Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-09-20
TWO KINDS OF SUCCESS.

There is prevalent opinion that the
world worships the almighty dollar"
which is Il mistaken one, as ii is Sue
cess the world really worships. 1t
crooks the pregnant hinges OF the
knee" bows its humble obeisancc vcrg-
ing on absolute alteration, before the
successful" man, while the "unsuc-
cessful" man it brushes with pity
that is at bottom a sheer. Napoleon
said OF some one, that he was guilty of
" something worse than crime-a
blunder." That il. he had failed, and
in the eyes OF the world failure is the
worst OF crimes. No matter how black
you may stain your soul with fraud
and falsehood and injustice, you can
win the homage of multitudes, provided
you shun the disreputable extremes OF
murder, burglary or highway robbery
The commission of these will, it is
true, alarm society's instinct OF self
preservation, and if you have a desire
to indulge yourself in luxuries such as
these, you must take the precaution to
do so legally. For instance, to stop a
man on the street by night, and help
yourself to his pocket-book by the per-
suasive argument OF a revolver, will in
deed involve you in disagreeable conse-
quences; but by some adroit gambling
in stocks or some skillful mismanage-
ment of a corporation under your di-
rection, to swindle dozen widows and
score of orphans out of their last dol
lar, is no robbery, but rather proves
you to be shrewd business man. To
cut your neighbours throat with a
butcher knife may possibly bring you
to the gallOws, since changing is not
played out" but to neglect the proper
protection of life on great line Of
travel, and indirectly cause one of those
terrible catastrophies that bring death
to many and untold agonies to more,
will not destroy your reputation as a
tirst-class railroad president, provided
you can continue to pay large divi-
dends on the shares. Stealing is not
theft, and killing is not murder, if only
done according to due forms of law.
Trifles like these, if offset by energy,
enterprise, and above all things, sue
cess, will not injure your influence or
hurt your reputation with the world.
Succeed, and within certain very wide
limits you can do with impunity what
you please.
In modern times, the great popular
measure of success is money. 1t is the
cure all, and whoever gets it, no matter
how, will make three-fourths of man.
kind take off their hats to him. He
may be as bloodless as block of gran
lite, or as void OF conscience as croco-
die, but if he only has the knack of
making money he will win the open or
secret admiration of nine out of ten
1t seems rs if money is the commonly
accepted standard, not only of CONNER
cial, but even of mental values. If in
tellectual ability cannot make money
it is generally despised as an eccen-
tricity, worthless and disastrous to its
possessor. Even the moral qualities
which interfere with the practice of
profitable tricks in trade, or spike the
cannon of persons bent ON brilliant
but INSCRIPTIONS business campaign,
excite the positive hostility of all who
are content with the current standards
of right and wrong. How common is
the expression, What's the use of
quarreling with your bread and butter?
You must take men as you find them"
That is, in plain English, You must
come down to their level and not bring
your ideas of right and wrong into real
life. Evidently, money measures sue
cess, and success is the proof of the
only ability which the world wants.
Ii, therefore, the world worships the
" almighty dollar" it is only means
to an end. The real misers, the lovers
of money for its own sake, are few
What stimulates so many to pursue it
so eagerly, is the passion for success,
of which the accumulation of large
fortune is merely the most widely rec
ognized test. 1t takes but moderate
sum, after all, to supply the actual
wants of the body.
A man may have all the wealth of
the Vanderbilts or a Mackey, yet he
can only inhabit one house, wear so
much clothing, eat so much food. All
above the amount required for the
qualification Of natural wants and real
tastes would be superhuity were it
not that the overplus ministers to the
pride Of success. 1t gives influence,
respect and power among men, and
these are exceedingly sweet to the
average palate. This added to the
mere pleasure of activity, is the reason
why men toll like steam-cngines to
amass wealth, long after they have
won enough to yield all that money
can contribute to their comfort. 1t is
a certificate, legible by all, of success.
AS all will readily concede, to sue
coed means to attain your end, what
ever that end may be, and therefore,
what this end is becomes the main
question. Consequently there are two
kinds of success. The one may be de-
fined as outward and the other as in
ward.
The success which may be called
outward is the achievement of results
which command the admiration of the
world at large, and it is dependent
upon this admiration. The results
aimed at, as for instance great for
tune, political power, social distinction
wide reputation and the like, are no!
| really sought for their own sake. but