There is another human passion called AMBITION.
This human force of ambition, with a Lincoln's conscience to guide it, saves a republic.
The same force guided by Benedict Arnold seeks to betray the nation. ——
Consider yourself a ship launched on the sea of life under certain conditions—but with the essential condition in your own control.
The wind may be feeble, you may drift for a while or move very slowly—move at least in the right direction.
The wind may blow a gale, and you may feel, as so many do, that you cannot control your emotions and your appetites. But if that comes show at least as much interest in yourself as a sailor does in his ship. Take in sail and fight the storm, instead of going willingly to destruction. ——
Four things puzzled and impressed the wise man that wrote the nineteenth verse of the thirtieth chapter of Proverbs.
Think to-day about the third of these things:
"The way of a ship in the midst of the sea"
The way of a human being in the midst of life is like that of a ship on the ocean.