The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-06

the house; | find when | enter into
the negotiation with him that have
not the material he wishes but some
thing very similar; if tell him frank
ly that we have not what he wishes
and that we shall have to substitutes
something else for what he wishes
/ fear that / shall lose the deal;
have much at stake; il l keep silent
he will trust me and take what
give and | can report success to my
house. What shall ! do? Shall
report failure and let my chance of
advancement go by or shall l keep
silent and make the deal? Then 1t
comes to me that the house for which
! am working has made its success
by fair dealing; that Integrity is
the motto on which it does business.
l realize that he business has been
built because my employer always
kept his hands clean. shall follow
the sign post and Keep my hands
clean" it pays in dollars and cents
and builds character at the same
time. fail and tell my employer
why have failed. l get his common
dation because l refused to soil my
hands; get my advancement, not
because made him money but be.
cause he can trust in my integrity
| have kept my hands clean.
There are those who believe that
to succeed in this life it is necessary
to stoop to questionable acts; that
to stand absolutely square-upright-
to measure your conduct Of life by
the question, rs it right?' means to
fail. But. is this true? Let us study
the facts. Let us find who are the
people of the world that have sue
ceeded in the highest sense-those
who have left their mark for good on
the world. Probably no two other
persons Of all of the people of Eng
land approach in any degree the
places held by Queen Victoria and
William E. Gladstone in the hearts
Of the English people and of all the
world. Why? Integrity of character
Victoria is one of the few queens OF
the world whose standard of life was
always Keep your hands clean"
Probably of all the men of England
ever made the question, "Is it right?'
SO nearly the standard of life as did
William E. Gladstone. Has any
woman ever risen higher in the con
fidence Of the world than Queen Vic
toria? Or, has any man ever held
the confidence of England and the es
TEEN of the world more than William
E. Gladstone?
| believe that tine world has never
produced a greater military genius
than our own Robert E. Lee; his mil
itary tactics are quoted and followed
in the whole world today in this
great war as far as they can be un-
der the changed conditions. Certain
ly America has produced no mar
whose life approaches more nearly
to the ideal-without blame and with
out wrong than does he. In 1856:
when Lee took his own son to Yves,
Point to enter him In the military
academy from which he himself had
come an honor graduate, Lee said
MY son, Duty is the sublimest wore
in the language; you cannot do more
than your duty; you should never
wish to do less"
And just few short years from
that date Robert e. Lee stood face
to face with that sublime but mex
orable word DUTY" His own coun
try was rent in twain; civil wal
hung low over it like storm cloud
there he stood; on the one hand
the country which he loved ant
which he had served and the fla,
which he had followed and fought fol
and under which he had already be
come removed; and on the other, hi,
own native state of Virginia that hat
Withdrawn itself from his countr,
and had gone with a weak and unpre
pared nation; and Lee stood facin,
duty. The President Of the United
States rendered to him the leadershi,
of the Armies of the United States
there was fame; there was renown
there was success; there was q DOW
erful army, rich, strong and
great nation; on the other hand Their,
was his native State, which h,
loved; there was weak nation. nm
prepared for war as he we'll knew
better than any other man, and LIE,
stood facing Duty. And Robert Z
Lee put behind him, fame and sue
cess and renown, declined the leader
ship of the Armies of the Unite,
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