The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-06-26
&" HEART VERSUS BRAINS"
Howell and Taking Address by the Commits
Sioner of Pensions.

Comm ssion.r of Pensions Ware was
present the ether evening with Secretary
Root at the graduating exercises of the
Eastern High School of Washington, and
made an impromptu speech which Capti-
waited everybody. He said:
An address is profound array of
thought written down and made tn sound
like Emerson. am not apt at that sort
Of thing. If You We're to boil down an
address | would speak to You Of success.
| am not so sure | know just what sue
cess really is. / thought | knew some
time ago. and | believed that | had en-
ioycd 81 fair share OF success. But this
does not prove that my opinion will jibe
with that Of Others. However, ! wish it
To hc diStin;t ly boine in mind that ! am
speaking of my view of success. and
reserve The right to change my opinion
hereafter. if l see 1T to do SO. J wish TO
say this in regard to success. Brains do
net win. Brains arc Il good thing to have
and Use. but brains do not win. 1t is the
heart that winS-thc nan with the heart
and soul who comes ont OIL top. and dis
tances all competitors. The heart is the
winning quality; brains are not elements
of it. | remember friend of mine who
grew mp with me in the same town. We
went to school together. enlisted together.
and went through the war together. we
Gallopcd through the curriculum on horse
back. When he started i'll life he went
to central Iowa. and began rs II brake
man on the railroad. He was il!iterate.
but well-educated He rose slowly from
his position. and gained promotion.
When be was paid 50 per day. he earned
81 for his employers. and when 81 per day
was his salary lie earned his employers
so. When he WAS supposed 10 work
R...t.t Il,
when II hours constituted days work.
he was ut his toll IL This proved that
he was not a man of brains. Had he
been. he would have earned 81 80 when
he was being paid 81. and when working
eight hours he wOnld have occupied the
last 10 minutes Of his time at the office
III putting on his coat.
He rose. slowly. of course but very
steadily. and was soon directing the Union
Pacific Railroad at Il salary of $4,000 per
year. When he died his funeral was at
tended by thes delegates from the track
divisions. the bridge gang the machine
shop. and every department of his railroad
work. His body was borne to its tomb
by the presidents of six of the greatest
trunk lines in his country. That was Il
man of heart and he was a success.
Great men have succeeded on account
of their hearts more than their brains
Washington Lincoln, GrInt. sherman.
Sheridan. Lee. Iongstreet. Jackson - all
down through the list of names that are
rcsplpndcnt on cur roll of honor you will
find the men of heart at the top. Every
man must some time in his life. rally
round him friends r. and his resources.
and it is then that the cold. sardid claims
of, business fail to- give adequate return
for the work spent. in developing them.
II is the heart which teliA l charge you,
therefore. to he careful of developing this
important function. Let your heart and
your soul shine in all the works yOu may
be called upon to perform. and do not be
ashamed to show the pleasure you feel in
your work. That is the foundation of sue
cess"