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is abhorrent to me, as it must be to every 

 one who is really pursuing a legitimate 

 ideal; nevertheless, a fair oegree of finan- 

 cial prosperity is essential to success. 



Above all we must attain honor. We 

 must merit — yea, we must earn, the es- 

 teem of our fellow men, by our abilities, 

 by the unselfish paying of our debts to 

 society, and by the uprightness of our 

 conduct. 



It is now generally admitted that the 

 supreme end of human existence is the 

 attainment of happiness. When we think 

 closely we find that the attainment of 

 health, long life, money and honor means 

 the realization of this supreme object. 



So then, let us inquire from what do 

 health, long life, money and honor spring? 

 My answer is that they spring from ability, 

 reliability, endurance and action. These 

 are the four success essentials. Without 

 any one of them no man may hope to at- 

 tain and retain a "practicable and legiti- 

 mate ideal." With all of them success is 

 as inevitable as the rising of the tides. 



Ability is intellectual capacity, which is 

 born of the knowing powers of the mind. 

 Reliability is that quality which enables 

 your fellow man to depend upon you. It 

 is born of the good in the emotive, the 

 feeling side of man. Endurance is the 

 capacity for work without tiring. It is 

 that power which enables him who pos- 

 sesses it "to stay in the game." Action 

 is doing things. It is the art side of life. 

 Action is a product of the will. 



Now, could anything be more simple, 

 and at the same time more inclusive than 

 this? Give a man ability without relia- 

 bility and you will probably have only a 

 gifted criminal. Give a man both ability 

 and reliability, and let him be lacking in 

 endurance and he will fall short of true 

 success because he will not be able to 

 stand up under hard work. Give him 

 ability, reliability and endurance, and yet 

 if he lacks the actional qualities he will 

 be known only as a dreamer; never as a 

 doer. Thinking is great, but doing is 

 greater. There must be action. 



While it is true that all these four quali- 

 ties are necessary to success, do not be 

 discouraged if you feel that you are short 

 on any one of them, for each can be cul- 

 tivated. You possess the raw material 

 out of which to manufacture ability, re- 

 liability, endurance and action. Have you 

 ever stopped to think that your mind, my 

 mind, every one's mind has, what we will 

 call, to make it perfectly clear, three de- 

 partments — the knowing department, the 

 feeling department, the willing depart- 

 ment ? The greatest mind has no more 

 than these three departments. Bacon, 



Napoleon, Washington, could know, feel 

 and will, and that is all they could do. 

 You know, feel and will you have these 

 three departments in your mind. Just as 

 these great men developed the three de- 

 partments to a wonderful scope, so you 

 can develop yours. 



You have not only been blessed with a 

 body and with a mind, but you have also 

 been blessed with the power to improve 

 both your body and your mind. The chief 

 glory of man lies, not in his perfection, 

 but in his perfectibility. Within you lies 

 the power to develop yourself. In other 

 words, within you are the elements of your 

 own success. If you do not wish to build 

 yourself, to bring out these elements of 

 success, then do not blame luck or chance, 

 or anyone but yourself. 



UPS AND DOWNS OF BLL CULTURE 



Some of the Lncouragements and Dis- 

 couragements That May Be Expected 

 in Our Pursuit. 



One of the great lessons that every 

 man must learn before he can succeed, is 

 that he must face both "ups" and "downs" 

 in any business; and that he must not be 

 unduly cast down by the latter, nor un- 

 reasonably elated by the former. When 

 the fundamental principles of any matter, 

 be it business, or what not, are correct, 

 the details can always be worked out, 

 and success will follow. Before engag- 

 ing in bee-keeping or, any other business, 

 let a man first assure himself that the 

 fundamental principles are correct. Let 

 him consider if he is adapted to and loves 

 bee-keeping. Let him know that he is in 

 a good location. If he does not already 

 possess it. let him acquire a thorough 

 knowledge of the business. Get these 

 fundamental principles all right, and then 

 let no temporary obstacle block his road. 

 Don't dodge off to some other business 

 because there is an occasional loss or 

 drawback — you will meet these in any 

 business. Right in line with these thoughts 

 my old friend, C. P. Dadant, of Illinois, 

 has a most excellent article in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. Mr. Dadant says: — 



I believe there has never been a better 



