Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-14 | Page 21 | The Tragedy of Success

PressTE THE TRAGEDY OF SUCCESS The tragedy of success Is plainly recognizable at that point where a man realizes his own dissatisfaction In the midst of an attainment reached after a lifetime of energetic pursuit of an i elusive object or point of eternity lying ly-ing perpetually off In the distance During the chase for fame the runnatv contents himself at every obstacle or disappointment with the assurance that his object Infic once attained his cup of satisfaction will brim over But success like the human ideal retreats re-treats as we advance toward It When we do occasionally catch up with success suc-cess It looks unnatural close at hand our vision having been accustomed to Us proportions viewed from a distance Anna Farquhar In the April number ol the National Magazine