Show 11 I UNCOMMON S SENSE NSE j By JOHN BLAKE ARMS AND AMMUNITION There is no peace Life Lire Is war from beginning to end Most of ot it Is war against other human beings Battling with fists has gone out of fashion save as a pastime for the half halt savage who pay high prices for prize fight tickets Battling with weapons is resorted to o only lr occasionally o caslon l But I battling with Drams crams still con con- I Only the fighters win anything that Is worth winning Each individual has his own wars to o wage oA A According as he prepares for them will be his ch chances for tor success Even those with the best natural equipment can be and are easily conquered by their mental Inferiors interIors if it they do not go Into the war with the modern arms and ammunition that are supplied by twentieth century century century cen cen- tury training No Noone one can be a pacifist in the great struggle for happiness It is not necessary to be cruel or ruthless It Is not necessary to climb to success over the fallen tallen forms torms of ot others But It Is necessary essary to fight to fight Intelligently and unceasingly and with the best weapons that one can obtain And here is an important thing g 1 I to remember Half the battle each man must wage against himself Before he can fight tIght ably with I I others he must conquer himself and that necessitates a long and earnest I 1 I I I contest onte and one OnlY a few I win win- Here Is where the right kind of ot arms and ammunition is particularly particular particular- ly useful Education and training not only stock the mind with knowledge but they teach lt it its weaknesses ssi and means to overcome them Training whether In a college or orIn orin I In ones one's own room at night strengthens resistance to temptation and gr gradually dually eliminates habits of ot procrastination and indolence which i iare are the most heavy handicaps In the bi big battle of life Ute No nation can win a war without being heing prepared Neither can an Individual I The hours spent In getting an ed education education education ed- ed may seem wasted and fu futile futile tu- tu tile but they gradually provide one I with t the e arms and amm ammunition he needs needa s when he goes out to win success suc suc- cess Consider all schooling all aU study all practice as the acquiring of ot otI weapons weapons' as preparedness and they will seem less fatiguing and more Interesting Copyright 1924 by bv the Bell BeIl Syndicate Syn Syn- Inc |