Almost Any Biography Will Have Its Useful

Mind You, I Have Had In My Sojourn On Earth As Good A Time Of It As Any Man, So I Can Speak With Some Knowledge. A Writer In The Manchester Guardian Who Is Unknown To Me Lately Described Me As "the Richest Man In The World." That Sounds A Pretty Big Order, But When I Come To Think It Out I Believe He Is Not Far Wrong. A Rich Man Is Not Necessarily A Man With A Whole Pot Of Money But A Man Who Is Really Happy. And I Am That.

"be Prepared." "be Prepared For What?" "why, For Any Old Thing."

No One Can Pass Through Life, Any More Than He Can Pass Through A Bit Of Country, Without Leaving Tracks Behind, And Those Tracks May Often Be Helpful To Those Coming After Him In Finding Their Way.

Possibly The Best Suggestion In Condensed Form, As To How To Live, Was Given By My Old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, In 1904, When He Wrote His Recipe For Old Age. A Diet Moderate And Spare, Freedom From Base Financial Care, Abundant Work And Little Leisure, A Love Of Duty More Than Pleasure, An Even And Contented Mind In Charity With All Mankind, Some Thoughts Too Sacred For Display In The Broad Light Of Common Day, A Peaceful Home, A Loving Wife, Children, Who Are A Crown Of Life; These Lengthen Out The Years Of Man Beyond The Psalmist's Narrow Span.

As Sir Henry Newbolt Sums It Up: "the Real Test Of Success Is Whether A Life Has Been A Happy One And A Happy Giving One."