The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
USE IN ADVERSELY
Generally a Working Out Of the
Law of Compensation.
Undoubted Fact That Opposition or
Hardship Tends to Bring Out
the Best There is in Mans
Composition.


81 wish could slide along In busi'
ness as easily as George SeagraNe,
.aii John Nelson. ss h. Joined his
father in the library after dinner.
whats up now" asked his father.
"Dh nothing" replied the son. "oniy
George has just been appointed assist
ant general manager of his father )
iiru. It doesn seem right for fellow
10 nave an advantage like That gwen
td him. while fellows like me have 10
dlg for everything they get.
"Eut that seems to he the way the
world j. made. John. and the more l
see of II the more I'm convinced its
II capital arrangement. used Ia feel
MS you do. hut I've lived long enough
tn see II great many things adjust
themselves. There is law of com
prnsation al work. uy boy. and no
class has all the advantages. II would
b. "a very poor world II We nll slid
along as easily as George does
What do you mean by that?" asked
the son.
Just this II takes opposition "r
hardship. or whatever you please To
call il, to bring out the best In us and
make US good for anything. You
know the old saying. It's three gener-
ations from shirt sleeves to shirt
sleeves A man goes Out In his shirt
sleeves and gets his living. but he de-
cides that his children shall have more
opportunity than he. 80 he gives them
m education. The sons make money
by their educational advantages. and
they pass II on to their sons. who have
never known the struggle OF scIulsi-
tion. The sons sons go through IT.. And
SO the shirt-sleeve process begins
again. II doesn't always happen so. but
It happens with sufficient regularity to
form the basis OF q proverb. The e1-
ception proves the rule"
"Yss, but II needn't he so." replied
the boy.
II know that" replied the father.
but there is enough truth In 1t to
prove what I want to say. Even God
himself put the Jews through the proc
sss of adversity to whip them into
shape. II was only about four hundred
miles In q bee line across The wilder
ness. But God made the Jews take
forty years to get to Canaan. because
he wanted to tougher them and make
them ready for the conquest. when he
cot them there. The Bible says he
Ted them not through the way OF the
land Of the Philistines. although .hat
was near They would have got there
too quickly to stand the hardship. And
II they had defeated the Philistines,
they would have been unprepared for
q stu worse enemy: I mean the opu-
lsnce and plenty of Canaan.
Men are defeated by easy victories
and cheap successes more than by ad-
vsrsities. Disrneli was hissed down In
the British parliament when he made
his maiden speech. But that only
toughened his fibre and stifYened his
resolve. Grants reverses were ths
school In which he learned how to win
his later victories. II makes all the
difference whether closed door Is
q final rebuff or an Invitation to battle
through. I'm more afraid Of a cheap
and easy success for you than am of
struggle. IF you struggle before you
achieve. you will have character to
hold you steady when success arrives
The trouble with many persons is that
hey have no character to go with their
acquisitions. II IL a case of diamonds
on dirty fingers.
Have you never seen an engine
pounding itself to pieces on a slippery
rail in winterf What It needed wa.
sand. opposition. Friction spelled pro
Eress. Even a kite can't rise with the
wind. II must ascend against 1t. DOM
spend your time quarrellng with tn,
order OF things or fretting about some
one else's easy success. An oak grow,
In the open. tortured by Thousand
storms. The dollhouse plant never
knows the glory Of the sky."-Youth'i
Companion.