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Notes

Improvement Era, vol. 2, no. 10, August 1899, p. 788

Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations

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Those who succeed in making the best use of their own time also succeed in making the best use of other people's time.

Many a poor man leaves his sons the ability to acquire wealth, while many a rich man leaves his without the ability to keep it.

Many a successful man owes a good part of his prosperity to the economy and tact of his wife, but how often does he acknowledge or repay the debt.

The phrase "I'm monarch of all I survey,'" should be rewritten to read "Fm monarch of all I laugh at." Even the power of idealization is not as valuable as the power of turning off a trouble with a laugh.

Do not wait until your parents are dead to honor them, and then put a few flowers on their coffins ; but give them a few flowers while they still live by being kind to them each day, and heeding their coun- sel. Remember that you live but once, and your days are but few. Do all the good you can eachday of your lives. Make yourelves and othera as happy as you can, and life will not be a failure.