The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-07-27
Il Genius For Work
Is the Secret Of Success

Honest iabr is he motive POWER Of acep progress bWt Just as 'e h"o
of thu rear hinders advance by its dishonesty, the labor of tn va stimulate
the forward movement by being something more tina honesty oeng nei
lpent. Intelligent labor looks at its task with a due appreciation Of wa' II
means.
The Springfield, Mass, Union has this to say about. the right "a to work:
works The genius works. The slave is accured- The tramp is desphed The
genius is honored
How car it be hat work seems to be so different, whenv iewed from dher
pdntss Can tn same thing be honorable, despned, aeeursedf
To the lave work is toll, because he is dnven to a task by a force ut
aae of himself. Es work is not of himself m for himsdf. Others seize the
product of his labor. His mind does not comprehend the sgnheane OF tat
which his hands perform, and his hear is not in his work.
Slavery ws not wholly abolished when Lincoln signed the proclamation OF
emancipation, nor when the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution vas rat
flied. Work devoid IF intelligent interest and with 40 adequate enumeration
for te workman is in reality slavery Slaves of all eohrs are yet to be found
bound to their tasks No slave counts work a blessing.
here are other tramps besides those poor creatures who travel through
dusty highways rom pillar to post, working their way o n a neverendlng jour
There are more than sixty thousand persons tamping from the cradle to the
grave, seeking day after day, the elusive softsm snap that shall afford a living
without working for it. Their only object in life is to have a good I'm
The true man is he who knows that labor is divine The source and nspira
tion of effort lie within himself. He sets himself to work. He is hsow employer
He forms a purpose; he chooses an end. 1t is his joy to plan his work and
then to work his plan. His work is the expression and outgoing of himself
He WI sacrifices himself for his work, or were the artist dead, where
wee the pieturef
He never wastesh his energies in dissipation, but his genius FOR iabor IS also
a genius for rest
His holidays are for recreation in the real sense of the word. He reereates
enervated tissues, takes new breath, strengthens his mind, gets new insplra-
ton, discovers fresh motives, that he may com back to his WORK a better and
a stronger man, fertile in resoures full of zeal, Astounding in enthusiasm
The man who has genius for work so masters his work that TIT more he
works and the better the product of his industry, the greater and better be-
the worker
The work that degrades the workman, the work that behttes the soul an
weakens the body, should never be wrought.
A man work should be SO chosen an SO performed that at the emo of each
days labor the laborer himself shall be the better for MS effort When at the
nation, but also shall each workman be the better for his toll, then will or PEG
pie hav solved the great problem of the twentieth century. Let or schools
and our colleges sd forth graduates with a genius for work Let our plutoerats
be greater than al their millions hen win their wealth become the peoples
treasure.