Show HOW TO OURY FORTITUDE one of tile the firmest and widest men mea of his day cly oz or of cfall all antiquity was seneca the tutor a and nd fc f c a tune time the friend of nicio ero yet no man ever described more vividly that want of moral force to over rome come inward vre weakness akness than himself he of seeing the right and approving and loving it and pursuing the wrong which he yet hates while he allows every one despises himself for this kind dindot of weakness arid and it often causes him to despond and yet ti the ac progress of merely intellectual intel le crual culture does docs not enable the most gifted boover to overcome it in fact it is among the most gifted and highly cultivated that this sort of weakness is most conspicuous the laboring man who rises with the an and audious I 1 oes forth to bis bi daily gdaly work is scarcely conscious of if any weakness wet kness of this suit olt what lie he resolves to to do he basily and finally accomplishes while his more reined refined neighbor is al always v ay s resolving without and nd lamenta 11 ng his weakness without mending din moral force then would geem to b be imea sud therefore by many of the same causes as bodily strength physical and mental stien strength th are more closely allied then most persons think after a sickness that liaa has prostrated prostrate 1 the body the force of will is generally diminished and both man un and d I 1 bu brute f te are often brought to very great submissiveness aubri of temper by long continued fasting As thu the body weakens so does the will ind and all those thos alternations offord of food exi icide arid and repose which increate increase bodily vigor ind and power seem to give grea liess mesa of sti bength 0 to tho the will we all to lc I 1 in that a large dow pow erfal man is not easily to bu be turned from any settled purpose indeed few bev attempt to overcome the will of a strong 0 man in good lie health alth they may turn i ita ts curi canent erit in a new direction direct ien but will not usually attempt to encounter alie aidt atraz tf hh deter mm mma meation tion 1 the I he modern doctrine of tile tha converti ability offu icea ices in part enables us to understand der stand all this the will is a force and all the forces wo ve expend are brought into the body through foed sunlight and heat a these forces are e expended in every of the brain or emotions of the heart as 63 truly as 03 in every muscular exert exertion iun every resolution of the will vill is the giving off of a for force and ys vs the supply is ia limited if so much of the vital energy iti ia expended in one direction there is ia so much less tube to be issued in others and further if by air and wholesome exercise and food the man becomes a capacious receptacle for a large supply ol of force it will ivill not be so emil edaily exhausted in efforts requiting great and long continued tent tension jion ot the will so fur far then that which produces energy of body will be li likely k ely other things b eing being eq equal U a to give energy to the will this is is i aby 77 by so many literary men of flabby muscle and feeble women who never take exercise ate aie so deficient in will and why a vigorous walk in a fresh bracing is so great an aid to decision of character all exercises that increase out I 1 strength have a great effect upon the will the calculation of tile the mind certainly gives a more precise direction to all out our purposes and resolution tio in nil all motion there are two I 1 ti lings s and but trio to be considered fu foice I 1 ce and direct direction ian many persons who ale aie deiy strong in in their resolves where here they see cleady eaily cl are easily thrown into confusion by tri trifles fies and elm beim undecided arid and w weak e at because tile the pr precise cire direction in which they ought digh t tois to auve is not clear to them th the e handy af ca or of metaphysics enable them instantly and instinctively to decide arid and act with the certainty of thuc who know they are right in this way at least intellectual problems pre prepare pare the way vay for the solution of moral questions questions and simplicity and clear will strength th to noia noi a of revolve give I 1 tile the pill purposes poses of the will vill villear far more imbor then that produced by merely ely physical health and vigor I 1 hilt but moral inoval exercises are the must direct t and important means 0 of f obtaining inra increase of moral strength force af juwill will tind nd character if a man wants to be a good airsman or player at babe ball while all athletic exer exercises clees may ass assist yet it ia by practice it in preci precisely sely tile ilie tame same efforts in which he mail wishes es to be successful that ahat he most easily becomes so it is ia the in morals by exercising his will in in conquering difficulties and overcoming himself by living virtuously in the midst of temptation biall lie acquires strength to conquer every victory makes the next easier and ha the habit of success he that boeth n is righteous in him goodness grows but the mere speculator who only rea reasons pus argues and doubts doubt but never decides acquires only a habit of and mass mc ss c faith in hinl himself self that beconi moat dit dib by alternating of steep sleep arid and ez erciso ciao of pr prayer dyer and end effort of faitt araa 40 ae iet e ach s seek ea toe 1 aliel within 11 the habit of 0 elf ii 1 zi 11 guest it it ia I 1 1 I the only v ay m bucce a in in g |