Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-18

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had lived selfishIy. He steeled his
heart against all the finer sentiments
of life: we are told he made no close
friendships and manifestly he never
drank very deeply from the cup OF
| happiness. He was successful in tac-
cumulating wealth, but he missed the
| best things in life and l submit to you
the editors Judgment was correct
From the truest viewpoint his life was
! p failure.
| In letter to friend, Carlyle happily
, defined success as "a growing to your
full spiritual stature under Gods sky
This definition recognizes that man is
not primarily an animal but a soul
develops most fully all the faculties
of his mind and heart.
In the few moments left me may
set up few guide posts pointing the
way to true success?
1. The first one / would name Sim
plicity.
Be simple Great things are always
simple The lives of the truly great
men are invariably marked with SIM
plicity. To be great is to be modest
in manner and tastes Frederick the
Great to the end of his days slept in
trundle bed, and at the summit or
his glory the Duke of wellington lived
life simple as common soldier. One
to whom Mr.. Gladstone paid a visit
said of him, HE talked as if he had
been an ordinary person like our
selves" Was there ever Il man more
simple than our Lincoln, and vet few
Eif any have Iever lived who We're
greater.
Today in the White House we have
a living exponent of the simple life.
Mr. Coolidge's loyalty to the old-fash-
ioned virtues on honesty, industry and
economy and his devotion to the home,
school and church have had their
wholesome influence upon the Amer
lean people prone to extravaganza and
artificial living. At all times and
everywhere simplicity is strength and
makes for happiness. "The highest
outcome of culture said James Rus
sell Lowell, lis simplicity. Cultivate
it,"
II. The second guide-post we shall
name, a we'll balanced life.
Maintain a variety of interests. Not
too many, but enough to prevent you
from growing stale or one-sided Sue
cess is ofttimes understood as being
able to do one thing we'll. But most
men do one thing we'll by neglecting
other things important. You need
some other interests beside your chos-
en- work of life, to, develop all your
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upon life tolerant and wholesome. The
famous words of Darwin should be
considered by those looking forward to
the making of a life: up to the age
of 3O,'' he says, "or beyond it, poetry
of many kinds, such as the works OF
Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth,
Coleridge and Shelley gave me great
pleasure, and even as a schoolboy l
took intense delight in Shakespeare,
especially in the historical plays.
"Pietures gave me considerable and
music very great delight. But now for
many years I cannot endure to read a
line of poetry. / have tried lately to
read Shakespeare, and found it so In
tolerably dull that it nauseated me.
/ have also almost lost my taste for
music and pictures. M mind seems
to have become kind of machine for
grinding general laws out of large
collections of facts. If I had to live
my life again. I would nave made it
rule of my life to read some poetry
and listen to some music at least once
week; for perhaps the parts of my
brain now atrophied would thus have
been kept active through use
The loss OF these tastes is a loss of
happiness, and may possibly be in
I furious to the intellect and more prob
ably to the moral character, by en-
feebling the emotionai part of our
nature
III. The third guide-post we shall
name Personality.
Personality is not easily defined
| but is constituted of the various ele-
ments and attributes OF ones ch-rac-
ter and disposition. 1t stands for that
general effect which you produce
upon another when you come into
their presence TkFre are big and lit
| tie personalities. There are attractive
| and repulsive personalities. There are
folk you are always glad to see, there
are others you are happy to miss
There are some who always bring you
happiness; there are others who always
| leave you cross; then in between these
| two extremes there are host who
make little impression one war or the
other. OF Mr.. Roosevelt it was said
4 when he entered a room he at one.
/ filled the room with his personality
/ all eyes turned to him and all ears
listened. Only few can hope to pos
fsess,a masterful and overpowering per
| sonality such as Roosevelt, or Beechel
4 or Gladstone possessed, but we all cal
do much toward improving our dis
i position and making ourselves agree
4 able.
In this world we must work AM
4 live with other people and we Nigh
4 as well learn to live and work Wit
q them in an agreeable fashion. w
must consider the rights of Others
i We cannot be selfish, self-centere
i and overbearing and hope to hay
i friends and get on with other folh
Let love temper your manner. LIE
us be courteous, kind, accommodatins
I tolerant forgiving, loyal, unselfisf
How many are gripping their useful
ness, marring their happiness and hin