The world no longer scoffs at the dreamer, nor calls him impractical. If you
think it does, take a trip to Tennessee, and witness what a dreamer President
has done in the way of harnessing, and using the great water power of America. A
score of years ago, such a dream would have seemed like madness.
You have been disappointed, you have undergone defeat during the
depression, you have felt the great heart within you crushed until it bled. Take
courage, for these experiences have tempered the spiritual metal of which you are
made-they are assets of incomparable value.
Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass
through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the
lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through
which they are introduced to their "other selves."
John Bunyan wrote the Pilgrim's Progress, which is among the finest of all English
literature, after he had been confined in prison and sorely punished, because of his
views on the subject of religion.
- Henry discovered the genius which slept within his brain, after he had met
with great misfortune, and was confined in a prison cell, in Columbus, Ohio.
Being FORCED, through misfortune, to become acquainted with his "other self,"
and to use his IMAGINATION, he discovered himself to be a great author instead
of a miserable criminal and outcast. Strange and varied are the ways of life, and