Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-07-11
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ArL;4;o was giving very
Oieion bad advice
The old gentle
man. who had got sin bad" with Henry
the Eighth was on his way out Of the
picture.
But 1t was the wrong kind Of am
billion which got him into trouble with
the Big Boss.
The prelate's real ambition was to
run the country and the king and
everybody else.
And the king, being able to do his
own thinking, preferred to conduct the
affairs Of the country as he saw fit.
OF course he went a little bit too far
when he began killing off wives, but he
still was a great man, and had 1t not
been for his ambition, nobody would
remember him for anything but one of
the Henrys who had been on the
throne Of England for a while.
Keep your ambition working.
You will need It.
1t is stimulant to effort, It is a
promoter Of thought, it leads men to
do more than they are expected to do.
No great man has been without 1t.
The necessity Of 1t ought to be
dwelt upon in the schools.
Young people ought to be urged to
be somebody and do something out of
the common run.
If all men and women were content
to follow the old tracks, to do what
ever Is done in the same way that 1t
had always been done, they would be
about as progressive as hill Of ants,
and about as useful.
You live here only once, as far as
you know.
Make as long Of a stay in 1t as you
can, and do as much work as you can.
don't mean just ordinary plodding
sweat-producing work.
! mean new original work.
You can't cherish any ambition to be
king today. Those jobs are all arranged
for in Advance. The only iOay you could
get one would be to buy some little
South Sea island and pay the natives to
make you king.
But want to do something that
hasn't been done before.
Whether 1t is in science or politics
or missionary work doesn't matter.
Don't be satisfied with a little tenn
porary success.
Try to get yourself Job that will
give you influence, and use your In
fluence for progress.
That is open to the objection that 1t
entails a great deal of work, but one
rarely hears Of healthy man hurting
himself by work.
I have never known a successful
man or woman who did not possess a
high degree Of will
The Big power.
Boss II you can't De
your own boss, you
can't be anybody's boss.
Neither can you do anything Inn
portant and useful.
And If you lack Importance and USE
fulness you are not going to have q
very easy time In the world.
Laziness Is natural to most people.
So Is procrastination, which Is the
child Of laziness.
No matter what your job is, you
must learn to keep at it until you mas
ter it, or some other fellow is going to
get far ahead of you in the race for
independence and security in life.
Cultivate your will power.
Force yourself to stick to your work
long after the demon Of laziness whis-
pers in your ear that you are tired
and need rest.
Don't worry about wearing yourself
out.
Worry may do that. Work will not.
Establish some objective, and try to
maintain it.
Pick out something that is worth do
possibility.
Without an ear for music, you can
never be a musician.
without an artists eye you can
never become a painter or sculptor.
without unusual physical strength
and a good sound heart you can not
become an athlete.
But there Is something that you can
do, and do we'll, If you have average
common sense and the will to keep
everlastlngly at the task you have set
yourself.
Find out what 1t is. Do not choose
It because you think 1t may bring you
popularity.
You'll get popularity If you succeed,
and you won't need to look around
for 1t.
When you undertake anything, keep
at 1t, and carry 1t through.
If, when studying, you find yourself
turning page after page of a book,
following all the printed lines, and not
noting anything that is there, there
a. so,,otIiny Tho matter with vOur will