The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-25
SECOND LECTURE
Delivered by Mrs. Macarthur
Before Metaphysical Society.

The second I'm the course OF lectures by
Mrs. Adella Macarthur on Character
Building. was given yesterday afternoon
in the rooms of the Metaphysical Asso-
citation In Hoppin Homestead building.
The same was OF particular interest to
business men and women and many were
present TO listen TO the original and help
ful words OF the speaker.
Mrs. cArthurs subject was entitled:
'The Commercial Octave"
In beginning she called attention to
what she characterized as the eight
notes In the commercial octave" as fol-
lows:
Working to Live"
working 10 Enjoy"
Formulating an Ideal.'
Choosing an Occupation"
Evolution Of Individual Force"
Power over Others"
Success the Natural Outcome"
"The Commercial Positive"
From this point Mrs. Macarthur spoke
In part, as follows:
~ ttouoHits Ai' ptdtiSS
OF taking an inventory OF merchandise is
Of common occurrence, but little is
thought OF taking account OF the capital
of manhood, and the stock of good In
tent, which are the actual ingredients
OF success In the true acceptation Of the
term.
"It was shown in the material octave,
that the body was like an engine In con-
struction. IN engine is a transmitter OF
energy for working purposes.
THE body I'm like manner is a converter
of fuel supply into force for action out
side the question of it's own existence.
THE measure OF a business man is the
measure of his generating force.
Concentration on the work undertaken
is what lifts men out of the cutters, and
makes them into railroad constructors,
and iron kings. The man who seeks work
because his children are starving, has no
idea Of the true principle which leads TO
success.
He imagines he was born to ill-luck,
when the truth is, he was devoid OF sense,
when he became the father Of family
OF paupers Capitalists are not philan-
thropists. They do not want work done
beca use hungry children are crying for
bread: they employ labor TO help them In
achieving certain ends which they have
in view.
'"rhe man or woman best fitted to ac-
complish the work, not only gets the sit
uation. but he or she is Justly entitled to
the place. The first step toward success I'm
business is TO think how to do the work
in hand. I'm lne best possible manner in
the shortest possible time.
one of the first principles OF nature.
makes life dependent on exertion. The
boasted claim of the aristocrat that his
antecedents were not working people
brings with IL the admission that the line
10 which he belongs Is deteriorating, and
must sooner or later become extinct.
ut were better To feel the blood of a
sturdy Dutch ancestor i'm ones veins,
than To trace the lineage through a de-
crepit line OF royal dependencies.
THE future fulhllment oft he God idea
for mankind. depends not upon the blue
blood of idleness. but upon the rich red
blood OF the cheerful lahorer
The Socialist complains that he is be-
ing robbed by the capitalist. As though
the infinite store house OF supply could
ever become exhausted. The trouble Is
not, that capital enslsves labor, bat that
the organizing principles of positive
mind. control and draw to it's own GEN.
tire all negative supplies for the enlarge
ment OF it's own revolving sphere.
" In selecting an occupation the
difference i'm the final achievement
OF labor should be carefully considered.
IL "A man determines to work in iron. he
can be his highest ideal in iron. He need
not shoe horses. He can equip a railroad,
or manufacture a Corliss engine. Dwarf
ing Of mental energy is not concentration.
neither is IL specialization.
III human being determines to circle
the globe, and Immediately begins to
move toward that end. environments can
not hold him II he has no money, he
will get IL. Whatever stands In his way
ne will push IL aside, or leap over IL, and
finally he WI. realize what he set out to
accomplish. Every enterprise IN the world
is the result of diffused mental and physi-
cal force
Each fabric. shape and design is a
localized idea. Confucius said: What the
superior man seeks is in himself what
the small man seeks is in others The in
oividual centre having the most rapid
process of getting in. and giving out the
molecular dollar. has the strongest draw
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