The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-31
WITH THE TRAVELLERS
SELF CONTROL A
Big REQUISITE
SOMETHING THAT A TRAVELLING
MAN SHOULD OBTAIN AND
KEEP IF He WOULD BE A sue.
CESS ON THE ROAD OR IN ANY
OTHER WALK OF LIFE.

did 1t ever occur to you that all
the difference between a nan and a
beast is embraced in this wonderful
faculty of self-control?" asks Horace
Frierson, in an address before the trav-
cling men of the south. and contin-
uing he says:
This power is given to the man,
but not to the beast, n just in pro-
portion as it is cultivated n put in
daily use, or neglected and ignored, is
the graduation of the individual in So
ciety and the height he reaches above
the plane of the animal.
In the best known book in the
world is the positive statement that
he who controlleth his own temper is
greater thar he that ~conquereth a
city And yet anger Is only n Of
the many impulses and desires which
IL not controlled, dominate the individ-
ual and lower his moral character.
From a lack of elf-control, broadly
speaking, the individual finds himself
largely at the mercy of the following
weaknesses, towit: Anger, fear, in
tolerance, pride, vanity, impotence,
superciliousness and a host of collater-
al habits, all at the expense of his in
dividual character.
"On the other hand, he who has, by
proper exercise Of his will, attained
full control Of himself and all his
powers and faculties, Is truly a man in
the highest and broadcast sense of the
word. He gives due consideration to
the rights of others, and thus avoids
offending; he does not indulge in USE
less arguments nor make dogmatic
statements, nor does he attempt to
conceal the weakness Of his position
and his lack of facts to support 1t by
| the loudness of his voice: he readily
comedies to others the right to differ
from his own opinions; he does no
claim for himself omniscience and is
willing to say: I do not know when
it Is the proper nswer, and he Is ntc
intolerant. He carefully d~ifferentiates
in his statements between fact and
theory or belief; he speaks calmly and
impresses his hearers with his SINGER
ity of purpose even though they may
| not concede the correctness Of his
conclusions. He does not allow his in
telligence and judgment to forms or by
fears or other lowering impulses. He
has all of his own desires and impulses
thoroughly under control; he does not
nor does he wish to, eliminate these
natural desires and feelings from his
consciousness, but he uses and INDUCES
them only to that degree that his
judgment tells him is right and proper
Now compare the possibilities and
capacities Of two men exempiifying
the extremes of the two conditions
and apply the obvious deduction tc
the daily life OF the travelling man.
THE one, swayed by every impulse
and desire, cratic, optimistic today and
| pessimistic tomorrow, Of uncertain
/ temper, argumentatIve, impatient, cas-
lily exhilirated and as easily depressed
always ready with an opinion and
eager to back it up with thoughtless
arguments, the path of unpleasant
duty obscured by present desire, i'll,
balanced, a shining exponent Of thu
lack Of self control.
1.-THE other steadily pursuing a care,
fully considered plan of action, hi
duty plain and clear before him, using
all his capacities legitimately to sue.
coed in his undertaking, meeting dis.
appointment with steady courage, con.
serving his strength by steady and sus.
tanned effort, temperate in thought
habit and language, no waste of ener,
gy in impatience or useless complain,
ings, cheerful, pleasant, considerate, II
full control OF himself, respected by al
IA living example to his fellow mer
OF the value OF the greatest of all at.
tainments, sel~f-control."