The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-05
With Level Eyes.

Edward G. Lowrey, writing in the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger says President Hard
| ing first conceived the idea that the great
office he now holds was within his reach
when he went to Washington as United
States senator and there found men in the
upper house of congress who were astonish-
ingly like himself Alter he got to Wash
ngton, explains Mr.. Lowrey, Senator Hard
ing soon learned to quit looking up at the
distinguished members of the senate and
commenced regarding them with level eyes.
He found that they were human beings, too;
that, in a word they were common clay, al
belt they had attainments somewhat above
the ordinary but which newcomer might
also bring or develop by applying himself.
Mr. Lowrey provides a text that every in
dividual may take unto himself to his adj
vantage and benefit. Every man cannot be
president. but surely he can claim his right
full place in the world establishing himself
fearlessly among his fellow men and look
ing at them with level eyes instead of re-
garding them as though they stood on lad
ders. A great many men and women are
likely to do what Warren G. Harding did
before he went to the United States senate
put others on a pedestal and look up TO them
After he got acquainted with
his colleagues in the senate Mr.. Harding
knew them for what they were and not tor
what he had thought them to be. He got &C
cuainted with hmself-which is much more
to the point for any ndividua1-and realized
that he had, using Mr.. Lowreys words, char
acter, a capacity for work and understand
ing and qualities of heart and mind that
made him the equal of associates he former
" had revered from distance. Then, real
izing that he compared very favorably with
other senator's, Mr. Harding got the idea
that, since they did not hesitate to put
themselves forward for the presidency, Meth
er would he. Today only one member OF
the senate to which he belonged is president,
and that one is himself.
Mr.. Harding's lesson, which he learned
there in Washington and which, no doubt,
has been paralleed in the cases Of hundreds
before him, is one that everybody may learn
il they will All men are not equal, far from
it. but they are not so far apart in their
simi1arties as may be imagined. There is
tendency to invest persons who have been
eminently successful in life with sort of
greatness, a glamour, to mark them as sin
gular and extraordinary, unapproachable and
rare as though they were royal personages.
The average person finds it difficult to meet
such celebrities on common ground, but he
could if he would. That rests with himself
more frequently than with the others. The
only thing necessary is to quit looking up at
the exalted ones, like Mr.. Harding did, and
regard them with eyes on level with ones
own.
1t is astonishing how much better Oft one
feels after having done that, and how much
farther one can go on the road to success
il the right to look every man squarely IN
the face, with level eyes, is demanded. There
is no particular trick in boarding the lion IN
his den Big men have not always been big.
They grow, and it should be remembered
that, with all their growing, they did not
outgrow the things that make them COM
parable to other men. Persons who strive
for their own advancement honestly, and re-
member to look with level eyes at others,
no matter who they are, will realize, just as
Warren G. Harding, that distinguished per-
sonages have not cornered all the brains nor
all the character, nor all the courage that are
needed in the struggle for life and success.