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but simply because the money spent
for tobacco. is wasted. Procrastination
NAV be the thief of time, but tobacco
wastes considerable of 1t.
"Too many young men Of to-day be-
lieve that most OF our successful men
owe their success to good luck more
than to hard work and clever manage
ment. Nothing could be more fool
ish. There may be few men IN the
world to whom great fortunes have
come through good, luck, but their
number is so small that they do, not
count.
"Success comes to the man who has
determination and persistence against
all odds. One of the secrets of success
is to 20 right ahead unruff1ed by VIC
tory, as we'll as not cast down by de-
feat"
Andrew Carnegie in the opening
talk to young men entitled 1.-The
Road to Business Success" given IN
his recent book, "The Empire of BUSH
ness," says:
"Let me indicate two or three con-
afraid am going to moralize, or in
f1ct a homily upon you. speak
upon the subject only from the view
of man of the world, desirous of aid
ing you to become successful business
men. I hope you will not take it
amiss if I warn you against three of
the gravest dangers which will beset
you in your upward path.
"The first and most seductive, and
the destroyer of most young men, is
the drinking Of liquor. l am no tenn
perence lecturer in disguise, but a
man who knows and tells you what
observation has proved to him; and
L say to you that you are more likely
to fail in your career from acquiring
the habit of drinking liquor than from
any, or all, the other temptations like
ly TO assail you. You may yield to
almost any other temptation. and re-
form-may brace up, aud If not recov'
er lost ground, at least remain in the
race and secure and maintain re-
spectacle position. Bu' from the in
sane thirst for liquor escape is almost
impossible. I have known but few
exceptions to this rule. First, then
you must not drink liquor to excess.
Better if you do not touch it at all
much better; but if this be too hard a
rule for you then take your stand
firmly here :-Resolve never to touch
It except at meals. A glass at dinner
will not hinder your advance in life
or lower your tone but implore you
hold it inconsistent with the dignity
and self-respect of gentlemen, with
what is due from yourselves to your.
selves, being the men you are, and es-
pecially the men you are determined to
become, to drink a glass Of liquor Mt a
bar. Be far too much of the gentle
man ever to enter barroom. You do
not pursue your careers in safety un-
less you stand firmly upon this ground.
Adhere to it and you have escaped
danger from the deadliest of your foes.
"The next greatest danger to a
young business'man'in this communi-
ty I believe to be that of speculation.
When was telegraph operator here
we had no Exchanges in the City, but
the men or firms who speculated upon
the Eastern Exchanges were necessa-
rily known to the operators. They
could be counted on the fingers Of one
hand. These men were not our citi-
zens Of first repute; they were regard
ed with suspicion. I have lived to
see all of these spectators rrepairably
ruined men, bankrupt in money and
bankrupt In character. There is
scarcely an instance of a man who
has made q fortune by speculation
and kept it. Gamesters die poor, and
there Is certainly not an instance of q
speculator who has lived life credi-
table to himself, or advantageous to
the community. The man who grasps
the morning paper to see first how his
speculative ventures upon the Ex-
changes are likely to result, units
himself for the calm consideration and
proper solution of business probe ms,
with which he has to deal later in the
day, and saps the sources of that per-
sistent and concentrated energy upon
which depend the permanent success,
and often the safety, of his main
business.
"The speculator and the business
man tread diverging lines. The for
mer depends upon the sudden turn
of fortunes wheel he is millionaire
to day, a bankrupt tomorrow. But
the man of business knows that only
by years of patient, unremitting at
tention 10 affairs can he earn his re-
ward, which is the result, not of
chance, bnt of we'll devised means for
the attainment of ends. During all
these years his is the cheering
thought that by no possibility can he
benefit himself without carrying pros
perity to others. The speculator on
the other hand had better never have
lived so far as good of Others or the
good of the community is concerned.
Hundreds of young men were tempted
in this City not long since to gamble
in oil, and many were ruined; all
were injured whether they lost or
won. You may be, nay, you are GER
tain to be similarly tempted; but
when so tempted I hope you will re-
member this advice. Say to the
tempter who asks you to risk your
small savings. that if ever you decide
to speculate you are determened to go
to a regular and well conducted house
where they cheat fair. You can get
fair play and about all equal chance
upon the red and black in such a
place upon the Exchange you have
neither. You might as well try your
luck with the three-cardmonte man.
There is another point involved i'll