The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-13
=. n..,ue.s Character.


The formation and developmen. Of BUSH
| ...s character has long been. found 70 - one
80 -. most difficult problemt xitA awaicA
| sa,..t;on has to deal This did'cnRy nas
sr;.en in two ways: 6rst of 81, from We 10.
,,;cate yari .ty Of circums,saces teai suneoond
| sammerc;al life. And the question i. how
tn develop that form of character which shall
,no,. successfully deal with this variety. But
,he ether and most serious difhcnlu has
arisen from the sasa attempt 70 fofm itpy
filing the mind with theore,ic rules, instead
Of developing those internal principles that
constitute the springs of action. inc mann
elements out Of which its most rpersect form
can ernv are the selection Of method, deeis7
ION and promp,itnde.
In the selection OF method care should be
taken that it is founded on principle. Inc
slightest view of human affairs shows US that
,uattention to this rule has been followed by
the most fatal and wide-spresd personal evils.
Past experience shossthat al the wide and
varied results Of human action are the natural
outflow OF principles previously acted on,
and that he alone is most sure of lasting and
ultimate success whose attention is never dis
tracted by the possibility Of even temporary
advantage through iliegitimate means. Ont
of method thus acted on win naturally flow
economy as regards time. Those modes Of
action must be applied whereby the highest
results can be obtained with the least posi-
bic amount of expenditure, and capital will
viii thus be allowed TO accumulate. Ibis is
OF primary Importance to oil, but more espe-
cially to those who are 70 be the architects
Of their own fortune, as it IS an essential
element 10 all commercial enterprise. As
regards communications, such modes oil
brsvity will always be secured as is con-
sistent with clear and definite statement.
BIT the next prerequisite 10 that OF prompt.
inde Success here will, to a great extent,
depend on energy of character, and it
consists i'll SO arranging and disposing Of en-
gagements at such specified times as will not
interfere OF hinder from taking advantage OF
those opportunities that daily arise from the
great variety Of circumstances that surround
every form Of commercial life. The posi-.
bility is thus secured Of being able ut all
times to perform the proper action at the
proper time, and thus constitutes the princi-
pal method through which great fortunes are
generally obtained
Bnt another essential element of true bus..
ness character is that OF decision. Ia form
nag clear and correct conclusions much will
DEF end on natural Judgment, which no rule
Of art CA supply. II consists principally in
ont of past experience. The results of this
experience eve birth 10 the conviction that
arises out oil the general Law that the same
coalitions are always followed ky the same
results. By virtue OF this the commercial
man is enabled 10 lar hold of the law that
regulates The value Of sll mark e.able com
modities-namely, the difference between
sandy and demand The knowledge of such
n law enables man accurately 10 balance
The probabilities regarding future states Of the
market, which arise from a knowledge Of the
quantities in their relation 10 the growth Of
public want. This last consideration is Of
such importance that it has now passed into
daily maxim Of commercial life, that be
that woald I-ost efFac'ually serve himself
must attend to the wants Of others.
Judgment being thus formed, nothing is
wanting to complete success but the adoption
Of 3 plan, and unilinchingly working it out,
in despite of all opposing obstacles. And
decision Of character will always be found to
protect mans judgment from being OBJ
scnred by opposing probabilities, and it will
also preserve him from that fatal hesitancy
which causes delay Till the appropriate time
for action is past. -
IHE Illinois State Medical Society meets
in i)uincv On Tho Inyb inst