Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-04-04

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vest ripens. Hope and faith and Jul
age are just as essential to success as
the necessary effort. Many a man has
lain down just this side of his laurels
and neither he nor the world ever
knew how near he came to accomplish
ment.
'"Then there are men who work con-
scientiously, ~perseveringly, hopefully,
but they're working IN the wrong tack.
I believe that such men realize they're
out of place and out of tune and will
never strike the harmonious chord
which accomplishment is. But they re-
solve they've got a little start and
don't want to lose it. These men form
part of the army that fails. I do not
believe there is a man living who has
not a capacity for some one line who
could not excel in that line if he pur-
sued it. The first essential in a mans
career is to find out what he's fitted
for, what he's most capable Of doing
and doing with a relish.
1.-THE second essential is to go to
work and do it, no matter the cost, no
matter the obstacles, no matter the sac
rifces, n If he's going to stand out
among men he's got to resolve to do
the particular thing he's fastened on
better than any one else"
"But if he hasn't got it in himY'
"But he has got it in him. Every
ones got it in him if he'n only make
up his mind and stick at it. None of
us is born with a stop valve on his
powers or with a set limit to his capac-
ities. There's nc limit possible to the
expansion Of each one of us.
at all depends upon our will and the
power Of our resolution. Our capaci-
ties expand and enlarge with exercise,
Just as the muscles Of our bodies en-
large and grow strong.
"That's the way character is formed
doing calisthenic feats with obstacles
and adversities. l tell you Mr..
Schwab's hand came down on his knee
with vigor-"the hard knocks are the
nest eggs Of our fortunes. The men
that are not made of the right stuff go
under with them and are never heard
Of again.
"And there are the others who are
soured and imbittered by them, and
they're heard from e~ternally. They
haven't a good word to say for the
worlds plan, because when it got a
trife complicated it baf1ed them.
'Those are the men who do more
harm to the youth of civilization than
its vices. Then there are the other
men, those who can't help being fail
ures. They are those who start out,
sometimes with bare feet and holes in
their trousers, bravely resolving never
to let circumstances crush them, never
to harbor bitterness over defeat, but to
save their energies for the next en-
counter.
"These are the men hard knocks
don't hurt. They tougher them; they
help get ready for the mex encounter.
To these men it's only a question of
sufficient hardship and sacrifice and
battle to make them proof against any
onslaught. These are the soldiers, the
victors.
did o ever find a successful sol
der who hadn't seer a fight? That's
why 1 say the rich mans son is BORN
with a handicap, and it's why l think
the man with a million and a son
should keep the two a long way apart"
'"Then is money the only thing to
strive for?"
Heaven forbid!'' said Mr.. Schwab
! earnestly. Beyond a certain point of
requirement money is useless to the in
dividual. A vast fortune cannot do it's
full duty in the life of n man who in
herits or makes it; it is destined to bet
ter the lives of hundreds.
"What satisfaction can there be in
| piling up vast wealth for the sake of
wealth itself? The only part that mon
or n1ouc in 7oooc ic &c q roUard
| Money is the standard Of value; it is
the equivalent of merit. Money is the
only coin in which we a pay for hard
work or for genius, and so it is the
equivalent of accomplishment.
"But the men who reap success are
not the men who aim to accumulate
millions. They are the men who aim
to do one thing; to do it better than
any one else can do it; to take it up
from the very beginning and push it
through to the end. That is what makes
success. and success ean money.
"For my own part I'm more interest
ed in my work than it's worth. Mil
lions of money can eve give me the
pleasure l found in learning the intri-
cate workings of a steel plant. Hitting
upon a new device which when applied
to a machine with my own fingers had
a desired effect Upon it's workings gave
me keener satisfaction than hitting
upon a combination like this"
MI. Schwab motioned toward the
open doc of his sitting room, through
which sounded the click Of a type
writer and the hum Of busy clerks whe
are putting on paper the plans Of thi.
masterful young person Of So, who
spurning money as a goal, has consent
ed to run the interests Of the billion
dollar trust for the mere bagatelle OF
$4,000 a year.
Stops the Cough