The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-19
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That was very kind of the opera
, tor to put my signature in black caps
as he did not have caps and small
caps on the machine. But l think L
he will just put it in ordinary cap:
il will be all right. 1t is not the sig
nature that will give me a place il
! the hall of fame, but it is the stuff
that l grind out. That's it, Sir, ant
! don't YOU forget that. But don't mis-
f; take or misunderstood me, am no
+! quarreling with the operator Or any
one else.
, was just thinking the other day
/ that l had heard once saw mill mar
Dragging about what fine lumber he
| could turn out, and he was prou;
of his job out in the pines and in the
cabin all alone during the week. Now
what l was thinking is this-what
great thing it is for man, or any
other sort of person, to be proud OF
his calling and his job, and to take
an interest in it and do the best hs
can all the time. 1t makes no differ
ence what it is, so long as it is hon
orable, he should so magnify his call
ing and his work that he would be
proud of it and always do the best ne
can. If he is not proud of his job
then he should get him another one
Nc man can do his best at anything
unless he is sufficiently proud OF il
to take an interest in it and always
lo the best b can 1t isn't so much
what we do anyhow as how We do It,
that counts. And that We do whatever
is at hand to do. And the man who
will not do the small things we'll and
faithfully can never hope to be pu!
in charge OF big things. He mus;
have the stuff in him that makes the
man, and if he has, then the small
thing that he is doing is just as i'm
portant to him as the big thing that
some other man is doing. Take 5the
history cf. any Ct the men who have
risen in the world in any endeavor,
and you will find that they were proud
OF the little jobs on which they started.
and they were Just as faithful In their
discharge as they were when the job
got bigger, and if they had not been
they would have been doing little
things to the end Of the journey. When
mans a man then he can do things
that are humble and apparently In
significant just as earnestly and we'.
as If he were charged with the big
things Of life, and if he cant-take
it from one who has been here some
little bit, he. will never be charged
with the doing of the big things 'os
life. In other words, my creed is.
Thrice blessed IS he who takes his
place.
Though poor and humble in the
land,
And with cheerful. smiling face
Performs whatever is at hand"
That's the idea If am a hod
carrier let me do that just as we'll as
It is possible and just like it was
the best and biggest and greatest job
in all the world. tAnd if I am a
carpenter let me take a pride in driv-
ing nail or saving board square
and making two boards fit. Let me
do without complaining or murmuring
whatever IS at hand, and do it with
a pleasant smile and make othPs feel
that it is the thing to do.
I read a. little poem the other day
which expresses my creed along this
line better than I can myself. And
you just watch the young men who
follow this creed and see them grow
into manhood, and you will see the
men who are making their mark In
sthe world and who are rising. I new
er did have much use for the clock
watcher. who seems to have no fur
ther interest in the business of his
employer tran to put in the allotted
hours, and then come up at the end
Of the week and get his envelope And
you may put it down that the one
who does will do the same thing to
the end of the chapter. But here IS
the poem:
i Creed.
Wbatevar is at hanSi All this