The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-06-19
THE WAY no SUCCEED.

which attends the efforts of their
prosperous neighbors. They see
among them some men with nc
better start in, life, no greater ad,
vantages and with no more energy
or industry, succeeding where
others fail; gaining in wealth, in
position and in popular esteem.
and for the life of them they can
not understand it. They attribute
it, according to their mental atti-
tude toward the successful man,
either to luck or knavery. Gener-
ally they suppose it to be the re-
suit of trucking to the powerful,
or to the lucky consequences of
speculation, or to the persistent
and unscrupulous pursuit Of
money. They are fond of seeking
out hidden and secret tricks, which
have no existence save in their
own imaginations, and they hunt
in the darkness for things which
are plain in the open light of day.
There are, in fact, few things in
the world more clearly to be seen
by those who will see them than
the causes of success. Energy, in
dustry, fidelity and economy tend
to success, as a matter of course,
but these are not sufficient. The
business of the civilized world is
so complex now, and the relations
of all men so interlaced with one
another, that mere selfishness,
however wisely it acts, cannot at
tain any great measure of success
for its votary. The successful man
must make friends, and to do this
he must show himself friendly to
all men, and particularly to all
the enterprise which men under
take in masses. He must not only
have quick and full sympathy
with all that helps the community
in which he lives, but he must &C
lively aid it and help it. The man
who does this will be helped by
others. People will find his pres
ence pleasant to them, and his
words and his work useful. They
will reciprocate his efforts. Ii he
is a merchant they will trade with
him, if a professional man they
will employ him, and if a polite
ian they will vote for him. Such
men become a part of everything,
and by aiding everything, secure
profit from everything. 1t is a
mere question of working for men
and with men, instead of working
against them. There is no patent
on this process of making money,
nor does it require any capital to
go into the business. 1t requires
only that man shall be genuinely
glad to hear of another mans sue
cess, and always ready to promote
anything and everything that will
help the community in it's onward
and upward progress. Men who
follow this course will attain sue
cess. They will have an increase
OF wealth, of friendship and of in
fiuence, while the merely selfish
citizen will be plodding slowly in
the mud of his own selfishness
without any chance of getting out
of it. Of course the successful
man will have TO take the conse-
quences of his prosperity and sub
NIT the criticisms of prublind
spitefulness. When he assists in
any enterprise he will be charged
with having "boodle" in it, and
when he advocates some plan for
the public good he will be accused
Of seeking notoriety. But what
do these criticisms amount to-?
Coming from men who envy
every mans prosperity and from
those who take no intere st in the
community at large, they will fall
unheeded upon the ears of the
world, for no man cares for the
praise or regrets the censure of
such critics. The success of being