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Achievement, of whatever kind, is the crown of effort, the diadem of thought. ACHIEVEMENT OF WHATEVER KIND IS THE CROWN EFFORT THE DIADEM OF THOUGHT
he mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms, and to prove and know it a man has but to persist in making himself more and more virtuous by lifting up his thoughts. Intellectual achievements are the result of thought consecrated to the search for knowledge, or for the beautiful and true in life and nature. Such achievements may be sometimes connected with vanity and ambition, but they are not the outcome of those characteristics; they are the natural outgrowth of long and arduous effort, and of pure and unselfish thoughts. Spiritual achievements are the consummation of holy aspirations. He who lives constantly in the conception of noble and lofty thoughts, who dwells upon all that is pure and unselfish, will, as surely as the sun reaches its zenith and the moon its full, become wise and noble in character, and rise into a position of influence and blessedness. CIOUS ALTHOUGH ON THE MERE SURFACE IT MAY APPEAR SOMETIMES TO DO SO IT HELPS THE HONEST THE MAGNANIMOUS THE VIRTUOUS ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE AGES HAVE DECLARED THIS IN VARYING FORMS AND TO PROVE AND KNOW IT A MAN HAS BUT TO PERSIST IN MAKING HIMSELF MORE AND MORE VIRTUOUS BY LIFTING UP HIS THOUGHTS INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF THOUGHT CONSECRATED TO THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE OR FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE IN LIFE AND NATURE SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS MAY BE SOMETIMES CONNECTED WITH VANITY AND AMBITION BUT THEY ARE NOT THE OUTCOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THEY ARE THE NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF LONG AND ARDUOUS EFFORT AND OF PURE AND UNSELFISH THOUGHTS SPIRITUAL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE CONSUMMATION OF HOLY ASPIRATIONS HE WHO LIVES CONSTANTLY IN THE CONCEPTION OF NOBLE AND LOFTY THOUGHTS WHO DWELLS UPON ALL THAT IS PURE AND UNSELFISH WILL AS SURELY AS THE SUN REACHES ITS ZENITH AND THE MOON ITS FULL BECOME WISE AND NOBLE IN CHARACTER AND RISE INTO A POSITION OF INFLUENCE AND BLESSEDNESS
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