The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-11-01
A GREAT QUALITY
Roosevelt Quick to Think and Act, but
Always Wisely.


President Rooseveltls being attacked
as II possible danger to the country
because OF his alert. quick mind and
prompt action. The scure-cat variety
of politicians are crying him down on
this issue
IL Is common error, the belief that
because n man thinks quickly. and
acts promptly in nm emergency. he Is
rash or dangerous individual. To
the slow man, one whose mental pro-
cesscs are naturally lahored, It Is in
credible that another mind. differently
constituted from his own, may arrive
almost instantly at the solution of ID
question which would occupy the at
tentiOn of the heavier moving brain
for lorg time
Celebrity of judgment and action are
raCicriStiCS of some very great men,
though not by any means Is this an at
tribute to them all. Whenever this
quality is conspicuous in man, his
critics, friendly and adverse alike. ac-
cuse him of rashncSs. After long trial
such man often convinces his friends
that his instant judgment was well
founded, his prompt action well tax.
en- But his enemies never will allow
this
y practical Illustration taken from
the most commonplace fields of life
shows how unfOundcd Is the idea that
quick thought and action are danger.
Gus. \ horscman. n foot bail player.
locomotive engineer. a wOOdsman
Telling Il tree all these at times must
instantly grasp Il situation. judge accu-
ratcly as TO distances, chances and GER
tainties, ana act, with the rapidity of
light, upon the minds direction. "Dis.
patch is the soul of business" This il
the motto of every great manipulation
In the field of busncssHnd finance. The
money makers decide instanta neously,
in n crisis, and he who most quickly
thinks, and thinks right, acting boldly
upon his own judgment. is the winner.
There was never any such thing as
successful fighter who was slow of
brain. lnnguid in motion.
II is a great quality, that Of being
| able TO think quickly, and think right
ut the same time. 1t is said of 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 comprehensive glance. The
born soldier does this. So does the born
| statesman.
! When the ship of state Is headed to-
| ward the rocks the executive officer
must he quick to see and prompt to
steer away from the danger To wait
would he fatal When advantage to the
state Is waiting, the executive head
should he instantly alert to the poten-
tialtieS CT the moment, and competent
/ to act upon the case at once, for oppor-
tunity waits for no man.
Because the mass of men are slow
in thought, scattered as to attention.
late in action, they should not suspect
the quick, alert, concentrated minds
OF men more gifted than themselves
AS matter of fact. the public ad-
mires, trusts and believes in the man
OF quick thought and action. 1t has
more faith In the man who knows his
own mind than 1t can have in the man
who waits for help from within or
without to make il up.
Events have shown that President
Roosevelt thinks quickly and thinks
right; that he acts promptly. and wise
ly. What more could be asked, breth-
rem of the slow-going order?