---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 7
number: 5
published: 1904-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Notes," *Improvement Era* 7, no. 5 (March 1904): 388.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera0705unse
start_page: 388
end_page: 388
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  publication_year: 1904
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1904, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
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# Notes

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388 
        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
3.    
        May  
        any  
        person 
        print 
        the 
        book 
        at 
        the 
        expiration 
        of 
        the  
        copy-
right?
1. 
        A 
        copyright 
        may 
        be 
        secured 
        for 
        28 
        years. 
        It 
        may 
        then 
        be
renewed 
        for 
        a 
        period 
        of 
        14 
        years. 
        2. 
        The 
        owner 
        of 
        the 
        copyright
may 
        assign 
        it, 
        and 
        in 
        case 
        of 
        his 
        death, 
        his 
        heirs 
        are 
        entitled 
        to 
        his
rights. 
        3. 
        At 
        the 
        close 
        of 
        42 
        years, 
        or 
        28 
        years, 
        in 
        case 
        renewal
is 
        not 
        made, 
        any 
        person 
        may 
        publish 
        the 
        work.
NOTES.
To 
        live 
        long 
        it 
        is 
        necessary 
        to 
        live 
        slowly.
        —
        Cicero.
The 
        gods 
        have 
        given 
        us 
        a 
        long 
        life, 
        but 
        we 
        have 
        made 
        it 
        short.
        —
Seneca.
Old 
        age 
        seizes 
        upon 
        an 
        ill-spent 
        youth 
        like 
        fire 
        upon 
        a 
        rotten 
        house.
—
        South.
A 
        coward 
        can't 
        stand 
        defeat. 
        It 
        is 
        only 
        a 
        brave 
        man 
        or 
        woman 
        who
can 
        turn 
        a 
        defeat 
        into 
        a 
        triumph.
Do 
        but 
        gain 
        a 
        boy's 
        trust; 
        convince 
        him 
        by 
        your 
        behavior 
        that 
        you
have 
        his 
        happiness 
        at 
        heart; 
        let 
        him 
        discover 
        that 
        you 
        are 
        the 
        wiser 
        of
the 
        two; 
        let 
        him 
        experience 
        the 
        benefit 
        of 
        following 
        your 
        advice 
        and 
        the
evils 
        that 
        arise 
        from 
        disregarding 
        it, 
        and 
        fear 
        not 
        that 
        you 
        will 
        readily
enough 
        guide 
        him.
        —
        Spencer.
People 
        are 
        beginning 
        to 
        see 
        the 
        first 
        requisite 
        in 
        life 
        is 
        to 
        be 
        a 
        good
animal. 
        The 
        best 
        brain 
        is 
        found 
        of 
        little 
        service 
        if 
        there 
        be 
        not 
        enough
vital 
        energy 
        to 
        work 
        it, 
        and 
        hence 
        to 
        obtain 
        the 
        one 
        by 
        sacrificing 
        the
source 
        of 
        the 
        other 
        is 
        now 
        considered 
        a 
        folly
        —
        a 
        folly 
        which 
        the 
        eventual
failure 
        of 
        juvenile 
        prodigies 
        constantly 
        illustrates. 
        Thus 
        we 
        are 
        discover-
ing the 
        wisdom 
        of 
        the 
        saying 
        that 
        one 
        secret 
        in 
        education 
        is 
        "to 
        know
how 
        wisely 
        to 
        lose 
        time."
        —
        Spencer.
Nothing 
        else 
        is 
        worth 
        so 
        much 
        to 
        you 
        as 
        your 
        unqualified 
        endorse-
ment of 
        yourself. 
        The 
        approval 
        of 
        the 
        "still, 
        small 
        voice" 
        within 
        you,
which 
        says 
        to 
        every 
        noble 
        act, 
        "That 
        is 
        right," 
        and 
        to 
        every 
        ignoble 
        one,
"That 
        is 
        wrong," 
        is 
        worth 
        more 
        to 
        you 
        than 
        all 
        the 
        kingdoms 
        of 
        the
earth. 
        It 
        matters 
        little 
        what 
        others 
        may 
        think 
        about 
        you, 
        or 
        what 
        the
world 
        may 
        say; 
        it 
        makes 
        no 
        difference 
        whether 
        the 
        press 
        or 
        the 
        public
praises 
        or 
        blames; 
        it 
        is 
        by 
        your 
        own 
        honest 
        judgment 
        of 
        yourself 
        that
you 
        must 
        stand 
        or 
        fall.
        —
        Success.