The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

Why art thou cast down? Hope
thou in God Psa; 42:5.
| Be We of good courage, and bring
of the fruit of the land. Mum 1920.
Emotions are always by-products
of thought. Pay but little attention
to them. Let them come or go as
they may.
You may know what you are by
the thoughts you cherish.
You may not measure up to your
ideals, but you may rest assured YOU
VIII never go beyond them.
You are not to do the will of poll
ticians but force the politicians to do
your will. Politicians are not an end
but means.
A great nation is not so much a
place as a state of mind. That is
the reason America will whip Ger
many for all true Americans are
agreed.
You will never be able to climb un-
less other men will let you rest your
feet on their shoulders.
It is your business, when YOU find
man worthy and qualified to ad-
vance him.
The best wishes that have ever
throbbed in gray matter are useless
until they have been tested. RemeD7-
Or good ideas have to fight for
chance to demonstrate. Ideas at work
refuse to take a back seat and it mat
ters not how poor these WORKING
ideas are they will fight for place. So
II you have ideas that are better than
those now at work, you will have to
wage relentless battle to get them
before the people. 1t has taken ffty
years to get public ownership of the
railroads tested.
l have but little use for people who
never worry. Your worries will al
ways be equal to your progress. If
your vanity has sharper ears than
your ambitions, you would better
quit The more you advance the more
you viii be lied about. Lies are the
brlck-bats of weddings.
The paths of human progress have
always been and will always be sobs
OF blood dropped from the hearts of
advanced thinkers. The world acco-
ladies' them with geers and sneers.
You may be raw and green but the
best the world has, is made from such
a product.
know there are still some benight-
ed fools who believe the Dark Ages
are now on, and want to treat you in
toIerantly and strive to keep you un-
der foot, but today you are king of
your own domain. You cannot be
checked If you are determined to
win. If you will think, fight and give
yourself chance, you will sweep on.
Have you ever really fopebt9
When you were knocked down did
you not take it for a knockout? 1t
IS more than likely you took those
bruises for mortal wounds and quit.
1t IS just possible you want the best
OF life without paying for it. You
have done a lot of barking but no
real biting. You must take the risk
or be counted out.
You will be able to learn some
thing from any man. You mav
know some things better than tbe
other fellow, but never for one mo-
ment get the notion that YOU are
WISER than all men or any man in all
things. If you expect to grow always
continue to be a student. When YOU
reach the place that you have power.
every man who does not possess
power will hate you:
:, When you get it in your head that
Cne age OF heroes has past, you may
rest assured there is nothing heroic
about you. Julius Caesar, Oliver
Cromwell, Davey Crockett, Daniel
Boon and Napoleon had their DAYS. /
out remember we are now living in /
the most heroic age of ali ages. You
can always tell whether you are get
ting above the dead level of society /.
by the number of stones that are !
coming your way. The heads that /
rise are targets for fools.
Books you have read. and the leo
lures you have listened to delivered /
Dy your teachers are nothing more |
than tools. Can you apply them? /
Inese tools have no value unless YOU
know how to use them. You NAV he I
able to quote their titles and give +
the names of the authors, but that
counts but for little. The question
IS, have they made you a man OF
greater service to society?
Your brain should after years of
study be flexible, logical and virile,
but you must produce results before
we will take you seriously. But be-
cause of your claims of being above
supposed uncultured men every trans
erosion you make we will score YOU.
II you are telling us the truth YOU
have been bred to appreciate the nice
ties of life so when you talk and
act like the ordinary people you can
expect real raps. Do not hide behind /
the thought, s'they know, I know bet
ter" To know what to do and not +
to do it is disgrace.
Canada the Gamer i
The privilege OF shipping their /;
wheat across the border without paw
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