You and I would think that as the money belonged to Bennett, and Bennett had declared in writing that W. J. B. should have it, the judges would not interfere. But they _did_. No amount of eloquence, of the best W. J. B. sort, could budge them an inch. Our Nebraska friend got knocked out all along the line. Did it cast him down? Not in the least. He is as cheerful—not to say saucy—as you are over _your_ little tumble. That is just the way to be: but one should always try to get some _lesson_ out of one’s defeats, so that one will know better how to do next time. If you should ask W. J. B. what lesson he has learned from that series of knockdowns in the New England courts, he would answer: “The next time a benevolent Yankee comes to my house, and offers to make me a bequest of $50,000, I will take him out and introduce him to a safe and sane lawyer who knows how to draw a will.” * * * * * Cultivate what is _best_ in your character and mind. Do not _imitate_ anybody. Study good models for the purpose of making the best possible man out of _yourself_. Develop your _pride_—not your vanity, conceit or egotism. Be too proud to stoop to anything mean. Associate with the _best_ people. If among your companions there are those whose talk or conduct is vile, weed them out from your life. I feel deeply on this point, and I repeat, WEED THEM OUT. Cultivate the honesty which makes a man what he _appears_ to be. Don’t be a sham. Be a reality—as earnest, powerful and fearless as is possible to your nature. When defeat knocks you down, don’t lie there. As soon as you get your breath back, rise, brush the dust off, and go up against the enemy again. Reach a clear conception of what you want to do, and _can_ do; be sure that this is something noble in itself—then hammer away with all your might, _and keep hammering_. Remember that modesty is almost as becoming to a man as to a woman, but that _humility_ has no place in man’s relation to man. If you are not as good as any other man, it’s your fault. The world, and all its rewards, are as much yours as anybody’s. But remember this also: the race _is_ to the swift, and the battle _is_ to the strong, USUALLY. If you would win the race, _be swift_; if the battle, _be strong_. _An Educational Department_ There are thousands of boys and girls, some in schools and colleges, some not, who are anxious to learn, to develop themselves and to RISE. Many, many things they yearn to know which the class-room teachers do not teach. Many a subject they are eager to study, if somebody will but show the way.