The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-27

follow his example the world would
live upon a higher plane; the man
who so brings up his children, or
others committed to his charge, that
they can never lose the lofty princi-
pies he has given them, instiils an in
fiuence that will spread from genera
ton to generation far beyond his
sight. Much of the good In our ma
lures has come to us mediately from
men and women we never saw, of
whom We have eve heard; and any
one may do the same for others yet
unborn.
Saved BY Fire
What IL a man strive for the good
that is enduring but doesn't succeed?
What IL his efforts are frustrated by
his own mistakes or by circumstan-
ces beyond his control? st. Paul does
not speak of this. He says that II any
mans work shall be burned, he shall
suffer loss, but he himself shall be
saved; yet so as by fire. The man
of whom he says this Is the one who
has done a perishable work. How
about him who seeks to build solidly
but fails? The work that he has not
done is left undone, but IL this be
from lack OF tools or opportunity.
and ne from negligence or moral
fault, he can expect to hear the
judgment well done, good and
faithful servant" for that as
the reward not of success, but OF
moral effort.
Moreover, let us not forget certain
facts about success which are not al
ways borne In mind when passing
Judgments on our fellows. IL has
been asserted by military critics that
a nation Is never finally beaten in
wal until IL believes itself beaten.
With not less accuracy. 1t may be
said that SO long as q man lives he
has not failed unless he believes he
has failed, or perhaps one ought to
say believes that he is not q failure,
not is convinced that some particu-
lar effort, adventure or plan OF his
has failed. The difference is vital.
The man who runs his head repeated
ly into the same stone wall has the
kind of head least likely to be affect
ed by the process. He shows perse-
verance, but not determination -
succeed. Wisdom consists in chang
ing the method as the result Of exper-
fence while retaining the object; or
to state the same thing In a larger
way, II thepurpose Of a nan In life
is to do something OF real value, and
after sufficient trial he becomes con-
WINGED that his abilities or circum-
stances do not justify a belief that
he can do SO in the direction that he
first proposed, he is not a failure II
he strikes out un~discouraged on an
other line.
This has been the case In some OF
the most fruitful careers. Many sue
~cessful men have failed In the pur-
suit in which they finally ecame emil
nent, or in some other, before they
learned how and where to apply their
strength. Every schoolboy Is familiar
with the story OF Bruce taking cour
age when he saw the spider sDin
her web on the seventh trial. Abra-
ham Lincoln's early life was far from
promising. Twice he attempted to
conduct a local store only to have
the enterprise come to q hopeless end
in a few months. Goodyear tried one
experiment after another before he
lit upon the method OF treating rub
Der that has made 1t n of the es-
sential substances In the civilization
of the present day. Captain Mahan
applied to one publisher after another
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