The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-05
The Man Who Snubbed fortune

In 1873 your great grandfather.
s.aadi..s On the site Of Lhs Fiat
Iron building, with the price of
Broadway from Twenty-Second St.
to Long Acre Square jingling IN his
pocket cursed the luck" that lde-
MED him the chance to get in on
the ground floor of New York real
estate
In 1860 your grandfather could
have bought half the loop district OF
Chicago for less than You can pur-N
chase . suburban building lot.
Opportunity hasn't missed q: work
ing day since the Garden of Eden
was laid out in home sites. There's
no particular time nor place for sue
cess g
Every man everywhere meets EQzz
tune Every day he looks her tut Z
IN the face and snubs her half
dozen times between dawn and sunz
set. 81
start to climb on ladder wh18
you could have mounted yesterd
Fate hasn't neglected YOU ProX1
dence has no pets. Wheneyer
clock ticks somebody stoops IA
crowd and picks up purse o4eE
which throng has walked
hours. i s. -
Every morning the patent ~
receives specifications of an In
ton that thousands had previo<6zy
thought out, but lacked the enters
prise to work out. i
Prosperity is. not an evidence of
superiority. but rather OF ohserya
ton and common sense and persis
tence sss g 8 !
The fact that you pay rent dos
not mean that You are of an infer
ior cai;bAr to your landlord yQA
probably began with better
cowment of brains. but he used
his mind to better advantage
There isn't an organization-
town which does not number Oh
salary list at least one wage-ches
who could give cards and spades d Z
his chief had he given himself
square deal and played the winniH
hand when destiny gave him
turn s. 'z<
There's mighty little diffArer
in the makeup of those who
and those who whine. & g
Will and Imagination are dis
great divisors of society :
Nature occasionally short 81 ]
an individual. Once in while a
| Is careless and handicaps az a.
fortunate with congenial dis6
ties, bpt on the whole she skll
a very uniform average and
Etains a consistent standard ~
human product. ]. g.
Every man can't angle
same pond and crowd his ~
there are always streams II
a catch can be made
All fish won't rise 10 sinl5l
ssx.ss u 1.zEd 81
experiment long enough
their hooks, 8
You still have your tack
faculties are unimpaired YOU
more than when you attempt1
foreyou've suffered no IN
able loss until you've lost
nerve. and that condition il 81
| ly a mental attitude. &
You may not be as able a.
esteem yourself, but it's 6o{
gasted certainty that the rest o. II
will believe you are as incon1pe tent
as you think you are. *, e
Take new view of the world -
the morning. because the WcFl4 8
new a. every sunrise. &
Take your old view of yours
retracs your memory until
back to the outset of your c<
put the same eagerness am
estness and self-confidence ri
thoughts and your bearings
lieve that you're capable. .I
You may miss again, but now
know from experience that q 81
out isn't Knockout.
Edison made ten thousand
tempts before he produced the a
eandescent lamp. -
You won't have to try nearly 81
often before you'll see new light
Now put on your hat, walk dorm
town and stand in front Of the piece
OF property which you had fhe
means to buy when it was cold *
dime on the dollar fits presspf n
worth, and hereafter speculate a
the future
Since you didn't take your M i
in tho past. make profit ont ~ s
Herbert Kaufman.in World Mi61
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