A man cannot aspire if he looks down. God has not created us with aspirations and longings for heights to which we cannot climb. Live upward. The unattained still beckons us toward the summit of life’s mountains， into the atmosphere where great souls live and breathe and have their being. Life should be lived in earnest. It is no idle game， no farce to amuse and be forgotten. It is a stern reality， fuller of duties than the sky of stars. You cannot have too much of that yearning which we call aspiration， for， even though you do not attain your ideal， the efforts you make will bring nothing but blessing.