Making Life Worth While

During one of my four-day jumps from coast to coast recently, I made the acquaintance of a very affable gentleman in his early fifties. He had the advantage of me in age, having...

As I have stated in my foreword, this book is not intended to adhere to any fixed plan. I am writing on subjects covering a wide latitude, many of which have been suggested by q...

We’re never old until we think we are--this I say, not as a _sop_ to those beyond the half-way station, but as a conclusion after some years of observation and association with...

We all remember the line--“If wishes were fishes we’d have some fried.” That is the answer to those who rock and dream, and hope for something to _turn up_ instead of _turning u...

When the great war broke upon an unsuspecting brotherhood of fellow humans, we were, as a nation, from prosperity and self-indulgence, perilously near the brink of disaster. It...

I’m for that hard-hitting type of manhood which stands adamant for the _square deal and no surrender_ under all circumstances. It is one thing to wish for justice--quite another...

This word _super_ is getting its name in the papers every day in the week. The _super-human_ effort required to keep things moving along toward the _final triumph_ has needed ju...

To make life truly worth while one would, if possible, follow his natural bent, having trained himself accordingly, otherwise no matter how successful he might become in _a mate...

Feeding the intellect is naturally the most fascinating pursuit in this life and probably will be in the life to come. There is nothing like stocking up the mind, tickling the b...

Loyalty is one of those three-syllable words with a big meaning all its own. Out of the letters composing it can be spelled two other words--the preposition _to_; and the adverb...

The main reason for this determination is the fact that I have never written one. I don’t know that it will become a “best goer”--and the chances are against it--but I’ll do my...

Temperament looms large in the game of life, and, like all other human brain tendencies, is subject to regulation through the exercise of ordinary horse sense. We often hear one...

It will take more than a _star shell_ to light up the pathway of a man who clutters his brain with half-baked knowledge. Pitfalls galore are ahead of him no matter which way he...

Mighty powers are at work in the world today. Mighty changes are taking place within the depths of our natures. We are not satisfied with the old order of things that have trail...

Everything depends on something else. There is no such thing as absolute independence, and those who think differently are simply asleep at the switch. Of all things sought for...

Genius is twenty per cent idea, thirty per cent talent, and fifty per cent _initiative_. Ideas are small in themselves when reduced to _brass tacks_, but when we put the steam b...

Paraphrasing a well-known song to fit a new emergency one of my good friends, on learning the title of my new book, sends the following lines which he hopes may find a place in...

A college man not only wants his _sheepskin_ when the great day comes, but his _letters_ as well. To win his degree he must contribute to the _sum of human knowledge_--a man-siz...