A DAILY MESSAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1929, Page 1

A DAILY MESSAGE

ARE YOU LEAVING A RECORD? Asa schoolboy Lord C'lite was a failure, and his friends sent him to India to get rid of him. Later he founded the Indian Empire. The mother <nf the Duke of Wellington, when speaking of him as a boy, called him a fool, and said: “ 1 vow to God 1 do not know what I shall do with my stupid son Arthur.” Ill’s career at school was without distinction. As a member of Parliament he sat in almost unbroken silence. As a lover he was a disappointment. Later he was hailed as Britain's greatest soldier. Huxley became one of the most brilliant lecturers of his day; hut success was won after many stubborn lights. After his first lecture at the Royal Institute lie received an anonymous letter recommending him never to try again, ifor, the writer, added, ‘'Whatever else you may he lit for, it is not lecturing.” After an engagement by a suburban Athenaeum a resolution was passed that " this council jiover ask ‘ that ’ young man to lecture again.” Later (lie world was glad to listen to Huxley. To Clive. Wellington. Huxley there came the moment of self-discovery—the moment of self-realization—and the dedication of the whole personality to a great purpose. How well Unit purpose was achieved we know, for Clive, Wellington, and Huxley are three of the proudest names in our history. Hut it was no easy task to write those names across the ages. It took faith, courage, saei iliee, and a splendid devotion. When that moment of self-discovery comes to you, and you dedicate yourself and your powers to a single purpose, you too will begin to write your name upon the Sands of r i ime. —M. PRESTON STANLEY.