Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-17
Character
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We ~, bprn without character bat II
on rpr6nts md Then Slows rapidly. THE
scll q thc home. The school the social
ne. ne blsluoas world=dlusrenf kinds
al sol zach contributing IT, element to
t'o growth Of character.
parnt. teachers. companions and bus
pess aWoeiotes arc the ehbmeter.eglii.
fdors. and largely determine The quality
NJ NE product But after an, each one
oW hls avn character.
Tha word character Is Greek. and
: crns engraved ancient and beau
ifu conception Welt may he with
tjo bdt ~ ot1ep eusrafe sur own
ahaWctow when We begin - act on our
tVU iudsbicnts alien ee choose and 10,
ma thgs form habits A habit u . groove.
:, ~ Linz enc N the soul fixed, along
10 hl@h future aston almost sure to run
bnry habits make an fngra Wing, per-
tnncnt picture ~ the Eoul, character
n may be truly said. Also. that char
oacr u forged The human fom IL a
rHcc of metal. without form and With.
Ct beauty ~ probably II ias been
engraved without knowledge aud ia In
rnsne ugly n must be- worried over
~ order 10 mske II hRbt u NUT 20 into
me bot fire an1 under the big hammer
" properly forged II HiH come out with
y permanent form ~ grace and bfadiy
raise lines and defoFmihea bad habits Or
he H#sts Il
out They cannot be brushed on
What IA "eharactnr9@ II IL /. what I
am not what seem 70 be, not what
others think of me nhis Ia reputation j.
nor what desire to be. nor hope 10 be
bot iDft Whist ! sm-swiat have grown
into, what has been engraved on ms
goui, tho form Of my Boulsnetal as II
came from the forge
Character II stable thing. Desiring
and doing form character. But when II
IL once formed, Il determines thought
Hbd action. If you know the character
u = man pretty well you can tell what
10 vii DO IN certain circumstances 4
man thht loves money Unfortunately IL
very npt 10 steal IN strongly tempted
A mood IL not character A transient
virtue or vice Ia o mere ahadow-sa chalk
mark On thc soul, not an engraved line
Good men have vicious moods. and bad
mon lave yirtuous moods. You have
fead of the polite burglar" or the
Kind hearted robbef" And you have
perhaps seen the generous man give the
needy The "coid shoulder" Judge not
ibc Lord by feeble sense. and do not
Judge your fcllowmen BY their passing
moods A man may be much better Of
much worae than he Just now seems
70 be. But what be II viii come out in
me open. Character will triumph!
IN the great fire IN Pera, Christian
suburb Of constantinople, June, 1870
Turks We'd with tho Christians in trying
70 save Christian women and children.
one rich Turk offered great sum to
apyonc who could saye q Christian boy
rom o burning bundfbgi
This was mood Mature. buried and
almost cr1iehed beneath a thousand sfrats
~ religious and race aninosities, sprsne
70 fbc surface for moment and spoke
The natural language OF the soul But
my for Christians. or anybody ege, was
not and IL not characteristic OF the
Turks.
liefe u an old proverh. nearly as old
~ the race; las he thinkefh within
himself On his heart, 70 In he" WIN
this man Hteaif That depends npon how
Ne has been thinking In his heart. for a
long time.
u he has long been willing TO do al
most anything 10 crafty some desire
th1t calls for money. he will probably
vonture into the region OF dishonesty.
A friend once stopped me on thu
street and said Il want to tell YOU
something have in bank. In my name
nearly Hcoo,oOo A company was sup-
poHed TO DO bankrupt. and went into tho
hands Of n receiver. The stockholders
met 70 plan for their protection They
appointed me 10 look after their affairs.
u 10 all settled made the receiver de-
post all tho money IN my name. lie
protested avery time. but always
Welded
"A while ago n friend suggested that
! could lend this vast sum and pocket
the interest II viii be eighteen months
lill the final settlement
Wy heart stood still aa I said "Wni
YOU do it7' lie had carried on large
and honest business for forty years.
What an opportunity for making eharao-
tori llo answered IN his everyday
voice gentle and firm
= would not do such thing for The
whole two millions / am now going 10
call meeting Of the stockholders to
see what they want done with their |
moneys
a majestic oak IL beautiful on a calm |
day In June. Rut a. II writhes and
grosns ln the tempest. IL IA aws-lnsnlr- |
ins The unseen roots hold Character |
s rooted IN Thought As man thinks
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