Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-31
A GREAT QUALITY.
Roosevelt Quick to Think
and Act, Always Wisely
7l Safe Man for the ",
Presidency. !.

President Roosevelt is De1ng
attacked as a possible danger to
the country because of his alert,
quick mind and prompt action.
| The scare-cat variety OF poll
ticians are crying him down on
this issue. - -
1t is a common error, the be-
lief that because a man thinks
quickly, and acts promptly IN an
emergency, he is a rash or dan,
gerous individual. TO the slow
man. one whose mental process
es are naturally labored, it is in
credible that another mind. diff
ferently constituted from his own
may arrive almost instantly. at
the solution of a question W hich
would occupy the attention of
the heavier moving brain for a
long time. -.
f: Celebrity ofjudgment. and ac-
tor are characteristics Of some
very great men, though not by
any means is this an attribute
to them all. Whenever this quail
ity is conspicuous in a man, his
critics, friendly and adverse alike,
accuse him of rashness. After a
long trial such man often con-
vinces his friends that his instant
Judgment was we'll founded, his
prompt action well, taken. But
! his. enemies never will allow this.
f.. a practical illustration taken
/ from. the most commonplace
fields of lif. shows how unbound
ed is, the idea that quick thought
and action are dangerous. A
[horseman. a football player, a
locomotive engineer, a woods
man telling a tree, all these at
times must instantly grasp a sit
nation, judge accurately as, to
distances, chances and certain
ties, and act, with the rapidity
. of:light, upon the minds direc-
ton. Dispatch is the soul OF
business. This is the motto OF
every great manipulation in the
field of business and finance. The
money makers decide instantan-
eouslv, in crisis. and he who
most quickly thinks, and thinks
right, acting boldly upon his own
Judgment, is the winner. There
was never any such slow OF
brain. languid in motion.
It is great qualitv;that oi
being able to think quickly, and
think right at the same time. It
is saidaof some horses that they
look over the whole ground. .
There are men who do the same
thing, taking in the entire. situa
ton in one compl.ehensiveglance
The born soldier does this. Sc
does the born. statesman
4 Whep the ship Of state.is head
ed toward the rocks the execu
tive officer must. be quick to see
i and prompt to steer away from
danger To wait would be ia
tai. When advantage to the
state is waiting, the executive
head should be instantly alert to
the personalities Of the moment
!. and competent to act upon the
case at once, for opportunity
waits for no man. \
Because the mass of men are
. slow in thought, scattered as tc
attention; late in action, they
should not suspect the quick
alert, concentrated minds OF men
more gifted than themselves. As
a matter of fact, the public 4ad,
inires, trusts, and believes in the
, man ofquick thought and &C
: ton. 1t has more faith in the
man who knows his own mind
than it can have in the man who
: waits for help. from within OF
: without to make it up.
e}1 Events have shown that Presi.
: dent Roosevelt thinks quickly
: and thinks right; that he acts
promptly. and wisely. What
more could be asked, brethren Of
the sfow-going order?