The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

My son, if sinners entice thee, con-
sent thou not. Proverbs lilo.
Oh that men would praise the Lord
for His goodness, and for His won
derful works to the children of men,
Pisa. 1871
The refuse of victory is the price
of dishonor. 1t is better to receive
an honorable defeat than to have a
smirched success;
There is nothing new in the old
formulas: we are willing to pay well
for originality, but just the old grind
is mighty cheap.
You may tell US a lot about your
self, but we do not have to believe it.
But we do study your deeds. We
do not care for blue prints but deeds
Just because you have the gift for
music and the love of harmony, you
need not conclude that you are a
musician. It is the fixed idea that
keeps your fingers lat the keys"
hour after hour that makes you a
master.
Too many are trying to arrive by
making wayside Journeys in life. You
cannot tell what you are best cut out
to do until you have made some real
fights.
The value of an engine is measured
| by the power it makes. 1t may be
good locker, highly polished but re
fuses to give real power. Learn to
do what you are doing better thar
you are now doing it. You must know
there is always a better way doing
things.
If you believe in yourself, you are
having a rough time of it, but if you
will keep on believing you will sue
coed.
The greater you are, the greater
the penalty you have to pay for your
greatness. The further you go, the
wider your battle front, the larger
the number of points you must guard
to protect yourself:
We are learning that precedent is
something to be broken, not to be
preserved. Precedent you know was
yesterdays high water mark; it
should not be our best mark'today. If
you stop climbing it is time to die, to
let a better man take your place.
AS you progress, the more We
hemntly you will conflict with those
who oppose and dislike you.
There is a general destiny allotted
to you, and you cannot avoid, evade
or escape it. You will find that in
all walks of life men gibe and sheer
at your attainments. Any job of
life will have those who club those
who are doing it.
| Il -
gerous thing to have everybody like
you, or like you. If you really count
you must think for yourself: you
must largely act on your intuitions
you must reach your own conclusions
Your real career must be made by
your own convictions
If you have force of character yoU
will force others to indicate their diff
fering characteristics.
1t is more than possible, that il
: you count you are to differ with YOU
: best friends. AS you advance yoI
will stub your feet and stumble Ove1
> jealousy, biggotry and rascality.
Selfshness largely governs tn,
world. You cannot attain to any pc
sition without you have passet
through great pain. You have t.
everyIastingly fight for your rights
and if you get them hundreds of PEG
pie will believe you will have inter
fered with their rights while YOl
were struggling for yours
It is impossible to find a peaceful
life to be useful life. When you d
your duty, you become a marked in
dividual. Every man who has an a
to grind is after you. You find tina
spineless, namby-pamby men arc US
ually placed upon directorships. A
a rule this is true. Why?
Cu;IFx, &c Tra..o,9