The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-14

arts ami sciences make IL positively
necessary that business men and
women shall have better mental
equipment In order to intelligentiy
represent this vocation. For lllustra'
tration take machinery-how compli,
Gated. how difficult to understand.
how hard to properly descrlbe. I'm
less the salesman can grasp the prn.
ciple and set forth the advantage In
good and convincing language, he
may lose sale.
Again, the advance In science as set
forth throuRhachemistry.
Here we have some of the most
rapid and advanced stridos. not only
as represented in tho drug store.
wbero Ignorance, carelessness or a
mistake may endanxer u life or the
lives OF whole family, but II cutters
into the analysis of the soil as well,
the needs of the crops to be grown
thereon and seeks to supply in ferti-
lizers what the crop needs and the
soil lacks.
10 enter upon this line OF business
there must be intellectual discern
msnt and discrimination, not only
for the sake ofuproper mixtures, but
for the protection Of life and prop.
erty as well.
This must not all be left to the
chemist; there must DO also those who
can receive and lntelli4ently execute
his order. When we 40 into the bust.
ness of manufacturing goods in the
fine fabrics, OF paper, OF jute, and OF
making boards out OF straw, or OF
shlnglng houses with iron. or OF max
ing steel ships and the frey hoart
within them drive them across the
ocean again and again. or when we
light whole city with electricity ut q
touch. ana harness to the car of our
progress the mighty waters OF
Niagara. IL is evident to all that brain
must DO mixed with business us never
before.
ON the other hand the light of
Christianity the influence of the gold.
en- rule, and tho recognition of uni.
yersal brotherhood. all make 1t neces-
sary that business shall bs conducted
according to the ten commandm ants.
and the sermon on the mount. lhe
get rich quick, the short cuts to wealth,
the corners on the market, the tricks
in trade are more and more frowned
upon, aud lives like that OF the emil
mont phllanihroplst. Geo. W. Childs.
who said. Integrity, industry ana
economy were the foundations OF Ills
fortune, are moro AMI moro exalted
|
things us true. then books, good
books, must nave greater influence
In business than ever before.
Books are the very llfo blood OF the
brain as food Of the body. In order TO
secure the best possible service and
highest degree Of usefulness OF which
tho body ID capable. 1t must be kept
clean, we'll clothed. carefully fed with
a variety of good food. it must be
given proper rest and recreation and
housed II sick the physician must he
called and medicines given. II we are
compelled to do all these things for
the body or suffer the loss by neglect
then how much more careful ought we
To be in relation TO tho mind. One Of the
first requisites OF "a sound and atrolg
intellect is pure mindsilness. How are
we to secure this in our deprayed
state, in world OF corrupt associa.
ton?
There are books which contain the
truth in such a degree II properly
read will rid the mind OF its impurlty
and hold up such pure characters be.
fore it that tho thought will be 80
fastened on the truth that the mind
will become like that which 1t reads
about, the heart like what il thinks
about. One OF the greatest OF ancient
teachers truthfullv said, "as man
thinketh III mis- heart so il he A man
grows more and more like his ideal,
whether that 10 low and grovoling, or
| whether Ii he high. pure and sublime.
IN books, in good books, we have
set forth ideals, high ideals, pure
| Ideals and the success OF business
men who have sought to attain the
same. We cannot read of their sue.
cess or failure in attaining to the
same without having the life blood OF
our brain qulckened, strengthened and
4 purified,
The business men OF the nineteenth
and twentiHth centuries need to lie
men OF strong VIII, SO that the ideal
set before them may be attained
! though the heavens fail. The man
/ who formulates plan must have
will 10 follow it. lie who resolves
must have q will to execute.
He must he abetu say yes when no
knows lie ought. and no when lie IL
convinced il is right. He must also
be man OF strong reasoning powers.
| The necessity Of this need not he
urged Tor 1t is apparent to all. In the
/ progress OF business in the sudden
turns, in panicS, in STRIKES In enar.
/ EencteS, in successas and failures all
tho time, everywhere, reason must bo
on the throne, giving answers to tho
over recurring questions what.
/ when, where. Why. how,Or wreck and
| ruin will surely follow.
lie must be II man Of good memory,
trained memory. lie will be much
| helped II he understands tho laws of
memory, mneinOnics, the aid OF the
laws OF association, attention, rotten
ton and repetition. II the memory
10 weak, strengthen ID. trust 1t. do.
L.
/ the Imagination also that many sun,
pose a useless faculty in business af-
lairs. This is ono OF the greatest mis-.
takes possible,
IL has its place and very important
place, or II would not have been given.
Train IL, trust it, regulate 1t by rouson
and faith and It viii be among tho
other faculties OF the mind, what the
lea utltul OF tho world is amid the
strong aud sturdy. All tie mental
faculties are nicely balancpd yea.
much more so than the finest muchIn.
cry. They are not dull matter operat-
oil and balanced by the mind, Dnt they
arc tho facilities OF the mind itself.
How shall We strengthen them de-
velOp and improve them? We answer
by reading books and medltating
thereupon, For the cunseience there
are works, short, cheap. or lurge and
expensive as you may desire.
For the will there are perhaps an
equal number OF like proportion and
price. For the leuson there is no II.
Drary or book store but what can FUR
ni5u you. For the memory books ara
so numerous that no one need go with
out them. For the Imagination tue
great masters are always at ham,.
lhey b end "Omance with reality,
They light up the gloom. They cre-
ate fragrant lowers amid hard facts
and dry figures. Tney lift business
men ont or the ruts. They rest the
mind by throwing the belt FROM the
wheel OF the calculating powers.
The all round uInn does not become
monomaniRc. because % his work,
and Is less liiely to become such
from disease. lhis Is Illustrated by
tie fact That grny haired business
man travelled several niles To aLtand
the funeral of Lord IeEnyson and
tells the world this story, "that in
the darkest hour OF his life, when his
heart WIS bruised lly the tragedy of
disappointment and lost love Ienny-
SONS In Memoriam fell Into Ills hands.
II WAS the fruit Of the tree OF life Tor
the healing of his grief
II recalled him To the broader huri.
Iond. II ministered to the mind dis.
easer. FROM that hour IennysOn be.
came to hun frleud TIM: was closer
thAn brother. through all his tong
Ousiness lie OF toll and harassmcnt
tia iounl that tho power of poetry
touched his soul alu held 1t above tine
corruption aud selllshEess OF the
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