| Show KEEP ON TRYING goethe the eminent german philosopher aud and dramatist who wrote the immortal faust made the remark once that man is like a grasshopper which jumps from one mud puddle into another but as lorig long as he keeps struggling glin to get out and avoid other puddles there is hope for his salvation the thought is that when a man ceases to struggle and allows himself to sink into the quagmire of his sms sins all hope is lost also the spanish have a proverb that one mistake is none but the same mistake made a second time becomes a sin 11 the following fol loving poem written by I 1 afton buchanan and lucille peck apeck both local high school students was vas handed to us by a richfield citizen who stated that in the dark days of the recent depression he obtained renewed courage and hope from frequent reading of this bit of philosophy which carries the same thought expressed by goethe take your own inventory do defeat feat is not in the failing nor the petty mistakes of men the dire disgrace entailing la Is the never trying again the me sin is not in one blunder its in the blundering on and on the letting yourself go under till the strength to climb is gone it the fault that mars you its the letting the fault grow old the over and over that scars you the letting the thing take hold the pitiful shame of sinning Is the shame that keeps you down away from your own souls winning that would lift you round and round it so much the falling for angels fall they say and men have their calling who fell on their knees to pray but the thing above all censor Is are you determined to do do you rise from each new venture and tackle the world anew |
