Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1916 — M’CLARYGRAMS [ARTICLE]

M’CLARYGRAMS

People want to be persuaded to buy the things they want. When in doubt, do the harder thing, it la almost sure to be the right one. The thoroughbred had no need to boast of his pedigree; and no real thoroughbred does It. Warmth and sunshine give growth; but after all it is the rain and storm that give strength and endurance. If all the merely unkind things we say were the wisdom we perhaps think them at the moment, what a wise world this would be! Beware- of becoming self-satisfied; for though his capabilities might carry him leagues farther, no man can ever climb higher than the peak of his own ambition. The next best thing to being absolutely truthful is to be a sufficiently adept liar; but circumstances have a way of administering very rude awakenings to those who dream themselves sufficiently adept.—McClary’s Magazine.