Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-29

talk about 1t for the reason that a
there is no royal road to learning, s
there Is no royal road to success.
There are twenty-five lawyers II
New York whose professional income !
from 100000 to 100000 a year. Their
are at least 100 other lawyers, equal.
well equipped and with as much abil
ity as the highly paid men, who fin'
1t very difficult to earn enough to sup
port their families in the most modes
and unassuming way. This illustra
ton from the legal profession extend
to all walks Of business and profession
al life. 1t demonstrates that equip
ment and training for the work an(
ability to perform 1t are not the onl.
| requisites Of success. Luck has muci
| to do with 1t and yet the majority o.
successful men have reached phenom
email positions in spite Of luck. Shak
epeare wisely said, There is tide iI
the affairs Of men, which, taken at the
! food, leads on to fortune 1t Is only
the gifted few who divine the tide and
| ITS course.
| "NO man Is successful and continues
so unless he has the basis Of hard
| common sense and added to that must
be a superior natural intelligence, Wig.
, orous health, strong constitution
good habits, and indomitable industry
And then, the man who wishes to be
successful must make up his mind to
work hard. True, some of the hardest.
| working men are not successful; but
they lack the other qualities; and
! many failures in life of really hard.
| working. conscientious men are due
to the want Of foresight, which IS,
especially in a business career, an in.
| estimable factor.
81 regard n man who, in the hot COM
petitions of our period, can support
his family comfortably, can purchase
and own a home and leave little COM
petence which will keep the helpless
ones from the necessities Of charity,
as successful man. OF such there
are happily, multitudes."
you have spoken In general way
about the qualities for phenomenal
success. Can you particularize the
reasons of its attainment by those who
DO attain it,"
Mr.. Depew said: Their secret III
their beginnings was willingness to
do anything, whether they We're paid
for 1t or not As the volunteer fireman
will sacrifice his life for the machine
80 they were willing to do rybody's
work; to perform every species Of SER
vice; to sacrifice sleep. rest and yaca-
tions for the benefit Of the firm or the
corporation In which they were en-
ployed. In the course of time they
became indispensable, and then they
were made the partners, the masters
and the controllers Of the business.
At this point their dangers and dis.
comforts begin.
with the fitness for responsibilit,
which has been demonstrated comes
Great compensation, because this abil-
ity Is 80 rare. I have seen an incom-
petent man, with a salary Of $4,000
year, wreck a company. have seen
competent man, who could not be
had except under a guarantee Of $780,
600 year and promise of some
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars be-
sides, should he succeed, restore that
company to phenomenal prosperity.
tions are possible. The needy situa-
tions where thousands, tens Of thou.
sands, hundreds Of thousands Of dol.
lars are in peril. in investments which
can be raised from bankruptcy to In.
solvency, are very largely In excess Of
the number Of men who are competent
for the job, and such men command
their own prices, and are cheap at any
price.
"But our successful man who has
reached the top finds himself at once
isolated. In spite Of himself be Is an
Ishmaelite. His hand Is not against
every mans; but every mans hand is
against him. His faults are exagger-
ated; his weaknesses become crimes:
his mistakes are magnifled; his SUBJ
ordinates are too often Jealous; his
rivals are venomous, and his standing
with his directors and stockholders
Is upon the slippery ice Of success.
There Is little friendship, or fidelity,
or cordiality beyond such as springs
from self-interest, to support him. His
chief and most reliable assistants are
sense, hard work, and few fast friends
in his board Of directors, and all his
STAFF. His future, because he can not
do everything that must be done, no
matter how hard he works, Is depend
ent largely upon those whom he selects
as his subordinates, and on his reli-
ance upon himself. This situation,
even with all its rewards, would be
intolerable, except that among the peo-
pie whom he selects and who ultimate
ly will divide his kingdom, are some
paen who are devoted to him with a
loyalty and admiration and a readi.
ness to sacrifice themselves, such as
characterize the marshals of Napoleon.
Il am afraid that all these illustra.
nons and reflections do not reveal,
after all. the secret Of how to succeed.
But 1t cannot be revealed In any other
way than by suggestion and example.
Every man must know his own limita-
tions, and have his own aspirations.
If those limitations are wide, and
those aspirations limitless, and II he
will give to his ascent Of the ladder his
undivided attention, and know neither
weakness nor despair, the aspirant is
sure to get on. Whether he reaches
the top, however, depends upon wheth-
er God has supplemented talent, con-
ytitutiOn and industry with ronse"