Milford chronicle., 1904-10-28
a GREAT QUALITY.
ROOSEVELT Quick to Think and Act,
but Always Wisely,


President Roosevelt is being attacke,
as possible danger to the country be
cause OF his alert, quick mind and prompt
acton The scare-cat variety OF politi
ciahs are crying him down on this is
sue. ''''' -
II Is a common error, the belief that
because a man thinks quickly. and acts
promptly in an emergency, he is a rash
or dangerous individual. To the slow
man, one whose mental processes are nat
urally labored, it is incredible that an.
other mind. differently constituted from
MS own, may arrive almost instantly
al the solution Of a question which would
occupy the attention Of the heavier mov-
ing brain for a long time.
Celebrity OF Judgment and action are
characteristics OF some very great mon
though not by any means is this an at
tribute Of them ALL Whenever this on9l.
lty is conspicuous in 4 man. his critics
friendly and adverse alike accuse him
OF rashness. After a long trial such a |
man often convinces his friends thar his !
instant Judgment was well founded his |
prompt action well taken But his enc.
mics never will allow this.
A practical Illustration taken from tba
most commonplace felIs OF lifo shows
how unfOunded IL tla idea that cu;,k
thought and action ais dangerous. A
horseman, a football player. a locomotive
engineer a woodsman Telling a tree all
-hese at times must instantly grasp q sit
lation, judge accurately as to distances
,nances and certainties, and act. with ,
he rapidity of light, upon the minds di. 5
ection. dispatch is the soul of busj ,
less" This is the motto Of everv :
reat manipulation in the field of business +
nu Hhahce' The moaey-makers decide .
simultaneously, in a crisis, and he who 2
losI quickly thinks, and thinks right. d
cung boldly upon his own judgment is fl
le winner There was never any such Il
ling as a successful fighter who was nj
ow Of brain languid in motion. II,
1t is a great quality. that OF being a,
Die 10 think quickly, and think right So
the same time. 1t is said of some n
'rses that they look over the whole re-
ouhd. There are men who do the lit
me thing taking in the entire situa- M
IN in one comprehensive glance. The wi
I'm soldier does this. So does the born W,
ltesman w.
When the ship Of state is headed to- po
Ird the rocks the executive officer musf
quick to see and prompt to steer away nm
I'm the danger. To wait would be fa- ON,
+. When advantage to the State is tI,l'
iting. the executive head should be gre
family alert TO the potentialities of the res
ment, and competent to act upon the try
Sc at once, for opportunity waits for to
man.
Because the mass of men are slow in Heo
usht scattered as to attention, late the
action they should not suspect tic mi.
elk, alert, concentrated minds of men crs
re gifted than themselves. As mat fla,
Of fact the public admires. trusts is a
believes in the man of quick thought mar
action. 1t has more faith in the begi
] who knows his own mind than if tbe,
have in the man who waits for help pnb
n within or without to make it up. stif,
vents have shown that President and
seyelt thinks quickly and thinks
t; that he. acts promptly, and wisely.
at more could be asked brethren Of Whe