Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-07
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generals whose habit it was to underestimate their
u and greatly to overestimate the re-
sources of their enemy Obstacles in their path doomed
large their vision, and disheartening circumstances
parayzed their wills. There in their minds
suspicion that perhaps the enemy might be worse
off than they we've.
They pessmstic in regard to themselves and OPP
tmistic in regard to the foes.
There has been much of this spirit shown by peo
pie in their discussions of the and it's prospects They
have asked to believe that France virtually out
of the struggle and that Great Britain at the end of
her AS for Russia there could be question
but that she would make separate peace.
Yet the French and English today driving the
enemy before them, and Russia is at least holding hun
dreds of thousands of Germans the eastern front.
But the point is that these Respondent and moumful
souls never think of conditions in Germany, which are
certainly worse-and greatly worse-than in France or
Great Britain Nor do they realize that the German stu
alton must grow steadily and rapidly while that in
Great Britain and France will improve with the growing
volume of imports into those countries and the coming
of American reinforcements.
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1t is picture of life and of the attitude of perhaps
the average man toward it. Men know what they
do till they try. He who answers lfes challenge
with pitiful 81 can't" will accomplish anything
The who undertakes task ought to indulge i'll his
favor reasonable presumption of success. If it,
hard all the necessary is it for him to put his
whole soul into it.
Victory has rule been the portion of him who
'never turned his back but marched abreast forward
never doubted clouds would break If failure comes it
will be noble and honorable failure. If the other
hand it comes from cowardy yielding it will be dis
graceful.
Without hope faith and courage nothing in this world
is possible.
Hope is not idle longing veaning but
great power in human life There is wonderful
power than faith which is as far removed from super
sttutionas anything could be. There those who think
that when they say, falls back faith his
affairs must be i'll desperate
That is great mistake. For it Is not question Of
failing back, but rather of putting faith into the
work the fight from the very beginning Men, if they
will of take account Of obstacles and him
deranccstake account of them in order that they may
provide against them and find way to them
But to that they not be got round got over
and to magnify them into poltentous proportions is to
confess and invite defeat.
There are of course, those who do not care enough
about to make the effort to win it. Perhaps it is
natural shrink from effort, and in defense of the
shrinking to plead ones nadequacy the task But the
people who show this weakness belong to another class
TO them there can be appeal in the lines of Kipng:
If you force heart
And 50 I e S0ur turn h ,ons after they are gone
If you can fill the unforgving
is the earhan everything that's in pu it,
. q q maj" my SON.
Those OF whom thinking are thew who do mako
effort work hard and fight-f need be-brayev and