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n, and sought in vain. In the market place he once cried aloud, "Hear me, O men"; and,

occupation, every calling, the world has

rowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who

e great faculty to dwarf, cripple, warp, or mutilate his manhood; who will not al

tion to value it merely as a means of getting a living. Wanted, a man who sees self-develop

thousand church committees scour the land for men to fill those same vacant pulpits, and scour in vain, is a sufficient indi

e who is not a coward i

rsed with some little defect of weakness which cr

ther branches of his life to wither and die. Wanted, a man who is broad, who does not take half views of things; a man who mixes common sense with his theories, who d

ined to heed a strong will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all

est sensibility; whose brain is cultured, keen, incisive, broad; whose hands are deft;

mployment, yet it is almost impossible to find just the right man in almost any

any of those offices that have a relation to him. It matters little to me whether my pupil be designed for the army, the pulpit, or the bar. Nature has destined us to the offices of human life antecedent to our destination concerning society. To live is

ptist. The audience could not hear and called "Louder." "Get up higher," some one said. "I can't," he replied. "To b

has he this or that faculty? is he of the movement? is he of the establishment? but is he anybody? does he stand

e answered: "First of all, I must make myself a man; i

in a soul by itself alone, nor a body

nimals. To endure the strain of our concentrated civilization, the comi

ent manhood, animated with the bou

self-supporting men, turned out into the world saplings instead of stalwart oaks, "memory-glands" instead of brainy men, helpless instead of se

aracter which is possible to a healthy, robust, cheerful man. There is an inherent love in the human mind for wholeness, a demand that man shall come up to th

ne that follows comes up to its mark, but after a while the whole sea is there and beyond it. So now and then there comes a man head and shoulders above his

hanted the world. So the coming man will be a composite, many in one. He will absorb into himself not the weakness, not the follies, but the strength and the virtues of other types of men. He will be a man raised to the highest power. He wi

e turned into a mast, can be fashioned into a piano or an exquisite carving. But it must become timber first. Time and patience develop the sap

e kept with the strictest faithfulness and with full regard for other men's time; if he should hold his reputation as a priceless treasure, feel that the eyes of the world are upon him that he must not devi

osom that never throbs with fear of exposure, with a heart that might be turned inside out and disclose no stain of dishonor? To have done no man a wrong; to have put your signature to no paper to which the purest angel in heave

en trying to produce a perfect model. Only one complete man has y

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