Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1899 — WORDS OF WISDOM. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORDS OF WISDOM.

An Extract from President McKinley’s Speech at Tuskegee, Ala.

r- ■ . . Integrity and industry are the best possessions which any man can have, and every man can have them. Nobody can give them to him or take them from him. He can not acquire them by inheritance; he can not buy them or beg them or borrow them. Jhey belong to the' individual, and are his unquestion ed property He alone can part with them. They are his to keep They make happy homes They achieve success in every walk of life; they have won the greatest triumphs for mankind No man who has them ever gets into the police court, or before the grand jury, or in the work house or the chain gang. They give one moral and material power. They will bring yOu a comfortable living, make you respect yourself and command the respect of your fellows. They are indispensable to success. They are invincible. The merchant requires the clerk whom he employs to have them. • The railroad corporation inquires whether the man seeking employment possesses them. Evary avenue of human endeavor welcomes them They are the only keys to open the door of opportunity to a straggling manhood.. Employment waits on them-, capital requires them; citizenship is not good without them. If you do not already have them, get them.