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162 him. And what made it more painful was that the brother whom he adored was being used to point the moral. How truly he knew that he himself was the boy who liked to shine!

"I hope," Ward continued, speaking even more earnestly, "you won't misunderstand me. Most of you fellows who are here to-night are prominent in the life of St. Timothy's School. The fact that you are here is an indication of prominence. And prominence is not a crime; it need not be a misfortune. It means that you are having a larger opportunity to live than other boys—a larger opportunity to work and to play, a larger opportunity to befriend those who are more obscure, more weak, more unsatisfied and unhappy than yourselves. You have the opportunity for leadership; and leadership means a good deal more than walking at the head of the procession. The fellow who is after the ornamental features of leadership will never be a leader. He will only be that by doing the work and letting some one else attend to the advertising.