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^§ in bus have business, art or letters
^‡ that he may achieve something worth while

that the ideal eludes us & is always just a little beyond our
grasp. The young workman ^§ proudly tries to perfect himself in his detail
handcraft ^‡ & 20 yrs. later he is not satisfied. The man of
middle age bends his neck to the yoke in a strenuous effort that he may the sooner
to enter upon his well earned rest & when it is eventide he lives
again only in the efforts of his children. Life is ever an ambition
not a possession. But this ambition is not to be minimized
fo for it is one of the most dynamic Powers in the world
for it transforms & beautifies human life and casts a halo
of glory exaltation upon the trivial & the commonplace. What a
It may seem as if we are getting nothing but in reality we
are getting everything. What a boys earns at school is not a
medal but knowledge. What he earns in after years is not wealth
but character. What Abram Moses received in the end was not
the land of Cannan but God himself the strength & portion
of the human soul. Indeed the pursuit of the ideal is not
merely an advice it is a Necessity, a profound imperative
necessity laid upon us all. We are helped up the steep
way that leadeth to the stars ever refreshed with new hope
ever discovering a new Horizon, Let O that every heart

in (stricken: bus) _____[?] business art or letters 9
that the _________[?] _________[?] us (insert: ______[?] he may achieve something worth while) and is always just a little beyond ("a little beyond" underlined in red) our
grasp. The yong workman[?] (space between "young" and "workman" underlined in red) (insert: proudly?) ties to perfect ("ect" underlined in red) himself in (stricken: his) detail
(Stricken: handcraft[?]) & 20 Yrs ("0" through "Yr" underlined in red) later he is not satisfied. The man of
middle age ("dle" through "age" underlined in red) bends his neck to the ("k" in "neck" through "the" underlined in red) yoke (stricken: in a strenuous effort) (inserted: that he may _______ [?] __________ [?])
(Stricken: to) enter upon his well earned rest & when it is _____[?] (partially underlined in red) he lives
again only in the effots of his ("forts" thorugh "hi" underlined in red) children. Life is (both underlined in red) an ambition[?] ("ambi" [?] underlined in red)
not a possession[?] ("ssess" underlined in red). But this ambition [?] ("itio" underlined in red) is not to be minimized ("minimi" underlined in red)
for it is one of themost dynamic Powers in (dynamic thorugh the "i" in "in" underlined in red) the world
for it transforms & beautifies [?] human ("orms" in "transforms" through "hu" in "human" underlined in red) life and casts a halo (underlined in red)
of (stricken: glory) (inserted: exaltation upon the _____ & the (both underlined in red) commonplace. (stricken: what)
It may seem ("eem" underlined in red) as if we are getting nothing (space before "nothing" through "not" underlined in red) but in reality we
are getting everything (everything underlined in red). What a ___[?] earns at _____[?] is not a
medal[?] but knowledge (medal[?] through "kno" in knowledge underlined in red). What he earns in after years is no wealth (the space before wealth through "wea" underlined in red)
but character ("arac" underlined in red). What (stricken: Abram) (inserted: Moses) received ("am" of Abram through "rece" of "received" underlined in red) in the end was not
the land of Cannan (of and "Ca" underlined in red) but God himself ("God" through "him" underlined in red) the strength & portion ("ngth" through "por" underlined in red)
of the human soul. Indeed the pursuit of the ideal ("uit" through "id" underlined in red) is not
merely an advice ('dvice" is underlined in red) it is a necessity ("ecessit" underlined in red), a profound imperative ("und" through "imper" underlined in red)
necessity law upon us all (space before "all" through "al" underlined in red). We are helped up the steep ("ste" underliend in red)
way (underlinedin red) that leadeth to the (the space before "to" through "the" underlined in red) stars ever refreshed with ("freshed with" underlined in red) new hope
ever discovering a new ("a new" underlined in red) Horizon, (stricken: Let) O that every heart