Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1918 — Making Excuses. [ARTICLE]

Making Excuses.

He is only a bum. He has been a member of the down-and-out club for years. He began by making excuses. And he is making excuses still for his parasitism on society. If the world had given him a chance as it has given other men, he declares, he would have accomplished things. But the world has never given him a chance, and he sees no prospect now for a future of any consequence. This excuse he offers, despite the fact that the country is calling for men and women as never before in its history. '-

Few men appreciate the harm that comes to their careers from making excuses. They are wont to attribute their failure to hard luck. Luck at times breaks against mien and their undertakings. But if those who have failed will look back honestly Into their careers, they will see that they themselves are to blame for their failures. The excuses they offer are mere salves to their own egotism and lack of perseverance.