The Washington times., 1919-01-12
Did You Ever Try to Buy a
Minute of Time?
You Cannot Do It. Yet You Throw Away What
Priceless and Your Only Real Possession.

b. recovered unless you seized them as they fell how
promptly you would get up, saying II must gather my
dollars must not let them go to waste one minute longer
3: The ticks Of the clock young man, your real
property. They all that you have. They must share
:. Napoleon who accomplished wonders in few years.
said to boys at school my boys every hour of lost time
Ii chance of future misfortunes'
BE meant that in the hour lost something might have
bsen DONE learned saved that would have prevented
tidortme
- We asked the artist to make picture of Old Father
ms out f the walk that never began and that will never
= Fifty thousand billion years ago Time was walking for
vsrd the today Time will still be going never
pacmaksr Lucky he who during his few hours of life has
kept up with him. beside him. even gone ahead Of him
For It Is possible to go ahead Of Time, FAR AHEAD.
truly been called men ahead Of their time.
: There are two kinds of young men.
:. One young man says to Time, "Go faster, I'm in
The other says, "What is the hurry? Why should
myself out? And he adds the favorite remark Of
working too hard for others?
- Lazness always persuades itself that it is working for
s1cspt slave You work for yourself that you may be
free later.
Any young knows that he is careless about small
amounts Of money quarters half dollars he will in the long
rm be short Of all kinds of money.
But few boys realize that, with Time than
with money, 1t is important to look after the "smal
change for all that there is of time is small change
Goethe said BE always resolue with the present hour
Every moment is Of infinite value for it is the representa-
tive Of eternity"
There is nothing in time but the small change that you
bee On the face of the clock.
The second hand ticks off the pennies the minute hand
ticks of the dimes and the hour hand marks the dollars
The biggest thought of which you capable is the
Aought Of one minute
The thought that made it possible to send several tee
over one wire flashed into the brain Of Edison in less
than minute. LESS THAN ONE SECOND changed him
from telegraph clerk to one of the worlds real
not mere rich man, which is nothing but man that
makes others rich by adding to the lives of others.
Edison one of those that have saved time To save
time to add to hfe just to money is add
You can find hundred thousand men sitting at their
work as Edison sat at his telegraph key Ask them what
They viii reply, "why do you ask9 am working
am not? What do you want me to do? am at my desk
vhere have to be-
Edison you had come to him, with his heavy fore
u WOULDN'T have said to you, II am here waiting for
message to come in. What do you think am doing?'
He was thinking 50 hard that he probably wouldn't have
noticed you But he had heard you he would have said
oAs SIT here am thinking how can make this tele
graph wire that runs to Chicago more useful am
thinking how can double the work that this wire does
Edison you win observe young man, keeping up
WITH Time He wasn't sitting there at his desk falling
aymg to himself "I'm working for the COMPANY. I
ooudnt be president if sat here fifty years what's the
use wearing myself out thinking or planning?"
As he sat there he thought, and IN ONE MINUTES
THINKING made himself greater than a thousand presi
dents Of great corporations.
Frederick the Great had concerning time motto that
he borrowed from Seneca the Roman philosopher Seneca
was the teacher of Nero the Emperor who became bored
well brutal and set fire to Rome Interesting as il
shows that the best teacher will do good for the in
vdud who refuses to his opportunity and his time
well
The motto that Frederick borrowed from Seneca was
this:
Time is the only treasure concerning which avarice
tstinginess) is praiseworthy'
= Be generous in many ways as YOU please but not
NTH Be sfinpv with that