The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
There Is a great deal to be picked up by tramp
Ing the roads-leaders keep close to nature.
a %cHEMIsrRY ANALYSIS.

Men can be divided into personal
qualities just as a grain of wheat
can be divided into elements.
There is organic and inorganic
chemistry, and we might have a third
chemistry dealing with the elements
Of personality.
The only reason for giving these ell
ements of the man himself is to state
the subjects to be studied. The fruit
full part Of research Is the finding of
useful information on the daily
sources of the desirable qualities.
In an aggressive effort to grow de.
sirable forces the undesirable are
overcome, displaced, crowded out and
starved.
Few men are perfect. rather no
man is perfect" few men approach
perfection. Are not the strong tempt
ed TO be dishonest and the weak
tempted to inactivity?
Certainly men should learn to work
together, to help each other, to look to
each other for each others wisdom.
The plunger and the over-conserva
tive should recognize peculiar quail
ties of each other and unite to make a
strong and very successful team.
Inherited tendency, environment
and education compound a man just
as a chemist would compound a prod
uct of the laboratory.
Desire and reason enable a man to
resist, counterfeit and conquer en-
emies within and around him. Have
you noticed that some very strong
men physically are most particularly
tempted to be mental imitators, neral
towards and tr~eacherous friends? I'm
less they know this, and know how to
fight the tendencies, they become vic
Tins Of them.
Very weak men, physically, are
tempted to seek escape from physical
demands, and unless they recognize
their enemy some distance away and
fight it skillfully it will make them
trouble, it win make them slaves.
In going among all classes of work
ers and all degrees of mental altitude,
| find ONE men are unconscious spe-
cialists in the management of them
selves. They have had the compan
ionship of wise men and absorbed
wisdom and thus acquired intuition.
Some become wise also by getting
down and helping others up.
A young man alighted from a train
and had Just twenty-five cents in his
pocket. This money he paid the hack
man to carry him to his uncle's home.
The young mans father was a poor
business man. The uncle was a good
business man. The young man became
a good business man and a very sue
cessful lender and collector of money.
The young mans mother may have
given him commercial elements Of
success, but the uncle's instruction,
year after year, must be recognized
as of great value. A banker told me
that a certain amount of executive
ability could be acquired by instruc-
ton and attention.
An advertising concern starts with
a half million dollar capital and loses
it. Another concern starts with three
thousand dollars and makes a half
million. Why and how should be
worthy of careful Investigations and
beginners should respect reports that
are unbiased.
Some claim that unless there Is a
man inside with sufficient indepen-
dent ability there is nothing outside
of a concern which can lead it to per-
manent success. Can a man with
nearly enough ability acquire a neces-
amount? Yes, he can If he is
to go at 1t in the right man
ner.
A man comes to town with four
dollars and loses all of 1t. An
man starts on four dollars and
builds up a successful business. The
details Of the elements of such cases
basic truth men should know
more about. And to all such these
are ~endeavoring to reach.
Some days the climbing is slow and
The products small, but the latter are
beginning to amount to something.
What you put down in black and
white and add to win help you see
more and see it better also. Why not
start a blank book for basics for your
self to-day?
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