, 1922-06-08

anence Riches easily gained are Just
as easily lost. 1t is the nature of
man always to appreciate most a
victory gained. Each project is some
thing worth while in the supreme
achievement.
Difficulties are our instructors,
our mistakes often prove our most
valuable experiences.
The talesman for success is
Work" Those who look upon life
fairly will find that fortune is usual
ly on the side Of the Industrious, as
the winds and waves are on the side
of the best navigators. The great
task to accomplish is to get the
working quality well trained. We
must repeat and again repeat; IA
cility will come with labor. The very
greatest things,-great thoughts, dis
coveries, inyentions,-have generally
been mastered in hardship, often
pondered over in sorrow and at
length established with difficulty.
These are things that appear to the
student as being comparatively val
ueless in education. The mastery of
these studies takes effort and cult
Yates powers of application which
otherwise might have lain dormant.
We must remember that oppor-
tunitys are not going to pursue us
but it is our duty to follow and search
for them. Opportunity is coy 1t is
the careless, the slow. the lazy that
fail to see 1t or clutch it when lit
comes. The sharp fellow detects it
instantly and catches it on the wing.
Opportunities crowd around us.
There is power in the air on the
ground, and under the earth's sur
face that IS lying in wait for the
observant eye to discover it. What
are greater opportunities than mans
natural gifts? Good health, a
sound body, good muscles, a good
head. a good disposition. a good
heart two good hands with five
chances on each, r gifts in them
that anyone might value. A
man possesses a fortune In the mar
velous mechanism of his body and
mind. He that has full control OF
these car go forth in the world and
conquer all obstacles IL he only has
the will and perseverance.
There are opportunities at our
door. There r schools in every
community, public lectures that can
furnish valuable instruction. books,
periodicals, public and private
libraries, all OF which are oppor-
tunities for anyone who wishes to
take advantage Of them The best
educated people RI those who are
always learning, always absorbing
knowledge from every possible source
and at every opportunity. The habit
Of absorbing Information of all kinds
from others Is OF untold value.
There. Is untold wealth locked up in
the long evenings and spare moments
in a persons life. A great opportun-
ity confronts you. What are you 60
ing to do with 1t?
There are many who r gifted
with rare talents but they do not de-
velop them. That Is often a neglect
ed opportunity. A single talent that
one could use effectively is worth
more than ten talents imprisoned by
ignorance.
There Is a divine hunger in every
normal person, a yearning for self
expression, a yearning for improve
ments.
Education means that knowledge
has been assimilated and become a
part Of a person. 1t is the ability
to express the thoughts and power
within one. to give out what one
knows that efficiency and
achievement Pent up knowledge Is
useless.
In order that we may be able to
recognize an opportunity when we
meet one, we must develop pow
er OF observation. The difference
between men consists in a great
measure in the intelligence Of their
observation. The Russian proverb
says of the non -observant man, "He
goes through the forest and sees nc
drfftwood." 1.-THE wise mans eyes
are In his head! says Soloman, "but
the fool walketh in darkness" 1t is
the mind that g e as we'll as the
eve. Where unthinking gazers OBJ
serve nothing, men OF intelligent
vision penetrate into the very min
utest details, attentively rioting diff
ferences, making comparisons and
detecting their underlying idea.
Many people before Calico had
seen a suspended weight swing with
measured beat. but not everyone
would detect the value OF the fact as
Calico did. He Immediately saw
that this could be used Is a measure
mentsof time. For fifty years he
|labored on this new idea and at last
he completed the invention of the
Pendulum = an invention, the i'm
%portance of which, in the measure
ment OF time and in Astronomical!
calculations, can scarcely be over
estimated A discovery OF this ma
ture could never have been made by
a negligent observer, or by a mere
passive listner.
1t was by chance we are assured
that Isaac Newton was able to FIND
a relation between the Law Of uni
versal gravity and the falling OF al
apple. This very simple phenomenon
was for him the recollection OF 1