He who seeks another's friendship because he needs it in his politics
or business, will throw that friendship away like a worn-out glove
when his ends have been accomplished. Make friends and nourish
friendship because friends and friendships are life itself. Remember
that you do not live in order to achieve success; you achieve success
in order to live.
It is the twentieth century you are living in--don't forget that. Keep
up, therefore; keep abreast of things. Keep in the current of the
world's thought and feeling. Newspapers are literally indispensable to
you; and you should take two of them--the morning paper and the
evening paper. Get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning, so that
you may have time to look over the morning paper carefully.
Do not read it idly. Read it with discrimination. And do not read it
without discussing it with your little family. The war in Manchuria,
the character of a public man, the policy of an administration, the
state of the Nation's business--all these are mental food which you
need as much as you need your breakfast. One thoroughly up-to-date
magazine also is helpful. Build you a library also. You do not want
the new home to be a mere physical habitation.
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