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Show I SUCCESS DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUAL EFFORT H Lack of Confidence in One' H a Ability Invnrinbly Results H in Failure. H The following oxecrpts from H nn address delivered to the Mu- H tual Improvement Association H Conforotico in tho tabernacle at H Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon H by Mrs. Ruth May Fox are so H practical and full of valuablo fl suggestions, wo reproduce them M for tho benefit of tho readers of H Tho Record: m "Like all good gitfs, men's in- fl tollocfc is God-given,' 'and is a H spark of that eternal intelligence m which governs all things. B Through its proper training men B ' may reach tlio" highest possible H development or through its mis- H direction doscend to the very H depths, Napoleon used his in-H in-H ' tellect to accomplish his own sel-H sel-H ' fish nmbitions, right or wrong. B Washington used his forthobon-H forthobon-H y ufit of others. H "A college education is no H doubt very beneficial to tho H ' training of intellect, but is not H the all important thing. Success M lies largely in individual effort. H Lack of faith or confidence in H one's own ability retaeds pro- M gross and deceives ono with the H suggestion that ho cannot accom- H plish his aims, and so many do j not try. Confidence bclioves that H it can do what others have done H or oven more that thoro is no B such word as fall. M "Our young people should read B tho biographies of great men to H arousu in thorn righteous ambi- H tions. Scores of names might be tw mentioned of individuals who by m ominenco, M "Abraham Lincoln was born H . in poverty, reared in the back- m woods with meager opportunities H for learning, yet ho became a M master of expression, tho prosi- H dontoftho United States; but m hotter than all, ho builded a M character, far greater than any- B thing he over did. H "Prosldcnt Brigham Young, M , accprding to his own statement, H had tho privilego of but nine M days' schooling, and yot ho bc- H camo tl)o greatest colonizer and m ompiro builder of modern times. H Tho prophet Josoph Smith was H what tho world termed an illitcr- fl nto youth but by perseverance B and application ho acquired B knowledge of soveral languages, B translated a famous book and be- H c:iro tho instrument in tho H hands of God of restoring the H true Church. H "Tho M. I. A. offers snlondid H opportunity for tho training of M intellectuality, Tho Young Lad- M ies herald to tho world that im- H provement is thoir motto, porfce- B tion their aim. Tho Young Men M proclaim that the glory of Cod is H intelligence. With theso two H incontives before them, proper H direction of oflicors and class H loaders who are chosen because H of their faith, energy and will. H "With the blessings of God H and tho authority of tho holy B priesthood to sustain them our H young people need not fail in any H good thing they may desire to H accomplish." |