Those we think the most important elements in the human
character. A man fully and evenly equipped with all three would
be greater than any the world has known. ----

SELF-CONTROL you must start with.

It makes life worth while. It frees you from the danger of
remorse, the wasted time of self- reproach. It sees
opportunities as they come; saves you from damaging temptation.
It is as important to a brain as is physical equilibrium to a
work of masonry.

A man without self-control, a building out of plumb, cannot
endure.

JUSTICE.

It is the foundation of all reputation worth the having. It is
to man as necessary as the compass to a ship. It is the compass.

Justice will give reputation for greatness though you create
nothing great. It will win affectionate reverence in life and a
gratifying gravestone at life's end. ----

IMAGINATION.

Greatest gift to man. It finds him grovelling here a pithecoid
littleness.

The rough hair is gone from his body. His thumb has lost its