The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-17

! stocked with this commodity. He is not
in need of any sympathy, however, as
! the deficiency Is only in a relative sense.
/ Many people confOund Self-esteem with
! approba tiveneSs, though the function is
! very different. Appropriateness. which is
more active in the present instance than
] self-eSteem, IS the handspring of ambi-
| ton. the power behind the throne. II
works with hope and spurs to action all
! other faculties to the accomplishment of
| that which is deemed most desirable. We
! nave here then, a keen sense OF praise
or censure but with enough SecretiveneSs
! to conceal it. With less combatiVeneSS and
| consclenuouSnesS he. would always be
round voting or siding with the majority.
He would want to be with the popular
tide, but these last mentioned qualities
enable him to stand alone, if necessary,
IKE Il sphinx in a vast desert. and he
would extract even more pleasure in his
solitude, with the ratification of his own
conscience, than to receive the plaudits
of the multitude al the sacrifice of Drin-
ciple. His appropriateness works with
his acquisitiveness, and here~we have the
keystone to his character. 1t may sound
strange, but his weakness lies in the
strength of this organ: It IS a govern
ing power, and unless held in check-the
END viii justify the means. That is
! the language of acquisitiveness if unre-
strained by higher faculties. He knows
as well as any man knows the value and
potency of wealth. He knows that Dame
Fortune is a shy goddess, and he also
knows how to WOO to win. This coveted
tered by few. and those whose prayers
are not heard have the consolation of
cr1ticising those who are more successful.
He has little of the misery or boarding
instinct and will find numerous channels
for any overflow or surplus.
His ideality and sublimity are very
memory of words he has all qualifications
except patience-to make a poet. These
same faculties are essential also to the
expert musician and successful artist
hlIr &c for a ~ to n pni-
ate music than to execute it. He is a sim
cere admirer of art and nature in every
form. likes to see anything cleverly done.
but he is too restless and too fond of
variety and action ever to succeed in
anything that depends upon a slow proc
eSS of patient, plodding. perseverance. He
is like anthracite coal-doeS not easily ig-
mite. but gives out an intense heat He
is unconventional in method, not Il man
of one idea, does not wait to strike when
the iron is hot but will make it hot by
striking. In all his business transac-
lions he will want to do things on a large
scale. If he were a general he would not
be content with picking the enemy off
one by one, but would concoct some
net. He can be extremely firm. deter
mined and resolute. Is too shrewd to be
caught by fiattery or inundated by
threats.
He sleeps with one eye open. will cap
ture the bird who is after the early
worm and if his wealth were on a par
with MS mentality, IL ne were dS IODUSl
from his shoulders down, as he is sound
from his shoulders up. he would be
power in any community where he re-
sided. and one of the few tallest trees
in the forest
Fortunately he has a wonderful grip
on life. He will fight disease as he
would combat an opponent. VIII not
yield as long as there is consciousness
to resist and this faculty will prOlong
his life beyond limit that he could not
otherwise expect
To sum up: In law he is undoubtedly
in the right place. and for many reasons.
He has a splendid conception of human
nature can read the doubts and fears i'll
the minds of others. Has an intuitive
insight into the motives that actuate
others without being able to explain The
method by which he arrives at his con-
clusions He is sociable. possesses
lively sense of the iudicrous. is witty:
rnirthful and effervescent. His sense of
order is not so good. He will have a
place for everything, and everything in
its place-provded some one else attends
TO it for him. Men of his stamp are
seldom very methodical. and were 1t not
for his constructive ability, which is very
marked, his speeches would lack in sys-
tematic arrangement though they might
be perfect in diction. thorough in scope
and masterful in argument.