Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-26

] lives wcri,lng, bcmoanl1S the fact that
| It's ak effort and no reward, and lay
] down the scythe just before the har-
vest ripens. Hope and faith and cotr-
| age are just as essential to success as
the necessary effort. Many man has
lain down just this side Of his laurels
| and neither he. nor the world ever
knew how near be came to accomplish
ment
"Then there are men who work con.
! scientiously. perseveringly, hopefully,
i but they're working on the wrong tack.
| l believe that such men realize they're
out of place and out of tune and will
never strike the harmonious chord
which accomplishments But they re
solve they've got n little start and
Edorit want to lose It. These men form
part Of the army that fails. l do not
believe there Is man living who has
not capacity for some one line who
could not excel I'm that line IL he pur-
sued It, The first essential in mans
career is to find out what he's fitted
for, what he's most capable of doing
and doing with a relish. #e9r Efs oog
"The second essential Ais' to go to
work and do it, no matter the cost, no
matter the obstacles, no mattertth sac
riflces and IL 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 ii he hasn't got IT. IN himg'
"But he has got it in him Every
ones got it in him IL he'll only make
up his mind and stick at It. None of
us is born with a stop valve ON his
powers or with set limit to his capac-
tiles. There's no 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.
'Thats the way character is formed
doing calisthenic feats with obstacles
and adversities. tell you" W Mr..
Schwabs 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 eternally. They
haven't a good word to say for the
worlds plan, because when it got
trife complicated it baffled 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 toughen them; they
help get ready for the next 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 you ever find successful sol
dier who hadn't seen a fight? That's
why | say the rich mans son is born
with handicap, and it's why / think
the man with million and son
should keep the two long way apart"
''Tben is money the only thing to
strive forT'
.'Heaven forbid" said Mr.. Schwab
earnestly. Beyond certain point of
requirement money is useless to the in
diyidual. \ vast fortune cannot do its
full duty In the life of one 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.
ey plays in success is as a reward.
Money is the standard of value; It is
the equivalent of merit. Money Is the
only coin in which we can 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 1t better than
any one else can do It: TO take 1t up
from the very beginning and push IL
through to the end That is what makes
success. and success means money.
"For my own part I'm more interest
ed In my work than it's worth. MIL.
lions OF money can never give me the
pleasure ! found in learning the intri-
cate workings of steel plant. Hitting
upon new device which when applied
to a machine with my own fingers had
a desired effect upon its workings gave
me keener satisfaction than hitting
upon combination like this"
Mr.. Schwab motioned toward the
open door OF his sitting room. through
which sounded the click Of altype
writer and the bum of busy clerks who.
are putting on paper the plans Of this
masterful young person of 3S. who.
spurning money as goal. has consent
ed to run the interests of the billion
dollar trust for the mere bagatelle Of
$S09.000 year.
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