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Show Be Original. Do not bo afraid of being original, even eccentric. Bo an Independent, self-rellnnt, now man, not Just ont moro Individual In tho world. Do not bo a copy of your grandfather, of your father, or of your neighbor. That Is as toollsh as for a violet to try to bo llko a roso, or for a daisy to apo a sunflower. Nnturo has given each a peculiar equipment for Its purpose. pur-pose. Kvory mnn Is born to do a certain cer-tain work In an original way. If ho tries to copy somo other man, or to do some other man's work, ho rvlll bo an abortion, a misfit, a failure ' Do not Imltnto oven your heroes. Scoros of young clorgymen attempted to mnko their reputations by Imttatr Ing Ueechor. Thoy copied his volco and conversation, and Imitated his gestures nnd his hnblts, but thoy fell as far short of tho great man's power ns tho chromo falls short of '.ho masterpiece. mas-terpiece. Whoro aro thoso hundreds of Imitators now? Not ono of thorn hns over mndo any stir In tho world. Success. |