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or two can take the place of any other; no one 

 can be said to be of greater importance than either 

 of the others, for all three are essential to the 

 highest development of man. To be well born 

 is to receive the greatest gift within the power 

 of parentage ; to be surrounded by a favorable 

 environment and good educational advantages is 

 the greatest gift within the power of society; to 

 be born again is the gift of God. 



These three factors constitute the triangle, or 

 the three sides, of a man's life. His character 

 depends 'upon their uniform strength. _A__manjj an s {J^ 8 e ' 

 may be well born, yet from bad environment and 

 lack of educational advantages make a complete 

 failure in life. He may have excellent educa- 

 tfonal advantages and be surrounded by the best 

 of home influences; yet if he did not inherit a 

 good brain and the basis of morality his educa- 

 tion will amount to but little and the home in- 

 fluences may fail to produce a moral character. 

 A man may be well born, well educated and 

 surrounded by the best of influences, yet if he 

 does not know the regenerative power of the 

 Holy Spirit, nor has not the love of God in his 

 soul, he is not all that a man should be, and 

 despite his good inheritance and his educational 

 advantages, may come short of the true object 

 of life. 



It is customary to estimate a man's ability and 

 fitness for a position by his educational advan- 

 tages, by the degrees he has taken and the diplo- T *g False Basis 



T - v . - - , of Reckoning. 



mas he has received. Yet all of our professions 

 have their share of practitioners who unfortu- 

 nately have but little aside from their diplomas 



