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about。 There the real people do not often ask us�察 �On what branch of that 

tree did   you   grow�拭─  �But   they  often   inquire�察  �Are  you   big   enough   to   fill 

this place�拭─�



                                    The Fatal Rattle� �



        Now   life   is   mainly   routine。   You   and   I   and   everybody   must   go   on 

doing pretty much the same things over and over。 Every day we appear to 

have about the same round of duties。 

     But   if   we   let   life   become   routine�察  �we   are   shaking   down。   The   very 

routine   of   life   must   every   day   flash   a   new   attractiveness。   We   must   be 

learning new things and discovering new joys in our daily routine or we 

become unhappy。 If we go on doing just the same things in the same way 

day after day�察�thinking the same thoughts�察�our eyes glued to precedents 

just   turning   round   and   round   in   our   places   and   not   growing   any�察  �pretty 

soon we become mere machines。 We wear smaller。 The joy and juice go 

out of our lives。 We shrivel and rattle。 

     The   success�察  �joy   and   glory   of   life   are   in   learning�察  �growing�察  �going 

forward and upward。 That is the only way to hold our place。 

     The   farmer   must   be   learning   new   things   about   farming   to   hold   his 

place this progressive age as a farmer。 The merchant must be growing into 

a   greater�察  �wiser   merchant   to   hold   his   place   among   his   competitors。   The 

minister must be getting larger visions of the ministry as he goes back into 

the same old pulpit to keep on filling it。 The teacher must be seeing new 

possibilities   in   the   same   old   schoolroom。   The   mother   must   be   getting   a 

larger horizon in her homemaking。 

     We only live as we grow and learn。 When anybody stays in the same 

place year after year and fills it�察�he does not rattle。 

     Unless the place is a grave� �

     I   shiver   as   I   see   the   pages   of   school   advertisements   in   the   journals 

labeled ;Finishing Schools�察─�and ;A Place to Finish Your Child。; I know 

the  schools   generally   mean   all   right�察  �but   I   fear   the   students   will   get   the 



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idea they are being finished�察�which finishes them。 We never finish while 

we live。 A school finishing is a commencement�察�not an end´ment。 

     I am sorry for the one who says�察 �I know all there is to know about 

that。 You can't tell me anything about that。; He is generally rattling。 

     The greater and wiser the man�察�the more anxious he is to be told。 

     I am sorry for the one who struts around saying�察 �I own the job。 They 

can't get along without me。; For I feel that they are getting ready to get 

along without him。 That noise you hear is the death´rattle in his throat。 

     Big business men keep their ears open for rattles in their machinery。 

     I   am   sorry   for   the   man�察  �community   or   institution   that   spends   much 

time pointing backward with pride and talking about ;in my day� ─�For it is 

mostly rattle。 The   live one's ;my day; is   today and tomorrow。 The   dead 

one's is yesterday。 



                         We Must Get Ready to Get 



       We young people come up into life wanting great places。 I would not 

give much for a young person ��or any other person�� who does not want a 

great    place。   I  would   not   give   much    for  anybody     who    does   not   look 

forward to greater and better things tomorrow。 

     We often think the way to get a great place is just to go after it and get 

it。   If   we   do   not   have   pull   enough�察  �get   some   more   pull。   Get   some   more 

testimonials。 

     We think if we could only get into a great place we would be great。 

But unless we have grown as great as the place we would be a great joke�察�

for we would rattle。 And when we have grown as great as the place�察�that 

sized place will generally come seeking us。 

     We do not become great by getting into a great place�察�any more than a 

boy becomes a man by getting into his father's boots。 He is in great boots�察�

but he rattles。 He must grow greater feet before he gets greater boots。 But 

he must get the feet before he gets the boots。 

     We must get ready for things before we get them。 



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     All life is preparation for greater things。 

     Moses   was   eighty   years   getting   ready   to   do   forty   years   work。   The 

Master was thirty years getting ready to do three years work。 So many of 

us expect to get ready in ;four easy lessons by mail。; 

     We can be a pumpkin in one summer�察�with the accent on the ;punk。; 

We can be a mushroom in a day�察�with the accent on the ;mush。; But we 

cannot become an oak that way。 

     The world is not greatly impressed by testimonials。 The man who has 

the most testimonials generally needs them most to keep him from rattling。 

A testimonial so often becomes a crutch。 

     Many a man writes a testimonial to get rid of somebody。 ;Well�察�I hope 

it   will   do   him  some   good。 Anyhow�察 �I   have   gotten   him  off   my  hands。;   I 

heard     a   Chicago     superintendent       say   to   his   foreman�察     �Give    him    a 

testimonial and fire him� ─�

     It is dangerous to overboost people�察�for the higher you boost them the 

farther they will fall。 



                      The Menace of the Press´Notice 



       Now testimonials and press´notices very often serve useful ends。 In 

lyceum   work�察  �in   teaching�察  �in   very   many   lines�察  �they   are   often   useful   to 

introduce a stranger。 A letter of introduction is useful。 A diploma�察�a degree�察�

a certificate�察�a license�察�are but different kinds of testimonials。 

     The   danger   is   that   the   hero   of   them   may   get   to   leaning   upon   them。 

Then   they   become   a   mirror   for   his   vanity   instead   of   a   monitor   for   his 

vitality。 

     Most testimonials and press´notices are frank flatteries。 They magnify 

the good points and say little as possible about the bad ones。 I look back 

over my lyceum life and see that I hindered my progress by reading my 

press´notices instead of listening to the verdict of my audiences。 I avoided 

frank criticism。 It would hurt me。 Whenever I heard an adverse criticism�察�I 

would   go   and   read   a   few   press´notices。   ;There�察  �I   am   all   right�察  �for   this 



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clipping says I am the greatest ever�察�and should he return�察�no hall would be 

able to contain the crowd。; 

     And my vanity bump would again rise。 

     Alas� �How often I have learned that when I did return the hall that was 

filled before was entirely too big for the audience� �The editors of America´ 

´God bless them� �They are always trying to boost a home enterprisenot 

for the sake of the imported attraction but for the sake of the home folks 

who import it。 

     We must read people�察�not press´notices。 

     When you get to the place where you can stand aside and ;see yourself 

go by;when you can keep still and see every fibre of you and your work 

mercilessly      dissected�察   �shake    hands     with   yourself    and    rejoice�察  �for  the 

kingdom of success is yours。 



                                 The Artificial Uplift 



       There are so many loving�察�sincere�察�foolish�察�cruel uplift movements in 

the   land。   They   spring   up�察  �fail�察  �wail�察  �disappear�察  �only   to   be   succeeded   by 

twice as many more。 They fail because instead of having the barrel do the 

uplifting�察�they try to do it with a derrick。 

     The victims of the artificial uplift cannot stay uplifted。 They rattle back�察�

and ;the last estate of that man is worse than the first。; 

     You   cannot   uplift   a   beggar   by   giving   him   alms。   You   are   using   the 

derrick。   We   must   feed   the   hungry   and   clothe   the   naked�察  �but   that   is   not 

helping them�察�that is propping them。 The beggar who asks you to help him 

does   not   want   to   be   helped。   He   wants   to   be   propped。   He   wants   you   to 

license him and professionalize him as a beggar。 

     You   can   only   help   a   man   to   help   himself。   Help   him   to   grow。   You 

cannot   help   many   people�察  �for   there   are   not   many   people   willing   to   be 

helped on the inside。 Not many willing to grow up。 

     When   Peter   and   John   went   up   to   the   temple   they   found   the   lame 

beggar     sitting   at  the   gate   Beautiful。    Every    day    the  beggar     had   been 



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;helped。; Every day as they laid him at the gate people would pass thru 

the gate and see him。 He would say�察 �Help me� ─ �Poor man�察─�they would 

reply�察 �you are in a bad fix。 Here is help�察─�and they would throw him some 

money。 

     And so every day that beggar got to be more of a beggar。 The public 

;helped;   him   to   be   poorer   in   spirit�察  �more   helpless   and   a   more   hopeless 

cripple。   No   doubt   he   belonged   after   a   few   days   of   the   ;helping;   to   the 

Jerusalem      Beggars'     Union     and    carried   his   card。   Maybe      he   paid   a 

commission for such a choice beggars' beat。 

     But Peter really helped him。 ;Silver and gold have I none�察�b

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