Show A REAL 31 IN N the following essay was given in the english class by miss anna langford Lang tord you may never get to be president ot of the united states you may never be the head of a big business and sit at a mabo mahogany geny desk and clip coupons you may never be a bero in war or a tad fad in literature but you can still be greater than any of these you can be FL a real man and the beauty of it Is that in regard to this one most important attainment in the world you actually have the whole matter in your own hands bands you can lad be a real man it if you wish nobody can stop y you 0 heredity cannot trip you and the circumstances tim stances in which you are placed make not the slightest difference I 1 As tor for being elected governor maybe you can make it maybe not As tor for succeeding in business that is never an absolute absolu to surety perhaps you can be healthy and strong but there Is always a possibility ot of accident or disease to interfere with us you may win the woman you want and you may loose her theres chance and luck irit in everything that Is in everything but one you can be a real man it if you want to hard enough and all heredity bad luck and misfortune c cannot annot defeat you it a comforting thing to know that there Is one thing in the world that is a certainty and it double heartening to realize that this one n e thing is the greatest and most worth while thing of all things A real man is one who tries to live up to the best he knows that Is all you see its simple like all the great things of me life it Is plain as a pikestaff pike staff just to know what Is best esnow Is now enough many a c cad a d and coward knows but he do them and to feel to realize to appreciate to love the best is not a real man A real man Is one who responds noby nobly to circumstances the harder the knocks and the more discouraging the brighter he shines A real man respects himself as a well as others self reverence come close to god reverence A real man has certain sanc sanctities titles of body of thought of feeling the fine favor of reverence is always about him A real man is steadied and sobered by responsibility and success and tame fame no ma matter ater how great the responsibility he handles it be the best of his advantage he Is always longing to succeed whenever their Is ft a better opportunity tor for success he Is among the first to grab it he has the longing to become famous and very often he reaches that goal A real man Is nerved and stimulated by failure slid and defeat he is a good loser he never whines A real man never talks about what the world owes him the happiness he deserves the good he has done tor for the world all he claims Is the right to live and play the man ile he Is just as honest alone as he is in public and he wants no ones rights but his own he want pulls tips and favors he wants work and honest wages areal man Is loyal to his bis family to his friends and to his country he guards their reputation as his own A real man Is dependable he never breaks a promise he looks you straight in the eye and says plainly what he thinks ills his simple word Is as good as his bible oath he want something for nothing he likes to make money but likes to see everybody around him making money also he enjoy riches in the midst of poverty A real man honors and respects a woman any woman he cannot hurt a woman physically or morally he sticks to his wife he can be loyal to her if 11 it becomes impossible to love he Is glad to live and not afraid to die he Is clean cean of race per judice and wants the black man or the yellow man to have equal privileges and opportunities with himself he does not care what your religious belief is as long as you are decent he hates class ile he votes pays his taxes and keeps informed on public questions A teal real man never hunts danger and never dodges it when he ought to meet it A real man Is well he Is a real man the finest best noblest most refreshing thing to find on all the green earth unless it be a real woman |