Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — WORDS OF WISE MEN [ARTICLE]

WORDS OF WISE MEN

To do great things a man moat It** as though he had never to die. To live Is to change, and to be feet is to have changed often. The secret of power in any occupation, whether art or business, Is concentration. — T-" f •' ~~4. The more common cause of what of Success In life is a tendency to let thing* drift. Innocent amusements that a cheerful frame of mind an- very refreshing. Occasional cheerful relaxation t* essential to our welfare. ~ lie very circumspect lu the choice ■ of company. In the society of equals YOU will enjoy more pleasure; In the society of superiors you will find more profit. K - Want of talent and want of taste are common lamentation* and common excuses, but wonders will be uchieved liy the lowest ability If ai- , slsted by unremitting diligence. Nothing Is denied to well-directed lubor. When ouee you have conceived aad determined your mission, let naught urrest your steps. Fulfill it with all your strength; fulfill it, whether blest by love or visited by hate; whether strengthened by association with oth». era, or in that sad solitude that almost always surround* the martyrs of thought. In benevolent natures the impulse of pity is so sudden that, like Instruments of music which obey the touch, the objects which are fitted to excite such impreHslongr work so lustantaneous an effect that you would think the will was scarce concerned, and that the mind was altogether passive in the sympathy w hich her own go<»dness has' excited.