A DAILY MESSAGE
WHAT DOES IT COST? I iik average man is sometimes envious o! the great, the powerful, and tlie I a inous. And. it we may judge by the efforts men put forth to join the ranks of the powerful or the famous, very 'few are in any douht that high place means {treat happinesss. Hut the experience of great men—the experience of highly-placed men—does not justify this conclusion. Promotion to the great, or the responsible, means promotion to a post which entries still greater responsibilities. As they climb, life becomes harder, not easier. How often the envious man forgets the cost oif greatness, power, fame, high place, success! He forgets the sleepless nights, thedays of nervous unrest, the life-long tension of tlio.se who compose the great symphonies, create the great masterpieces, write the great hooks, build the great bridges, control the great enterprises. Perhaps, if he did not know, lie might conclude that the game was not worth the candle, and would he happy though neither great nor famous, realizing that the franchise of the obscure is wider far than the franchise of the great. f —M. PRESTON STANLEY.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1929, Page 1
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192A DAILY MESSAGE Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1929, Page 1
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