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to themselves and their families, and then to the 

 whole State; and this duty must inevitably take the 

 shape of work in some form or other. You, the sons 

 of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must 

 make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They 

 sought for true success, and therefore they did not 

 seek ease. They knew that success comes only to 

 those who lead the life of endeavor. 



It seems to me that the simple acceptance of this 

 fundamental fact of American life, this acknowledg 

 ment that the law of work is the fundamental law 

 of our being, will help us to start aright in facing not 

 a few of the problems that confront us from without 

 and from within. As regards internal affairs, it 

 should teach us the prime need of remembering that, 

 after all has been said and done, the chief factor in 

 any man's success or failure must be his own char 

 acter that is, the sum of his common-sense, his 

 courage, his virile energy and capacity. Nothing 

 can take the place of this individual factor. 



I do not for a moment mean that much can not 

 be done to supplement it. Besides each one of us 

 working individually, all of us have got to work to 

 gether. We can not possibly do our best work as a 

 nation unless all of us know how to act in combina 

 tion as well as how to act each individually for him 

 self. The acting in combination can take many 

 forms, but of course its most effective form must be 



