spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that
it has of value, the spirit which serves as the life-blood of our own country— your
opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.
Let us not forget, Columbus dreamed of an Unknown world, staked his life on the
existence of such a world, and discovered it!
Copernicus, the great astronomer, dreamed of a multiplicity of worlds, and revealed
them! No one denounced him as "impractical" after he had triumphed. Instead, the
world worshipped at his shrine, thus proving once more that "SUCCESS REQUIRES
NO APOLOGIES, FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS."
If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it!
Put your dream across, and never mind what "they" say if you meet with temporary
defeat, for "they," perhaps, do not know that EVERY FAILURE BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED
OF AN EQUIVALENT SUCCESS.
Henry Ford, poor and uneducated, dreamed of a horseless carriage, went to
work with what tools he possessed, without waiting for opportunity to favor him, and
now evidence of his dream belts the entire earth. He has put more wheels into operation
than any man who ever lived, because he was not afraid to back his dreams.