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Valrico student Jessika Stumpf doesn't know south Tampa educator Donna Brooks, but they are linked by a group of people with whom they form a string of success.
What Constitutes Success?
Here is the prize-winning essay on success by Bessie Anderson Stanley of Lincoln, Kan., as published by The Lincoln Republican newspaper on Nov. 30, 1905:
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was inspiration; whose memory a benediction."
