In life man faces two divergent paths: the first leads him to success and bliss, the second to failure and misery. In his deeds he is more free than fated. Either he is among those upon whom God has bestowed His grace, or he is among those gone astray.

By 'man' I mean the young man or young woman who has received a share of learning and refinement, and is thus better able to grasp the meaning of life and the rights and duties it entails.

But it is a matter for regret that a great number of the young do not perceive the loftiest purpose of life, nor discern the straight path through it, and so spend the best portion of their years sunk in dreams that soon give way before appalling truths. And what truth is more dreadful than that a man in middle age should look back upon the days of his youth and find in them no good work to honor him or to honor his country? What truth is more harmful to this society than that the elements of vigor should waste away in the nation's youth, and that its men of the future should be a burden upon it?

Woman and Work

Prestige, or wealth, or pride, or the love of imitation may be among the causes that make a young man hesitate in fixing his destiny and in taking up a partic-ular calling of his own into which to pour his talents and efforts;

so he turns away from work and gives himself over to idleness. He may grow so addicted to it that recovery becomes impossible from this grievous disease — the disease of addiction to idleness — a condition of dire consequence for countries where those without work are many. It is the duty of every organized body to remedy this social ill by making work beloved to the young and drawing them toward it, whatever its

kind; for the good — all the good — lies in profiting from the talents of all the sons of the homeland, in all their differing ranks. The field of work is wide, and the active, honest young man will not be denied work if he seeks it. Our country stands in the most pressing need of work-ing hands, above all in the field and the factory — the mine of wealth and the home of security and happiness. Some organized bodies have already begun to undertake agricultural and indus-trial projects and to invigorate these honorable callings, so that the country's economic level may rise and the number of the homeland's sons who work for the homeland's sake may grow.

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