Article May 27, 1944 ISSUE

Failure Vanquished

[Of Special Interest to Youth]

MARY LUELLA RICHEY

The world was very dark and bitter to Alice one morning. She was a failure. And the beginning had been so promising. All who knew her had anticipated that she would be a successful teacher.

Alice had finished college with honors the year before. She had earned most of her expenses in work that required much time and effort. She was a few years younger than most graduates. In the face of this, her success had undoubtedly given her quite an exalted opinion of herself. Now she recalled the words from Proverbs, "When pride cometh, then cometh shame."

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