The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-06
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

Stand fast in the faith, quit you
like men, be strong. Corinthians 49,
10.
No good thing will He withhold
from them that walk uprightly.
No purposeful person ever fails
If you care enough and dare enough
you succeed anywhere. But if you
can be intimidated by conditions OF
persons, you may know you have a
rotten streak in you.
You say you know, then verify
your knowledge by practice. Mere in
formation has no use or value until
it has been employed.
One half of education is assimiIa-
ton and the other half elimination.
If you work more than you are
asked to, you are sure to get more
than you asked for:
It is about the easiest thing in the
world to stand around and grumble
Grant and Reed are the best ex-
amples to be found in our national
life. But you find men of iron with
out a stain of rust on their blades
fighting the nations battle. But as
long as we have men like Roosevelt,
Root, Woods and Wilson to direct US.
these cheap back-woods statesmen
will not cut much of figure.
The memory of history is bitter
with ingratitude. Socrates cup was
filed with glory. Hate gathered
mob of supposed Roman statesman
together then slew its greatest genius.
Caesar. The deadly weeds of calum-
ny lined the path of Washington.
Some rascal always places a leaf of
poison on any wreath of laurel.
You put this down, that every
falsehood hurled at your reputation
is absolutely in your favor. 1t al
ways makes the other fellow feel so
cheap when you can demonstrate
what liar he is.
If you are sane and moving you
are sure to tramp on sore feet. You
will find meddlers, -hot-heads, and
hypocrites are so constructed that
no course in life that they cannot
direct is sound and fair. 1t conflicts
with their ambitions
If you have an unusual hope, live
for it and work for it, you may ex-
pect plenty of dirty mud-slining
But progress has always had to pass
through period of mud-slinging
The very fact you have and are a
student of books, proves you are only
acquainted with established facts. Be
fore you will ever be able to pass for
more than a student of past well
known facts Won will how RI crO 70
doing modern work, work that has
aged to the extent of reaching the
textbook period is ancient to adj
vanced thinkers.
Be careful to learn the details of
big business. You may not miss
them much until you get into the ma
Jor part of the business. More big
business is smashed because the
leaders did not understand "details"
than in any other way.
What are you worrying about? Did
you say the gossips were again at
work? Well, never mind them They
are harmless snakes. Kissing, noisy,
snaks are never very deadly. Only
the cobra, the fer-de-lance, the copper
head and moccasin never 90 into the
advertising business. If you are doing
your duty as man, you are upset
ting lot of ''have thought out plans"
and may rest assured they are noisy
about it.
We know of no more miserable
feeling than the feeling that we are
becoming the victim of our circum-
stances; that day after day is rush
ing past, and we are completing moth
ing; that our whole life is becoming
a thing of rags and patches, of plans,
of resolutions, of ideas, of enthus-
iasms, having thrills for a moment
but all end short of action
1 have long since learned that the
youth that can overthrow anyone in
wrestling, swim longer, run faster,
bat ball farther than others, has no
assurance because of these that he is
fine character or that he will be the
leader in brain power and will be the
leader OF men to accomplish great