Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1915 — NONSENSE TO STAY IN RUT [ARTICLE]

NONSENSE TO STAY IN RUT

Ability to “Rise” In Life Is More er Less Present In Every Human Being. In every business there are many who know nothing about their possibilities. They live humdrum lives, plodding along In the same old ruta from day to day, but in a business sense they are practically dead Ad finish their business careers wiAont waking up—Aey Just exist. They see a occasional man rjs® up from Ae mass on Ae wings of fortune or fame. He is a nine-day wonder, Ad Aen Ae rest of Ae community settle down again and wait for something to “turn up” for them. The hidden forces tor rising out of Ae ruts are to be found In all “ordinary” folk. All Aat Is needed to put those forces to work is an awakening—a realization Aat great effort is behind great accomplishments. Fame and fortune do not come unhidden. They come only by reaching out Ad grasping Asm as Aey pass by. The man who is satisfied wiA things as Aey are, will never rise above his fellows, but Ae man who reaches out and grasps every opportunity Is Ae man upon whom good luA will smile. ' .

The hidden power Is In you, all right, and Aere it will stay until you wake up Ad go out to Ae world Ad make yourself known. Modesty may be a virtue, but merit Aat vaunts Itself occasionally la Ae kind that brings home this money to Ae wife Ad children.