The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-31
WHOLE NO. 900.
Business Success--Its Secret.

what is the secret OF success in business This
question is asked by a young correspondent as
gravely as if it could be answered by chapter and
verse out of some well known text book, II
may do him and others good, however, to discuss
1t little. And frst it is not genius. ALI with
such peculiar gifts make bad managers of any
business, and are too erratic for ordinary execn-
tive purposes. And it is not high intellectual at
'ainments. Few scholarly men will lay aside
their devotion TO letters for their own sake. and
follow the plodding course by which success in
business is to be attained And il lies not in the
force OF circumstances. Some who might other
wise have been successful on clear course have
doubtless broken down in the face of peculiar OBJ
stacles but the man who can bend occasions
and conditions to bis will can achieve his triumph
10 spite of such adverse surroundings. 1t is not
luck. There is less of happy chance in such sue
cess than IS commonly supposed. 1t is true that
many tempt their fate and escape as by miracle,
but this can form no rule of life; success in bus
ness is obedient to law that can be clearly and
distinctly traced throughout the whole of ones
career. This law is based on the principle that
everything has its price, and they only who are
able and willing to pay it can acquire that which
they covet. Some are unable through want of
nerve, or failing health, or defective judgment, or
other mental and physical defects to succeed in the
struggle. Bot more who are able fail because
they are unwilling to meet the cost. They seek
the END, nn'-%lll not by patient earnest self-de-
nial employ the medns.- Present ease present
qualification, some form OF Indulgence not con-
sistept with the end which has been proposed. of.
:, -'"~'P'atiou too strong tor them to resist
lo-morrow they will begin sterner course next
week 'hey VIII turn over ApOtber leaf with diff
,elen' reaolng on the diverse side but to-day
let Tue hards be folded aud the old iucnnhrancs
Iemaln NO iuau Is on the road TO success who
mas not already paid part OF the price. and il NOT
now holding out to fortune in full the next in.
stailmenf that is due Many fancy thet are TIN
oering The price, and wonder that tLt oronnJ
does not grow solid beneath their feet ! ,b.,.
VIII look again with keener eve, th,, will se.
mat their hands are filled with coun,.rf,i, .,
Iering winch will never be accepted. tn. ,nil.r
may deceive himself, but be can never o., IN.
peter OF the principle Something for nothiny
Is contrary to the constitution of things. Eyer.
.ning ior It's price, is the universal law. bnt n,
bogus coin is taken in this bargain.
lnere is still another question of even praver |
Importance. Is that great measure of success
"nica most people covet, worth the price a,
v %nlcn alone il can be acquired? Is it not often
I! not always, bought too dearly, and at sac.
lnce 100 great for its real value And another
u even more practical Importance is personal
happiness at all dependent on this measure of
uccess We hold that happiness is not depen.
lent on outward circumstances II il the ont
'rowth OF desirable moral character. and il bnilt
u no sofdd materials. n truth, the euioyments
! our present state are more evenly distributed
nan any are willing 10 admit as applied to their
wn case this one fac, alone proving the truth
our assertion. --sIournat Of Commerce.