The Gavelyte, June 1906

CEDARVILLE COLLEnK 92 -~---- clo e of this day the curtain is rung down on the first scene of life's drama, and ere I cross its threshold where countless other have before me crossed, I pause and look in trembling hope, the di tant crags do bristle in th<.> rising sun, the caverns yawn with insatiate thirst but o'er and through it all llrn human tide sweeps on while some are sleeping by the way. Impending J;,ate thy w:trder keap! The lurking danger lures me on to battle ancl to eon– que t. My yet untried brow I'll bare to stronger winds and with echo . of the mirthful past yet lingering near my soul, I'll launch my boat upon life's ocean and throw y:rn one kiss - a fond and affectionate farewell Success. ers look upon the leader of victori– ous armies as a man of success. Some BY c. A. YOUNG, c. c. '00. consider the noted scholar, or writer, or teacher as the successful man. Of all the glittering prospects that Others, whose tastes are for power have urged men on to activity, none I and position, look upon the ruler on has had so great an influence as that I on the throne, or the judge upon the of the achievement of success. Be- bench as their ideal of success. fore e\-ery individual of normal en- Some look upon success as the duwment, it has been a goal to be highest development of the physical; attained, and so long as the heart of others consider preeminence in the man remains susceptible to divine realm of the intellectual as the nec– appr11bation, to .public approval and II essary element. of s~ccess; w~ile oth- - self commendation, snccess as an ers, who see rn Him who 1s alone achievement, ~·ill continue to lead on "the universal type for universal imi– to new and granJer pfforts. tation," the one perfect man, consider What is success? No one clefini- those who walk most closely after - tion will satisfy all. Each one has Him as alone deserving the aµpela– .his own ideas of it, as they have been tion, "successful." Rhaped by his own individual longings, This is an age of specialization, l>y his personal training and by his and it is next to impm:sible for one social and economic environment. to win fame in more than one sphere Some consider the man who amasses of ac:tivity. Every individual, there– a. fortnnr n.R thr snrressful man. 0th- forP, in starting· out in 1m,, mnst. dP-