stick to your job like a
/ postage stamp sticks to its, you will
succeed. Hold your own, ''stick
on, - keep at it, and in the round of
wears, you will Ground up at the sta
/ ton of success.
1 todays, the CHASTITY host of the yester-
days will defeat the tomorrows. These
three days make up life.
Genius is little more persistence, q
little more courage, a~little more vim
than the average "other fellow" has.
If you are ever defeated, it will be
from within; unless you are beaten
there, success is yours.
i Suppose you have great fires burning
in your soul, q am not able to tell your
worth just by the smoke you make. .
Smoke you know, is not the real thing
It is fire we want.
Many in their dreams are throwing
up ladders to sapphire walls, but when
they wake, they find their pillows are
stones. If you are not able by relent
less labor, to place these pillow
stones" into walls, the ''vauited skies
will never be occupied by you
One of the finest things to learn il
the lesson of enjoying yonr hardships
to enjoy your oppositions; to enjoy tn,
javelin thrusts-that is it-for if al
things went your way, there would b
no victories to win. There would b'
no need of heaven if there were no vic
: tories.
1t is such a wonderful thing to fee
{ that you are making an effort to breal
! Fate's bars; to feel you are one of tn
! sterner souls OF society-pounding a
/ the granite walls of oppoSitiOn-My
! My! to feel you are attacking tn
wrongs of your day is enough to max
a real crusader out Of anyone.
/ You may know you are growing oil
and know you are out OF the fight whe
) you commence to talk of the battle
fought and won in other days. Onl
''has beens" talk of "other days"
sometimes meet young man who says
Il wish l had lived in other days,
would then have had chance Poo
! spineless youth. The really big battle
/ battles worth while-are to
|. fought. His grandfather undertal
- ings were only skirmishes, Such youn
people are failures. They I'll til
s'down and out" ranks. They may NJ
= know it, but they are cramps"
Since you are sculptor chiselin
self out of the material God h;
furnished you, you must do your bes
If you expect to receive the Father
appreciation for work done.
The great common people are Il
/ folks who bear the burdens of Il
shirkers. These good-for- nothings dI
us plebian, rabble or proletaire, b
our hand feeds them. We are IA
learning that the world leans On as al
- not On kings. This is the day of con
mon people. and when you find some
the Would-be snohs-those looking f
revolutionary ancestors-you may knl
they are looking for an excuse to shi
responsibilities but want social distiI
lions. Most Of those old fellows
that period had records that would Z
dc to air today. e you want recc
& responsibility, make cue. s1d