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Show NO TOP ROUND TO THE LADDER There Is no top round to the ladder In this great struggle for existence Ambition Is Inherent Inher-ent In tho human breast, and Just ns soon ob humanity hu-manity conquers one Held, no matter how surely ho thought ho would bo content, other fields. lay out before him, end tho work of hand nnd brain Is again manifest lu tho long struggle for conquest Thero Is not much contentment In the life of today nnd the sooner wo learn tho lesson tho better It will be for all ot us. The sooner wo learn that woalth and position aro not happiness, but, on the contrary sources of happiness, there will be more pleasure in tho world. The sooner the spirit that dominated tho pilgrims on tho Mayflower, that tho individual man Is everything, and that through his honesty and Integrity ot purpose Is ho measured, bo ha rich or poor, thore will bo more good In the world. Thon amltlon will bo satisfied along natural nat-ural channels, men and communities will grow rich, and nt tho same tlmo possesa that fellow feeling feel-ing that makes them "wondrous kind." 4 One of the speakers at tho memorial services ot tho late Senator Kayncr of Maryland voiced soma choice thoughts some of which follow: I revoro tho memory of Isldor Rayner not be-causo be-causo ho got to tho top, but I rovcro his momory because wherever he served he served with fidelity and honesty. Men deservo honor only ns they aro faithful and honest, albeit they may havo famo nnd notoriety as they nro successful. Dut for a vagary va-gary of fortuno the unknown sailor at the mast might have been tho famed admiral on tho bridge and tho obscure soldier In the ranks might have been tho heralded gonernl at tho front, tho sweat-humblo sweat-humblo voter tho exalted magistrate. Fortune favors, fa-vors, and wo nro famous; fortuno frownB, and we nro obscure. Whether fortune enables us to become famous or keops us obscure, wo havo It within us to say whother wo shall bo honest or dishonest, faithful or unfaithful; and accordingly ns wo chooso do wo deservo the approval or tho disapproval of our fellow fel-low men. And, after nil, what dlfferenco docs It mnko whether wo nro remembered with the world's great men or forgotten with Its men unknown? un-known? It may well bo that wo nil In playing our llttlo parts aro but deceiving ourselves with our seriousness; that we, with our heavy trifling aro tho sport of somo genius to us ns lnconcelv-nblo lnconcelv-nblo ns It Is unknown. Hut, taking ourselves ns we find ourselves, thero Is no man with nn ambition to nttnln anything any-thing who does not ns soon ns ho attains It find himself possessed of nn nmbltlon to attain something some-thing else nbovo and beyond It, nnd tho which If he does not nttnln leaves him as much unsatisfied as If his first ambition hnd not been realized. Such Is tho nnturo of human effort nnd nmbltlon; perhaps It Is well that It Is so. This fnct of human history teaches us all n lesson, no matter what mny bo our station in life our lot, or our fortuno; If wo do our duty honestly nnd faithfully wo need envy no man, no matter what his wcnlth or whnt his position. Thero Is no top to tho ladder. Position, wcnlth, and parts nro not In themselves happiness, but, on tho con-tiary, con-tiary, they are often times sources of unhappi-iiess. unhappi-iiess. The wise man tempers his ambition with contentment |