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Show Be ( Master of Your Fate I It Is so eajy to get Into the habit ofl finding fault with tho universe, of laying the blame for everything upon circumstances. circum-stances. But the fact of the matter is that usually the fault lies not In any (extcrlor thing or happening, but within ourselves, for each man Is the maste of his own destiny, des-tiny, whether ho wishes It so or believes It so or noL "I am the master of my fate, I am tho captain of my soul." was tho battle cry of a man, soro wounded one who had found, Uirough failure, the secret of life. MASTERS OF FATE. Strlckon, impoverished, broken-hearted, yot still he sent his ringing message out to the world. "Under the bludgconings of Fate my head Is bloody, but not bowed." He refused to give up ; he refused to bow before the blows ; he claimed his own, in the face of such disaster as might havo conquered tho spirit of a stronger man. And so ho found for himself that faith that removed mountains, and not only for himself, but for his brothers In misfortune. misfor-tune. Those words of challenge have halted the oncmy many times ; they have given Bl new courage to men and women ; they jH navo set many on the right, road. tH One of the commonest things In the Fl world Is to hear somo man or woman say, s "I never have had an opportunity ;" "If H only I had a chance;" "If I could find tho ;H time," "If thing!) were different." ll Things never will bo any different unless 1 you make them different The forces of J life Ho within and work outward. In this land. where tho opportunities for education. work, pleasure arc so bountiful; where :H the chance of success ts given to all, 'H whore thore arc tools for every man or Bl woman If they will use them, . It Is a H coward who cries out against Fate. IH Education is free to those who will tako H it. not only the education of the public schools, but the higher education that tho '.fH public libraries, the museums, the play- grounds and parks, and the many institu- rH tlons offer to the seeker after knowledge.- t'l It Is safe to say that there Is not a boy t flH or a girl In this country to-day who wants Ll an education, cuner general or along any KH particular line, who may not find what jH he wants without money and without H price, if he is unable to pay for It It may not come to him through tho university or the technical school, though El these may bc his If he Is truly ambitious ll and willing to work his way, but these Ul opportunities which he craves may be Hf found If he will seek for them In tho books rl ol great minus, in uic collections mat h have been given to tho cities and placed in tho musoums and through hundreds of 'H other avenues. The trouble is with most of us that wo want something for nothing. Give of yourself, your energy, your time; put your .H mind into what you do and tho return shall bc enough and moro than enough. Take the tool that has been given you whatever It may be, pen or brush, spado H or broom, sword or bugle, and put your 'H soul Into It, for uness you use It, It is I .UNUSED TALENTS. I IH 5 -2 If you take your brush and lay It away, IH If your pen rusts. If your sword lies In the scabbard, if your spade is not used to Hfl dig your trench, if your broom docs not jH sweop clean. If you do not sound your IH bugle to give cburagc to yourself and your H comrades, how can you look for. results? Il Wo arc given our tools to use ; we are , given the field to use them in. Wo will H not fall, unless wo refuse to put them to H tho uses that are theirs. H |