Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

raise the Importance of any position,
the wrong stamp will lower any
position.
No JOB, no situation, no position,
no office can make man great It
is not his station that makes man;
it is the man that makes his station.
Napoleon was not great because
he was dictator of Europe. He was
great-in his own unique way-be-
cause he made his job great.
The Gear of all the Russias" is
theoretically one of the mightiest
figures in the world, yet the present
Gar is a nncompoop; great only in
his craven fear and his blind fight
against the onward march of demoe-
racy. Even his exalted office can
not make of him a man of note.
The pulpit filled by Henry Ward
5eeeher was not specially great, but
he made il so. The role Of itinerant
preacher was rather looked down
upon when Wesley set out upon his
mission. and General Booth was for
years derided before he so carved
his place that Kings and Governments
delighted to do him honor.
The position of medical doctor
in a small town is not usually re-
garded as of extraordinary note,
yet the Doctors Mayo, of Rochester,
Mimi, are perhaps the most famous
in the worId-far more is heard of
them in Europe than at home.
Lincoln was not made great by
being President Of the United
States. but he so filed the office
that he raised it higher than it had
been since Washington.
know man who was doorksepsr
for large establishment. The job
was accounted of little moment IN
til he was assigned to it. But he
devised a system for checking every
thing that went in and out Of the
l place, he rooted out petty thefts by
employees and made the post of door
keeper so important that the salary
was raised to three figures week.
He had in him the makings Of
helper worth having, and the obscur-
ity of his job could not keep him
down.
6ackboneIess employees are too
ready to arbitrate the success of
others to "luck." Luck is usually
the fruit of intelligent application.
The man who is intent upon making
the mosto his opportunities is too
busy to bother about luck. He cares
more for work., for thinking and
worth more to his employer and
worth more in his own self-respect.
The material rewards an employer
can give weight but lightly compared
with those intangible ones that
spring from consciousness of work
we'll done. The man or woman who
numbly but deeply realizes that he
or she has iabored with the utmost
faithfulness to attain worthy end
can never be a real failure. Press
ing on toward "the mark of the
prize" not the prize itself, is the
thing.
''Ye shall reap if We faint not"
We are too prone to faint, to give
prematurely, to lose faith in
others, and, what is fatal, lose faith
in ourselves. 'Tis not in mortal to
command success. but to DESERVE
it is possible for all.
Measured thus, any job can be
made great. It is the spirit behind
the Job that counts-the attitude of
the one who fills it. have known
an office boy who was UNNECESSARILY
preater and nobIer than his en-
ployer and more TO be enVied. The
office boy lived to serve; the en-
pIoyer forced his workers to sweat
blood that he might wax richer and
richer by hook or by crook. Lies
failures" do not all wear rags;
some of the most abiect. pitable of
them can write their names to
seven figured checks. The Success
ss" are not all recognizable on sight.
Not his job makes a man little or
bigi it is himself. His spirit, his
chara cter. IF these be right, then his
job will sooner or later reflect the
fact. He will not be forever kept
down when his merits entitle him TO
be raised up. The wait may be long
But It will not he heart breaking. His
inner consciousness of faithful effort
will buoy him up. And even should
reward seem never to come, he will
not turn sour. Hope will sprinq eter-
nal. He will faint not, but toll on
an in his toll rejoice, confident that
the balances must one day be fairly
adjusted. Scoring self pity, he will
put stanchions to his heart and pray:
Oh. for faith that will not shrink
When pressed by many a foe.
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;
A faith that shines more bright and
clear
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