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By JAMES TERRY. WHITE. 
Pav osne Reliance. 
at ELF reliance is 
Ee, st the result ‘of 
sow pself- control, 
Ae “Sut it-must not be 
eonfounded with 
self conceit, which 
is merely being 
satisfied” ‘with one- 
et i & 
_giving» of . expres- 
“sion to self con- 
ceit ‘and is one of 
‘the ‘most offensive 
of vices. Self con- 
eqacnbns: .ceit. dwar fs the 
‘Inind, RT AS ‘that faith in oneself 
il Le a ie © popes with opposing 
cal reliance puts on fortitudé and 
makes a man have. the 
h “himself that will 
“mountains. Self reliance trusts in the 
quality and temper of its own weap- 
‘ons. It makes no ¢omparisons. It sim- 
». ply says, “I will do my best.” 
One of the best means of increasing 
_ self-reliance-is never to accept help in 
any y problem or situation until one has 
fairly tried what can be done without 
it. Always make the attempt with all 
your might to conquer the difficulty, 
and the satisfaction of having accom- 
plished. it all by your own effort is al- 
Ways a sufficient reward. And the 
~ best of it is that a successful accom- 
plishment brings: an increase of con- 
fidence and self-reliance. » It is won- 
~ Hance to marshal all the faculties and 
“strength.” 
trast the two boys “I can’t” and 
* can,” the one who leans and the one 
- who st nds,. the.one who follows and 
--the one who leads. and originates. The 
first step to failure ‘is the first doubt 
‘of. yourself. 
American” ‘biography is rich in the 
ber of great,men who have begun 
es poverty and toil. One would 
ayemicted at the-number. One 
Feason is that ‘havirig so few helps 
they were forced’ to rely upon them- 
selves and by this means made places 
for themselves. They learned to trust 
themselves and became emboldened to 
| push forward with promptness, energy 
©) and common sense, which at length 
eerie others to trust and honor 
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of ignorance. The only justification 
for self reliance is thorough and care- 
“Only from certainty 
comes power,” says Phillips Brooks. 
But self reliance should not be allow- 
ed to have an undue growth and de- 
generate into pride. 
It is too frequent that those who are 
‘architects of their own fortunes boast 
that they are self made men when 
their position is the result of acci- 
dental circumstances. It is related of 
Thomas Lorimer that when introduced 
at a public meeting as a self made 
man he said: “I have great doubt 
about being a self made man. Yes, 
I did begin work when six years old. 
But. my mother thought I ought to 
have the educational teaching of busi- 
ness early. Yes, I have always been 
a great reader, but it was because my 
mother led me to it and made me 
at her Knee give an account of what 
Thad read. 
“You say my integrity is my own. 
When 
I put the specked apples at the bottom 
of the basket my mother called to me 
and said, ‘Tom, if you do that you are 
a cheat,’ and I did not do it. I very 
»emuch doubt if I ama self made man. 
I think my mother had something to 
do with it.” 
Self reliance is being sure of oneself. 
Beecher said that once at school, when 
he was demonstrating a problem in 
geometry. the master said “No” in a 
tone of absolute conviction, and he sat 
down in great confusion and dismay. 
The next boy was stopped with the 
game emphatic ‘‘No,” but the boy went 
right on and completed the demonstra- 
tion. 
Beecher said to the master, “I recited 
just as he did, and you said ‘No.’” 
The master replied: “Why didn’t you 
say ‘Yes’ and stick to it? It is not 
enough to know your lesson. You must 
know that you know it.’ You have 
learned nothing until you are sure. If 
all the world says “No,” your busi- 
ness is to say ‘‘Yes” and persist in it. 
Practice.—Let each child make up 
his mind never to say “I can’t.” 
Literature. 
They can because they believe they 
ean.— Virgil. 
Be thou 
Reliant, like a bird 
Upon the topmost bough; 
By bending branch unstirred, 
He still serenely sings, 
Knowing that he has wings. 
—J. T. W., After Victor Hugo. 
Help thyself and God will help thee 
—Emerson. 
That man is best. who knows. all 
things himself.—Hesiod. 
Our doubts are traitors 
And make us lose the good we oft might 
By Pegs to attempt. —Shakespeare. 
Trust thyself. Every heart vibrates 
to that iron spring.—Emerson. 
One cannot always be a hero, but - 
pone can always be a man.—Goethe. 
If that thou seekest thou findest not 
within thee, thou wilt never find it 
without thee.—From the Arabian. 
for it self conceit, which is the result 
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