What the World Wants
Improvement Era, vol. 7, no. 12, October 1904, p. 911
Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
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A TRIP TO CUBA. 911
ligious.Cuba is indeed at a very low ebb religiously, perhaps lower than any other Latin- American country. Are they, then, in the frame of mind to receive Protestantism? They are essentially Catholic, if anything, and there will no doubt, in time, come a reawakening of religious belief. This is an age in which there is almost everywhere a falling away from religious profession and church attendance, and what may be said of Cuba is, in some measure, true of the American people. The Cubans are now, at any rate, in no frame of mind to hear religious discussions, or to receive the missionaries of Protestant denominations.
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WHAT THE WORLD WANTS.
Men who can not be bought. Men whose word is their bond. Men who put character above wealth. Men who possess opinions and a will. Men who see the divine in the common. Men who "would rather be right than be president." Men who will not lose their individuality in a crowd. Men who will not think anything profitable that is dishonest. Men who will be as honest in small things as in great things. Men who will make no compromise with questionable things. Men whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires. Men who are willing to sacrifice private interests for the public good. Men who are not afraid to take chances,who are not afraid of failure. Men of courage, who are not cowards in any part of their natures. Men who are larger than their business, who overtop their vocation. Men who will give thirty-six inches for a yard and thirty- two quarts for a bushel. Philanthropists who will not let their right hand know what their left hand is doing.
Men who will not have one brand of honesty for business purposes and another for private life. Young men who will be true to their highest ideals in spite of the '
sneers and laughter of their companions. Success.