The Man Who Is Too

How Many Men I Know Who Are Earning Dollars Aplenty, But Who Are Really Earning Little Of What Counts. They Are So Overwhelmingly Engrossed In Business That They Get Nothing From Their Dollars. The Juggernaut Of Dollar-making Has Crushed Out Of Them Every Capacity For Genuine Enjoyment, Every Grace, Every Unselfish Sentiment And Instinct.

Now, Ideas Are The Raw Material Of Progress. Everything First Takes Shape In The Form Of An Idea. But An Idea Itself Is Worth Nothing. An Idea, Like A Machine, Must Have Power Applied To It Before It Can Accomplish Anything. The Men Who Have Won Fame And Fortune Through Having An Idea Are Those Who Devoted Every Ounce Of Their Strength And Every Dollar They Could Muster To Putting It Into Operation. Ford Had A Big Idea, But He Had To Sweat And Suffer And Sacrifice To Make It Work.

Is America Becoming Decadent? Do We No Longer Regard Our Promises And Pledges As Sacred? ... We Promised To Make Peace With Germany Only In Conjunction With The Allies; But We Brought Forward A Separate Peace, Demanding For Ourselves All The Advantages Of The Treaty Of Versailles But Rejecting All The Responsibilities Embodied In The Treaty. It Was America's President Who Induced Europe To Form A League Of Nations; And Then America Was The First Country That Refused To Joint It.... If These Are Not The Symptoms Of National Decadency, What Are They?

Finally, There Is More Genuine Joy In Climbing The Hill Of Success, Even Though Sweat May Be Spent And Toes May Be Stubbed, Than In Aimlessly Sliding Down The Path To Failure. If A Straight, Honorable Path Has Been Chosen, The Gaining Of The Summit Yields Lasting Satisfaction. The Morass Of Failure, If Through Laziness, Indifference Or Other Avoidable Fault, Yields Nothing But Ignominy And Sorrow For Self And Family And Friends.

If A Pig Could Pray, It Would Pray For Swill. What Do You Pray For?