Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — Our Limitations Are Incentives to Higher Aims In Life. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Our Limitations Are Incentives to Higher Aims In Life.

By KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD.

President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.

CHE city boy becomes sophisticated, alert, “wise” in the wisdom of the street,, often also wise in the foolishness of the gutter. The farm born lad certainly has limitations of opportunity and experience, yet lie possesses invaluable “knowledge never learned of schools.” The law of limitations is GOD’S UNIVERSAL LAW. The

bloom of the maize scarcely rivals the rose, yet corn is extremely useful to mankind. A corollary of the law of limitations is that the RESTRICTION OF THE RANGE OF OUR POWERS actually tends to the greatest usefulness. Most of the noted achievements in the world’s history are simply the OVERCOMING OF APPARENT LIMITATIONS. wOUR PLAIN TASK IS TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND DO OUR WORK WITH THE TOOLS WE HAVE AND WITH THE MATERIALS AT HAND.

OUR LIMITATIONS CONSTITUTE OUR OPPORTUNITY. THEY ARE INCENTIVES TO OVERCOMING. THEY ARE A PRIME SOURCE OF PERSONAL POWER. LET YOUR LIMITATIONS BE THE LADDER ON WHICH YOU RISE TO PERSONAL POWER AND USEFUL ACHIEVEMENT.