The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24
Be Thorough.

II was Carlyle who said, Genius is
II IMMENSE capacity for taking
tTr I and George Eliot, gives the
came thought in other words: Genius
% At first, little more than a great ca
nacitv for receiving discipline" The
post successful have always been the
most painstaking. Appointment Judge
iiyinG near Cincinnati, wishing to have
ronch fence built, sent for a carpen-
fer, and said to him:
II want this fence mended to keep
out the cattle. There are some un-
UIaned boards-use them. 1t is out
ppf sicht from the house, so you need
not take time to make a neat job. /
will only pay you a dollar and q
half"
However, after ward, the Judge, COM
mo to look at the work, found the
boards were planed and the fence fin
;shpd with exceeding neatness. Sup
.nosing the young man had done it to
make a costly job of it, he said, an
81 told you this fence was to be Gov
cred with vines. l do not care how it
looks,
Il d." said the carpenter.
,.How much do you charged" asked
the Judge.
sbouldering his tools.
"Why did you spend all that labor
On the Job, if not for the money!"
For the Job, sir"
Nobody would have seen the poor
work on it,"
but | should have known it was
there. No; I'll only take q dollar and
A half" And he took it and went
away.
Ten a afterward the Judge had
contract to give for the building Of
certain magnificent public buildings.
There were many applicants among
master builders, but one face attracted
attention. 1t was that of the man who
had built the fence.
Il knew" said the Judge, afterward
telling the story, we should have
only good, genuine work from him, I
gave him the contract and made a
rich man of him"
The Hon. Josiah Quincy was al one
time conversing with Daniel Webster
upon the Importance of doing even the
smallest thing thoroughly and well,
when the great man related an incl
dent concerning a petty insurance case
which was brought to him while a
Young lawyer at Portsmouth. The fee
promised was only $50. Yet, to do
his clients foil justice, Webster found
he must Journey TO Boston to consult
the law library. This involved an ex-
pense of above the amount of his fee,
but after hesitating a little, he decided
to 90 to Boston and consult the au-
thorities. let the cost be what it might.
He gained the case
Years after this Webster was pass
inc through the city of New York. An
important Insurance case was to be
tried that day, and one of the counsel
had been suddenly Frustrated by i'll
ness. Money was no object, and Web
ster was asked to name his terms and
conduct the case.
ut is preposterous, said he, ''to
expect me to prepare o legal argument
at few hours notice.
But when they insisted that he
should look at the papers, he consent
ed. 1t was his old twenty-dollar case
over again, and having a remarkable
memory, he had all the authorities in
his mind and Won the case. The court
knew he had no time for preparation,
and was astenishea at the skill with
which he handled the case.
so you see." said Webster, as he
concluded, II was handsomely paid,
both ii in fame and money, for that Jour-
ney to Boston; and the moral is, that
coed work is rewarded in the end.
though, to be sure, ones self-approval
should be enough"
T~horoughness implies attention to de
tails, neatness and method. A young
man who was shrewd and exactlng,
but whose business habits were care
less and u~nmethodical, succeeded, by
hard work and economy, in establish
ing a prosperous business, but failed
and went into bankruptcy at the early
age Of thirty-fiye because OF his care.
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