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Show BY ELBERT HUBBARD Wo becomo robust only through exercise, ex-ercise, nnd every faculty of tho mind and every nttrlbuto of tho soul grows strong, only as It Is exercised. So you had better cxerclso your highest and best only, elso you may glvo strength to habits and Inclinations that may master you, to your great diBad vantage Tho greatest Joy In llfo Is tho Joy of bolng "next." It requires a Pharoah to develop a Moses, Just as it took a George tho Third to evolvo Georgo Washington. Blessed bo stupidity. Weak peoplo aro either good or crafty. Only strength Is frank. It you havo ceased to bo moved by religious emotion; no longer dwell on poetry; and aro not swayed by music; It Is because the lovo instinct In you has wlthored to ashes ot roses. Wo are brothers not only to all wno live, but to nil who havo gono before. It Is tough to bo a has-tieen, but to bo a nevcr-wns- is fierce All exclustvo friendships breed factions fac-tions and feuds and tend In the end to scparato people Death Is simply a ro-adjuatment ot llfo's forces. A soldier Is a slave ho does what ho Is told to do everything Is provided pro-vided for him his head Is a superfluity. super-fluity. He 1b only a stick, usod by men to strlko at other men; and he Is often tossed to hell without a second se-cond thought. Tho man who sees a need Is the ono to supply It. Tho man who is worthy ot bolng a leader ot men will never complain ot tho Btupldlty of his holpors of the lngratltuda of mankind, nor ot tho lnapproclatton of tho public. Theso things aro all a part of tho great game of llfo, and to meet them and not go down beforo them In discouragement discour-agement and defeat Is tho final proof of power. Naturo In her endeavor to keep man well has not only tq fight disease, dis-ease, but often tho doctor as well. Tho man who borrows takes things easier than the man who lends. The finest friendships aro between those who can do without each other. Confirmed bachelors aro those' who havo been confirmed by a woman. The man who can smile at his do-feat do-feat has won. The business man Is tho man who gets the buslnoss. Do not go out of your way to do good, but do good whenover It comes your way. |