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Show DO YOUR VERY BEST. No better advice to the young man beginning life can be given than Do )otir very best work, let no effort be spared to show not nn!) tint )ou know how to do the woik )ou undertake to do but that every lime you do It )ou are determined to do it well It Is thin persistence In good and faithful work that tells for advancement In no age of the woild at no period of man s progress has flrst-rlats work and otent) of it been of so much Importance Im-portance as now and never before was the man capable of continuous dellv ery of good and effective service so sure of promotion and ultimately get-ting get-ting tn the head as now In the high ly specialised divisions of labor that now prevail It Is the one who devotes lilt attention und effort to Ihe partlcu lar part of the general work that he la beat adipted to who Is most certain to rise quickl) to the head of that paitlcular division and )et this while a sure pathwuy lo success, does not lead to the highest suocess; it la the man who is proflr In all the di partments of his ca t, who Is upa bit of Intelligent a xpertservln In all, who is the geneii manager foi If he does not know about all the spc Dial work how can he tell whether he Is being welt served or not? So tint each should and will progress according accord-ing to his isnicit) and energ) The high Importance of diligent and wtll-sustalned effort, with resulting ef flclenc) and advancement,' has been known from of old rieest thou a man diligent In his business he shall stand before kings ' said the wise man of ancient days It is 1 truism that is too often lost sight of hut It Is eter-rally eter-rally applli able an 1 always ttue In theae days of ntreuu'ius life It Is tuivr than ever before for It Is ever the trum that nt the lace becomes more fleire the pace hotter the muss drops behind and the few take the honors of the ace at the end uf the course ' Ho inn that ye may obtain tho great Aposiu to the Oi utiles wroto t the church at Corinth It wns wise counsel, good foi a'l time The laggard, the unthrlftj the devotee of pleasure, all must ghe up their tenlciulei vvhl 11 handl an them In the ra the) must throw off su h evil habits an they would strip off cumbersome garments for a race, nnd stand forth without handicap, as the best of thoe do who nre entered en-tered for the great race of life raul gavo as one of his most earnest directions, direc-tions, that the body must be kept In subjection the lusts of the flesh must be put down, the appetites restrained Tho wise bard of humanity wrote to a brother poet telling him that prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdoms root So It Is nnd so It ilwn)s will be, nnd must be Tlunc who would win the I rises of life do well whin the) remember remem-ber this nnd by this rule and temem-brance, temem-brance, their success Is sure S |