SPURTS
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
Too many people depend upon Spurts to carry them through. Too many people start with colors flying to wind up with their Hopes and their Enthusiasm trailing in the dust.
Start well--then, Keep It Up.
Eight-o'clock men, Monday morning men, January first men, who are out of the race at nine o'clock, on Tuesday morning and on February first, make up a large part of the men who enter Life's race.
Start well--then, Keep It Up.
Be not deceived by the attitude of the crowd. It is always eager to shout for the man who will give it a sensation by a Spurt at the start. It is equally eager to applaud the men who follow with Spurts. But the big, defeaning applause us for the steady, quiet, determined man who missed the eyes of the crowd at the start, but whose conserved energy enables him to cross the line at the end of the race a Winner.
Start well--then, Keep It Up.
Do your Spurting at the finish rather than at the start.
