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Volume III. MHJedgevilSe, Ga., Saturday, Jup<> 24, 1916. Number 11
To Be Great You Must First of All
Learn to Control YourSelf
Without the Pain of
Self-Torture
It is bitter medicine, but the one
thing most needed in the human
soul is discipline.
It is well to have force, genius,
vigor, enthusiasm, power; but you
may have them and be a criminal,
-a iftanic, dr a cad; you become
great only when you add seif con
trol.
You tnav attain to the true arist
ocracy of tlie world. These a r e the
overcomers. These are they who
have passed through the,- cleansing
fires. These are they who rule their
°wn sT-rmy pas.-ions, their own
mighty ambitions and boundless
longings with a will of tempered
steel.
And these are the beloved. You
know them. In every walk of life
yob have met them, soldiers of the
light, the old guard of the best
things of humanity.
How then, can 1 learn the art of
self-mastery ? you ask. Here are a
few suggestion -.
First, it comes only by practice.
You must learn it as you would
learn to play the violin. It is a
matter of patience and persistence.
And surely if you are willing to
exercise to develop your muscles,
you ought to be willing to exetcise
to develop your character, your
power to enjoy yourself and your j
ability to be a source of happiness
to others. Don’t make a reso
lution Just begin doing it. Wher
ever you have a conviction, wher
ever your reason points out a certain
thing to do, it at once.
Then, when you see clearly what
vou ought to do, do it cheerfully.
Don’t pity yourself. Don’t advertise
your virtue.
Don’t wrestle, fight and pray.
l"he essential element of a stiongj
personality is quiet power. Those!
who fight are weak. Do what you
have to do, dismiss the matter,
and go ahead.
The fir.-t of all insurances policies
to insure oneself the tnuxium of
happiness and efficiency, is to learn
how to make oneself do what lie
knows lie ought to do. yet what he
hates to do, and to learn to do this
smoothly, without struggle or self-
torture. Without that there is
positively no peace. Without that,
life is sure to turn bitter.
The contented people are those
who have themselves in hand. The
gratification of desire is an endless
task. It is like attempting to fill the
j bottomless pit with water from a
j tin cup.
But the control of desire is a sure
road to a full and joyous life. The
man who has disciplined himself can
be happy whether poor or rich. lie
is the master of the world, not it’s
lave.
Your vision must be clear. You
must see plainly that to let your
desires master j onr means, self-con
tempt and degradtion. And you
must learn, whenever you have com
mantled the fierce waves of passion
to be still, when you have resisted
1 til* storm of fierce and evil longing.
| and waves and winds have subsided
j battled by your strength, you must
learn then, to laugh in pride, to
relize how good it is to be a man.
You know them, the real ladies of
the world, a real gentleman not by
heredity or endow ment, not by dis-
i play or cheap vanity, but by the
open, free, happy, strong life that
comes from self-discpline contantly
exerted.— Frank Crane.
Can You Give Your Employer
Real Satisfactory Service?
If Not, Why Not?
Suppose you try.
An employer of labor had up be
fore him a boy who Wanted a job.
The employer shot at him a number
of questions he had right to ask.
“Can you pvveepout. a store clean £
Can you tie up a bundle properly?.
Can you make small change fdr a
customer? Can you account for
other peoples money entrusted to
you? Can you be pro nipt ? Will
you work steadily? What do you
know about work?”
There was no reason why the
question should bewilder the boy.
tor he came from a supposedly
good home, but lie .did slum-tile
over them, and finally in sheer des
peration he blurted out :
“I can smoke thirty cigarettes a
day.”
The employer broke into laugh-
ler and answered :
“Well , that’s not to your credit
but you have the merit of telling
the truth. Suppose now you start
in to see how much bigger you can
make ucefulness, than a habit. |ust
for your honesty I'm going to give
\ on a show.”
Given atrial with a master who
would not tolerate any of his sub-
orordinates being slaves tc habits,
tliis boy did swing true, lie learned
that usefulness double discounts
any habit that ever was.
This is what the world is asking
from every boy who wishes to
work—usefulness. Just so far as
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