The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-06


wrong with have tried, but failed and am dscour
aged-(foows line of discouragng detaiand then this)
Where in such ruined life can find hope?"
Here is one answer:
Nearly every successful man. at one time or another
might have written just such letter you have written
Napoleon would have written it when he thinking Of
suicideand hundred other famous when THEY were
thinking of suicide.
Gbbon might have written it when he was fat eating
and drinking too much getting old having accomplished
nothing
children starvation and burned the last piece of fu
in his house before making his porcelain work and
achieving fame might have written such letter with good
Nearly all men, as matter of fact consider themselves
failures after they succeedespecialy the best
The average newspaper writer magines that he
ought to be statesman is usually mistaken.
The great statesman Richeeu that he ought
to write poetry. He mistaken
He suggested to the greatest French writer thai he
Richelieu would write play and sign Moeres name to it.
you said Moiere The public will say, 'Moere has gone
crazy"
Joe Jefferson the actor thought his ruined be-
cause he went on the stage when he ought to have been
great painter.
he kept acting well and painting badly until he died
To the who asks Where among the ruins find
something that will give hope" recommend the well
known story about Sir Christopher Wren who built the Ca
thedra St Paul in London after the big fire had destroyed
nearly all of the city
The site selected and was arranged to tax the
coal that passed the Thames to find money to build the
Among stones blackened by fire one and written on
It In Latin: 81 will rise again
That was the first stone used in the building Of the big
Cathedral IN which Wren now lies buried.
oOufaged
For building ST. Paus Cathedral climbing ND and down
ladders struggling with dishonest king and dishonest
builders he received the magnificent Of twenty dollars
aweek-and often had to wait for his money.
As Wren picked of the backened ruins the stone on
which the courageous word written every discouraged
mar finds ouJho
fragment with the words II will rise again
he will take that for his foundation and add will power
to It, he WILL rise again
Nothing is hopeless nothing the human will
Milton, blind, wrote what will live for centuries
Beethoven, stone deaf unable hear note of the or
chesra when he conducted his own music created his
magnificent works when he could longer hear sound
Pope wrote his noble Essay Man when he so weak
and helpless that he had to be sewed up Jacket
every day and have nurse to undress him and put him to
bed
Old Socrates was strange combination father
sculptor his mother midwife, himself philosopher spend
ing his life trying to make better Of the Greeks
By way Of reward they condemned him to drink hem
lock- the poison that kills you with numbness beginning
the feet and gradually reaching to the heart.
He talked pacidy and eanestlyhs last instalment Of
phllosophy-Whe the poison did its work he dis
couraged when he told his judges he fortunate
than they. He still lives
No be destroyed by anything except his will or
lack of will
The famous Cranmer in fear of his life signed twice
recantation of his religious beliefs.
Then he recanted his denial and went the stake to
burned alive To show that he regretted having denied his
faith he held his right hand into the fire until burned
thus proving that fire couldn't conquer him. establish
ing his reputation permanently.
AS the great Christopher Wren found IN THE RUINS
the first stone used in his Cathedral the discouraged
man may find In what he considers ruined life the founda
tion for success
One man finds it in wounded vanity He fall low
and be kicked before he rises and really tries.
Another finds it in affection for his children One of the
most successful professional the United States was
looked upon as hopeless drunkard practically in the gut
ter.
One night he came home-by accident-sober. He saw
for the first time that his children feared him and when
he appeared Said he, IF that So will drink no more