News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-06-26

be the highest and nOblest and best. We
know that not for an instant was any,
thing less ideal in your thoughts.
This phrase "TO be- is significant be-
cause 1t shows natural tendency of man
toward the good. Man is naturally an
ethical and religious being, if it were
not so our first thought on seeing the
words ITO be would lead US to question
the expression, To be?-To be what?
We do not question it for moment.
Even though some of us may have
| failed to attain unto those higher things
of life; even though we may have lost
| hope for ourselves in ever attaining unto.
| the highest, We have not lost the desire
to see others gain those heights. Which
shows that we are not fatalists nor have
we lost faith that right makes might.
And we come here tonight with the de-
sire in our hearts, even though we may
not be personally acquainted with all of
you, that you will go out into the world
and attain unto the highest and the,
noblest and the best
AS you Young people 60 out into the
world you will fad life, at its best,
struggle. You may not knOwit, | have
not had enough experiences IN tns world
yet to fully realize the significance of
that statement, but all around us tonight
sit people who have realized it. Aud
when | say it is a struggle [ am not ring
ing out a note of pessimtsm, for life
would not be worth while if it were not
a struggle. If we did not have to fight
our way, the goal would not be worth
the gaining.
We know that if Wa are to win our
battles whatever they may be, we must
have strength, II you are to attain unto
those things which you cherish in your
hearts, those things which you have not
expressed openly in your motto, but
which we have the faich to believe are
the highest and uoblest and best desires
i say that if you are to attain unto
those things, you mist have real
strength.
Aud that is what we are going to talk
"O'AG LOhtSul' IL OIl6E - DC you
must have real strength.
Nov what do l mean by real strength?
[ mean that which will first of all make
you masters of yourselves. You must
be masters of yourselge, If you are 70
be-" When | speak OF such strength I
give No opportunity for the muscuar
young man, or the young lady of physi-
cal charm and beauty who are before me.
to sit up a little straighter and to hold
up tteir heads a little higher, and to look
around as much as to say, I'VE are the
chosen ones" When | speak of such
strength there is NJ reason why che
young man or young WON IN of pale face
and slight franz shOIld slide DO yn
little lower 10 the pew in an attempt to
hide themselves from thu gazs of their
classmates aud friends and TO say, I'VE
have not strong physical bodies and
therefore we cannot "be."
The strength to whicl [ refer, each
Ind all of you may possess aud having
hat strength, you may become masters
If yourse Ives.
To be masters of yourselves is the
treat test. A group of people stood
lpon the porch of fashion tb!e summer
lotel. They were watching the rapidly
coach drawn by six bsauti-
al horses. Expressions Of admiration
'ame from the lips of these people as the
river ,skilltully and gracefully swung
hose horses arOuld the curves of tbo
neandering road. With one fnll ana
.raceful swing the coach swept M TO the
'Ortec Ochere and the driver drew in on
he lines and horses came to a standstill.
'he steps of that coach stood exactlv in
ront of the steppi ng-s stone and AS the
assengers climbed out of the coach
lords of admiration and the clapning 90
ands from the people on the porch foI5
be driver that his skill aud his masts-,,
yer those horses had not gone upnotics4
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