Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-15
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Secretary Hamilton, OF Prn-
DENTAL, Makes Address Be-
fore Cleveland Audience.

- iEneclAi TO the SstAAEh jon
ntt CLEVELAND. O., Feb. l9-Wniara
,b,,I. Hamilton, of Newark, n. j. recenl,
salr elected secretary of the Prudential
uUAInsurance Company of America, came
ITO cleveland today to address the stu
rdepts of the Western Reserve UniVer-
,.,s3tv on life insurance. Mr.. Hamiiton's
~se,.address is one of a series to pc gwen
There by prominent life insurance men,
Sahowine the constantly increasing IN
rsaterest in insurance by universities. he
thesaid:
~,.r sIt has been suggested that before
Syoing to war we should pray once, be-
who're going to sea pray twice, and be-
Brdore getting married pray three tlhies'
worrhe attitude of some men toward inc
robustness of insurance is lndlcateo ny
andhe third statement, and the 1eeiAne
exhas prevailed to some extent tnat ohiy
thcafter failure in other occupations, ano
prdhen only as a last resort. should one
haseek an opening in some branch OF
chansurauce That this impression is
aherroneous has been amply demonstrat-
yord by the success of many thousands
1f men in all parts of the country.
.sThe field of life insurance is no
coYolace for drones, and IL a man VIII not
Nkpork, neither shall he eat, especlany
heif he is engaged in life insurance, pus
tado the conscientious, faithful worker,
sfrvhether his ability be mediocre or ex-
Exceptional, 1t may be said with emphasis
ydhe only limit to his ambition Is MS
t~hhapacity for developing his own faeni-
mites. obtaining a wider knowledge OF
vlaffairs, a more thorough insight lhto
Human nature, a broader culture ana
ara firmer grasp of business principles
a., erie nractise of insuring mems lives,
i. 49, -. -.-- - 1.e+ onnct6aTa6 Tn ne as
lYrnuch a form of gambling as throwing
da1ice for stakes" Mr.. Hamilton added,
th.grew out of a fundamental need OF
human experience, and wal in reality
Il blinr cropping after principles of su-
ypreme importance, socially, economical
Nv and politically o. worldwide scope
Ind absolutely revolutionary in then
character. Thus various causes COM
bined to teach the necessity of a COM
munity of interest which would result
In sharing the different hazards OF NE
md gradually men began to perceive
he fundamental truth upon which life
C;psurance was founded.
"The cruelty of war, the frequent
~selishness of peace, the influence OF
Inmate, the pride of color or race, the
bitterness created by the keenest COM
woetition of man with his fellow-man,
n,ss,r any combination of these factors In
the history of the world has utterly
. Jailed to stay the march of the stu
err3endous truth of the brotherhood of
'eHnan, and no single agency in modern
lines has done more than life insur-
pfance to spread the realization of this
nutuality of interest from country to
n.sountry, from continent to continent,
- Until it has girdled the earth.
'hssA college is an organized mimi, a
peoshurch is an organized conscience. a
Benevolent institution is an organized
nlNoAeart, .b-t-fMe insurance has DIR. ,wn Its
eoOf1spE aations from all three, for IT. has
lln1aken the keenest intellectual power.
p55he profoundest regard for the rights
t,.l5f the present and future generations,
lind the most discriminating benevo-
d ence to bring insurance to it's present
pState of magnificent development,
! oshere it's beneficence is almost uni
5ersally recognized. ,
pesIn this connection he concluded,
qlhAthese words Of the late John r. Dry
sllden are specially appropriate: When
1--WE consider the enormous extent Of
Insurance, how 1t affects every COM
linercia1 and private interest, how it
mters into avery home from one end
rSf the land to the other, how it sus-
TAIN individual efforts, enhances in
lsIividual credit, and provides security
algafns possible contingencies not to
fee guarded against by any other means
aFet devised. l question il the in
psenuity OF man could invent or design
mother method so completely within
whe spirit of our nationality md an
anterest of $ CHI supreme Importance
Ito the people of the land"
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