The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
SOME THINGS.
and OTHER THINGS

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If you have medicine to take, take
it and do not play with the spoon.
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There is a spirit of adventure in
in every true man. He who waits
for a dead certainty never ventures
into the world of. conquest.
know of man in a town who
dared to think ahead of the masses
to think five years ahead, -wen he is
paying the price and will have to pay
bills continually for the slow stupid
| thinkers who are behind him; but
some day the mob of littl~ men will
! catch up, and will erect to his mem
DRY monument.
The man who tries to save himself
by neglecting the many little daily
tasks, for some great future task will
never reach the great task.
Fighting for eternal right as God
gives US light, fighting the battles as
Jesus Christ gives US vision, is the
longest, hardest, biggest fight God
has ever given US.
Restraining evil does not eliminate
evil. Evil is in US as long as we de-
sire evil. Men only grow by desiring
right and doing right.
When a man is slandered or ira
| duced, you will find the weak man is
crushed, while the strong man holds
| to his honest purpose and succeeds.
1t takes more manhood to live than
| to die. To fight, to suffer and to live
for a fundamental purpose is much
greater than to die
Most men measure mans success
5y what he accomplishes; but we are
inclined to measure a man by what
opposition ne has encountered, and by
the COURAGE he has maintained his
light against seemingly overwhelming
opposition. Cheap victories are only
used as stepping stones by cheap
men.
know of some men who are in a
tight place; all they try to do seems
to go against them: the organizations
and tickle society seems to oppose
them-but remember that your
chance will come so buckle your belt
a little tighter, punch your enemies
a little harded-hold on and the tide
will turn.
1t is hard, and it is perhaps heroic
smile while the fire scorches your
flesh, or reputation; but to stand IN
chained with liberty to move away,
yet held by the chains of duty while
the flames creep around, is gloriously
heroic.
A new definition to the word "Suc-
cess" is now being written. Men are
beginning to learn that what was
termed success yesterday will be the
failure of tomorrow because a new
ideal, a new motive is stirring in the
heart of the world. l write this, for
l never have been an admirer or an
apostle of status quo in anything. |
: despise -Fstandpatism" in anything. !
know there must be an eternal change
going on in every walk of life; and
growth and not decay is to be the
leader.
Many strong, mighty intellects are
made to suffer because Circumstance
es, and stupidity have clasped hands
and forced q one-talentted man into
ten-talented mans job. You hear
the mob cheer the weak man as he
takes his throne. He stays for a few
short days and passes into oblivion.
Somtimes the mob makes a mistake
and elevates a great soul-such as
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and time places undying crowns upon
them.
AS we study humanity, we find our
selves honoring the man who is will
ling to let the other man think
thinks thoughts that do not agree with
him. The ancient and accepted prac-
tice has been to ignore, go round,
threaten, crush or finally kill in some
| ell
think as we do. Many a man has
been roasted at the stake-John Huss
was thus martyred because he
thought, and in many ways men are
being roasted" for thinking hard
enough to act. 1t matters not whe-
Their the mob is the supposed uper-
ten thousand or the lower ten thou
sand, oppose its frey will and you
commence to burn. But it is the cour-
ageous man, the brave man who is
willing to burn for truth
''Do unto others" is the sentence
that carries the philosophy of heaven
and of earth. It absolutely directs
the republic of heaven, and shall di-
rect the republic of earth. For earth
shall have jubilee, and when that
time comes the worn-out, an
cient creeds of all divisions of
Soclty shall pass and all laws
and customs shall be con-
trolled nv love, sympathy and sac
rifice. You who are controlled by
ancient dogmas, prepare for a great
funeral, for the day of Investment is
now at hand, and you may gracefully
make the change Orspend the remand
er of your days in splitting, grumb-
ling, protesting, arguing and quarrel
ing. But remember the uselss old,
of schools, politics, law, society and
church is passing. So make the
change or die and lest you become
useless junk.
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