Notes

— — — — NOTES. Of all the advantages that come to any young man, I believe it to be demonstrably true that poverty is the greatest. Holland. It would be an unspeakle advantage if men would consider the great truth, that no man is wise or safe but him that is honest. Raleigh. A man should always have the courage and conviction to do what is right, and what is for the interest of his principles, no matter whether he represents a corporation or an individual. Hamilton Wright Mabie, in an address to the students of the Eastman Business College said: "If I were a young man or a young woman going ©ut in the world today, I should not dare to go out unless I had given myself every possible educational opportunity —unless had made I myself absolutely master of the thing I wanted to do. I tell you today that the tragedy of modern life is the tragedy of the half-educated man or woman. It is the tragedy of the man or woman who wants to do something and cannot do anything well.'' The following were Abraham Lincoln's maxims for longevity. "Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; think of your wife; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; steer clear of biliousness; exercise; go slow and easy; maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these, I reckon, will give you a good life." How many people there are in the world who would amount to something if they only added two qualities to their make-up applica- — tion, persistence. These dreamers waste their energies in making resolutions which they never carry out. They deceive themselves by thinking that mere ambition to do something will surely take them somewhere; but it will not. Many men are always dreaming of some great invention or some marvelous discovery in chemistry or physics something which is going to benefit or revolutionize the world; but they carry their secret to the grave because they never develop their practical faculties commensurately with their dreaming faculties. Success.