Evening star., 1923-10-07
NJ TMoAAs n. AARsHALL.
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J had not asriyed At the ass OF ten
when my parents begsHo plan my
future. OF cid Scot Prs5Ryterian an
csstTy, my mother AaA the quite DAN
mite epinieB that my mission In life
was that of q clergyman. She evil
lsRtly had failed to aets the OUT
creppinGs Of original sin then per.
fsetiy msaifest In my conduct. shs
either Gid not notice II or had reach
ed the conclusion. subsequently ex-
nssssed to me, thst 'Aeu was snadA
fer ether peoples chIlases." NY a..
thsy, - 4 eoustfy doctor, having
failed TO, dispose OF the output Of the
quiBiHs .aRa ealowsi trade, was ofths
equally strong spiaten that Il would
ss NY duty to. help further dissiPets
ths maiariai atmasphsFs ef AeFthsFa
indiana. -
A. fss myseif, I made up my mind
that neither eHs Of my parents knew
Whist was coed for Tps. felt then.
- ] feel now. that q man should .pur.
ss .sfs s.s.y s.ns sass sns 81 . sauIf s ,:
work, and With that View. which !
held, but did not then understand, I
was quite convinced that what I
wss'sa wss e ss.smsE., esssEFs Wien ssw ,h,e sp
conduct Of an eisht.yaer.sid boy. !
speHt my eut,of-sehesi hours beside
the bench OF our VILLAGE shoemaker
He was Kind and indulEaHt. He ai-
loved me 70 assist him and seqght to
After several weeks he dsspaired Of
NV ever learning. "Boy,| hs said.
dyour hands are Useless fop anythiRa
bpt eatiRr: but yeur tongue seems to
Wae WE'LL" This may be the reason
that compromised en- the law.
At*
This article, however, is for an en-
tiFeiy dIRereRt Puypose than that Of
calling attention to myself, merely
wished to recall the common attitude
" Hiaa Of all parents and all chIl.
dreR ef my generation. 1t may be
the sams tsday, but dsuht IT, per-
haPs II In the same IN seme partieu-
lspa hpt surely net In all, I have
triad In recent pears to Fseeiiset ths
mather Touching nv future lite. nn
70 the ha9f went forth to 10 hattie.
a sssus ss ssaa g ,te has y .h.se any Of the
Q vera said about the making Of
money, that there was ever any com
pArteap as To- which Of the things to
Pc Ssss In lifs was the most likely
theaEht and study was concentrated
uRaR the question Of what I was best
fttsa 70 de-. and everything In the
way sf advlee. sdmonitieG.. reproof
End eagcetlan was directed along the
that Wss s,ts.a M 10 - ae eas iSs,nsss The Wass
was the. mstH thiHGi the reward was
vhaiiy incidental,
II Faay be that the age had some-
thing to do with this conduct and
state Of mind. 1t was just at the
efsse Of the war between the states,
when, for causes in which they be-
iiepsd, men counted 40 sacrifice too
great. Rewards, that were sought
were not personal rewards; they were
rewards that were to be given to the
pnisR 0F ths eonfsderaey. Demoe-
Faey was democracy; and the eom-
mon gssd was far more desirable
than success of any individual. It
was an age in which both parent and
ehtld we're Groping, -dimiy, perhaps,
but nevertheless courageously, after
the thing which Gad desired the In
not yet reached that state of financial
success In which some callings were
thought 70 be honorable and some
dishonorable. we believed ali call
fngs to be honorable. although some
lowed of necessity. therefore. that hat
when once a life's work had been
agreed upon, the processes OF eduea-