The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-10

an admirable manner presented his thoughts on this subject.
 "One of the hardest things man has to do is to discover himself he said in part. Among the millions who are born and buried, we appear as little as a gran of sand on the seashore When you buy sewing rrachine you get a book of directions. but the pudgy babe who arrived this morning comes here with but any directions, and the first 20 years go in finding your place in the world.
 And after all we are not as little as we might think. For while millions lived before us and millions will live after us, there never will be a copy or duplicate of yourself. You are an entirely new thought, fresh from the laboratory or your Creator. And to discover that thought and develop it is the secret of success. This is no easy task, but it is better to struggle and win than to drift and dream. The picture of tre Prussian army march, ng in goose step has caused much amuse- ment. But one thing is worse than a goose-stepping army, and that is goose stepping minds Individuality is our most valuable possession. and yet we hide it ike vice. Let us think for ourselves and have the courage of independent convlc- lions.
 GOAL NEVER REACHED
 'There will be no end of precipitation be- pause there is continuous aspiration. We strive as long az we live, The goal is all ways before us; never reached Give a man the wealth of Croesus, the fame of Caesar. the feac. of Luculius. the brain of Shakespeare. and he will still look for something el~e. He is constantly push Ing back the skly inc. At his deathbed he looks beyond the grave. We are like 8 moth flying toward a star
 +~1.- kolerable and aspiration worth while. be- tause we have Inspiration. The light ct the world is the sun and the incentive of life is love. Iscve is the great magician that gives zest to existence. Without it wealth and .slory vanish like clouds. with t even the darkest sky is luminous with stars. Love has built every church and won every battsc. Love has inspired sculpture. created music and tprns~the wheels of ir dustry Love has founded the home. If it were not for those we love we should long since have cease1 to struggle and to he--
 'PerspiratA. --ts--sion and inspiratso1 -but the greaeest of these F iEaspir s.,,f,, The meeting of .tA C>t'ssr club yester- Nav wac -s-..s,,-. .-. the largest nHrn- r--'- ss,s ss,ssnrative men in Birmin ghaFn sAre it's organization President Court ney W. Shropshire had as his honsi Euests the presidents of the Rotary. k'- wanis and Community clubs. and each or fcer and direct., Of the club had tnose holding the corresponding positions in the other three club organizations as personal ruests Practically every Civltan mein' ber had guest who is a member Of one pf these clubs and as a result the ciuo- room of the Southern club was crowded to overflowins.
 A. c. Crowder read a citation from lhs war department in which an expressioi bf qualification was delivered to the etN' tan club for it3 patriotic efforts Tn con nection with the war camp communits and other war en6eavors. The letter fror General Pershing, accepting the honorar; membership in the Civitan club. recenus voted was another matter of interest.
 As a special feature of the meeting cigarettes made esnecially for the oc casion and bearing the monogram of th' club were passed out to all in attendanee
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