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ish ambition dies. The result is not only the 

 failure of the particular object the child was 

 cherishing; eventually it may mean also the 

 death of all ambition, initiative and effort; till 

 at length, through failing to progress, he has 

 dropped so far behind in achievement that 

 he can probably never regain that fine spirit 

 of eager aspiration and confident trying which 

 is his birthright. Ambition must be cultivated 

 and fostered during the early years of child- 

 hood, especially, if it is to develop into the 

 hardy governing motive that will shape a 

 successful life. The world belongs to the ener- 

 getic and the ambitious. 



The Physical Side. It is also to be noted 

 that educators struggling with the problem of 

 the seemingly ambitionless pupil are now 

 looking for the explanation, not only in a care- 

 less, unsympathetic home environment, but in 

 physical causes, as well. Experiment and tests 

 have shown that a large proportion of such 

 cases spring from diseases of the ductless 

 glands and from defective sight, hearing or 

 breathing. When these defects receive expert 

 medical attention the child quickly regains the 

 ambition and energy characteristic of normal 

 boys and girls. Given the right home condi- 

 tions, he is then prepared to apply himself 

 to the solution of his special problems of 

 home, school and society, and to compete 

 with his fellows with an equal chance of suc- 



L.M.B. 



outline on Ambition 



Motto : 



"Too low they build who build beneath the 

 stars." Young's Night Thoughts. 



Essay on Ambition : 



(a) To develop our talents 



(b) To make use of our opportunities 



(c) To make some progress every day 



(d) To serve worthily 



(e) To make our ideal real 

 Biography : 



Louisa M. Alcott Alexander Hamilton 



Bismarck Wm. D. Howells 



James G. Blaine Abraham Lincoln 



Henry Clay Benjamin West 



Stephen A. Douglas 



Poems : 



Longing Lowell 



Days Emerson 



The Gleam Tennyson 



Friend Brook Lucy Larcom 



The Chambered Nautilus Holmes 



The Song of the Chattahooche Lanier 



Supplementary Reading: 

 Gradatim J. G. Holland 

 The Vision of Sir Launfal Lowell 

 The Story of Dick Whittington 

 Myths of Phaethon and Ariadne 

 Essay, Of Ambition Bacon 



Quotations : 



Hitch your wagon to a star. Emerson. 

 If I shoot at the sun I may hit a star. P. T. 

 Barnum. 



Be thou contented with thy lot in earthly 



things, 



But be forever seeking after angels' wings. 



J. T. W. 



An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as 



solid as a landed estate. R. L. Stevenson. 



There is nothing noble in being superior to 



some other man. The true nobility is in 



being superior to your previous self. 



Hindoo Saying. 

 Aspire, break bonds, I say. 

 Endeavor to be good, and better still, 

 And best. Success is nought, endeavor's all. 



Browning. 



AMBROSE, am' broze, SAINT (about 340- 

 397), one of the early Fathers of the Church, 

 the first great writer of Latin hymns. He was 

 elected bishop of Milan in 374, and became 

 the patron saint of that city, where the famous 

 Ambrosian Library was named in his honor. 

 To his sermons the great Saint Augustine 

 partly owed his conversion. Saint Ambrose 

 was famed for his wisdom, gentleness and 

 purity of life. His works, which show the 

 influence of Greek writers, may be had in 

 English translations. 



AMBROSIA, ambro'zhia, with nectar, in 

 Greek and Roman myths, was considered the 

 food and drink of the gods, and a substance 

 that gave them their immortal youth. Not 

 only did they eat and drink of ambrosia, but 

 they bathed in it and used it as an ointment. 

 A god who went without ambrosia for a time 

 suffered a loss of power, while a mortal who 

 fed on it gained godlike strength and immor- 

 tality. The adjective ambrosial, meaning 

 sweet-smelling or delicious, is derived from the 

 word. It is so used in a familiar line from 

 Tennyson's In Memoriam, "Sweet after show- 

 ers, ambrosial air." 



AMBULANCE, am' bu lance, from a Latin 

 word meaning to move about, a vehicle used 

 to carry the sick or injured to a place, usually 

 a hospital, where they may receive medical 

 attention. The modern hospital ambulance 

 of the great cities is a four-wheeled vehicle 

 drawn by horses or driven by electricity or 

 gasoline. The latter, the automobile ambu- 

 lance, is rapidly taking the place of the ambu- 

 lance drawn by horses. These ambulances are 

 constructed with rubb'er tires so that they run 

 smoothly, and they carry one or two tiers of 

 stretchers. Sometimes they are fitted with 

 beds, surgical instruments and medicines; 



