perseverance which a self-made man is able to put forth. Without a struggle against adversity and without a full utilization of our physical and moral resources human life would get hopelessly impoverished in some of its best possessions. Only men who have risen as a result of personal exertion know the sorrows and sufferings of the poor, because they can project themselves into the miserable conditions of others. Thus the qualities of sympathy and social service are much more developed in them than in the favourites of fortune and the pets of good luck. A mean spirit of self-advancement at the cost of others is the dominating factor of the lives of those who are always hankering after fortune and, in my opinion, they are the bitterest enemies of mankind. They are all the time praying for the accidental death of somebody or a sudden heart failure of some other in order to gain their own ends--in direct opposition to the optimistic and philanthropic spirit of those noble persons who are hardworking and earn their livelihood with their own hands. Those who are hardworking and industriou^ are naturally blessed with a spirit of contentment and thrift. A prodigal who has received the goods he never earned is apt to waste them in riotous living and eat afterwards the bread of sorrow, but the man who earns his prosperity with the sweat of brow will never run into riot and excess. Most of the distinguished men like Rockefeller, Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Johnson, who have advanced the cause of humanity, have been self-made men. They were not born with silver spoons in their mouths; sometimes they had to fight against the uncongenial currents and stormy waves of adversity. Instead of yielding to external forces, they by constant labour stamped their personality on the world in which they had to live. They were the men who moulded their circumstances to their own requirements and did not give way to the roughness of their environment. In the spiritual world, all outstanding men like Jesus Christ, Gotam Buddah [sic], Nanak, and Muhammad the Prophet of Arabia were persons who depended on their personal efforts and actual work. The most glorious achievements in the realms of Art, Literature and Science have been secured by men distinguished for their unflagging habits of industry. Shakespeare, Milton, Lord Kelvin, Pasteur and Newton were all known for their "infinite capacity for taking pains", and the world fully realises the nature of their achievements. Lastly, hard labour is conducive to health and physical advancement and it is an established truth that a sound body improves the efficiency of mind and leads to purity of character and thus a busy man is naturally protected from the encroachments of the devil. There is nothing more dignified in this world than honest labour and unflinching sense of duty. These are the two great levers of life, and these are the two great powers that redeem mankind from sorrow and suffering. 102