The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-19
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Long time observation of public men
has convinced me that only few men
, seek TO form the habit Of success, while
a multitude form the habit OF failure.
Recently a very influential man In the
commercial circles Of New York declined
70 accept most remuncrntivc advisory
relation to n great corporation. and pri-
vately he gave this as his rcaSon-one
Of his enterprises was losing money. ana
! h" could not afford 10 have any business
which he had founded fail. that II was
necessary for him 10 give himself 10 that
enterprise until II was prosperous. The
! simple fact was he had formed habit
Of success and failure meant certain
weakening Of tho will. and loss Of con-
fidencn in himself. Now. this conf
dcncc in his own resources and Judgment
| were worth more than any easily arhiev-
! cd form Of monetary success.
The habit Of Failure.
| On the other side stands certain
!. other business man. Twenty years ago.
| at forty years Of age, h" was nj the head
! IF 81 great plan; He grew careless
| through prosperity. After awhile ne
awoke 70 discover tina, The institution
! had gotten away from him. Instead OF
! calling in all his physical and mental
reserves 10 right his plumbers. he de-
! tcrmincd 10 get out frcm under. Ger
; tain friends who did not know what had
! hnppcn~l made him AN overture. under
: the delusion that he had succeeded i;
, his other work. After a while MS TRENDS
came 10 know that he had made failure
! Of his first plant. Within TWO years ne
! repeated the former experience. Soon h"
; began to form the habit Of failure. Now
! he is absolutely down and ont. borrow
| ite five dollars here and fiv" dollars
! There Al thirty he WAS man ~ splen-
! Gtd gifts. through education. charming
! manners. but he had a weak Will. ana n"
] ALWAYS sought tn" easiest way. with tn"
: result that today he has So thoroughly
| formed tho habit Of failure that ii IL
| doubtful whether hr could succeed NJ
anything.
! For young Men.
/ To-day two million young soldiers
/ have either returned from France hr
arc nrcpnring fnr their erturr. What II
those millions could br assembled in "rir
! room and this ono message burned into
! their memory: Young man. form IN"
! habit OF slcCcse, Remember that when
Won wore n hn" and solved %nur first
! problem that it lent you courage and or
! thuslasm 10 tackle III" next one. R"-
member also that wh"u you gave IN
bard problem il weakened Your Will $"
tha: after = it'll" y"u formed n hapi' ~
SAYING OH we'll il doesn't matter u
has happoncd before let it go. Tha'
way lies failure. Scholarship that ~
nccurat" is mad" impossible. Wealth ana
prosperity do not come uraSk"d ana
stay unurged. Getting position Is on"
thing. Keeping il and using ! rs s'"P-
;, ping stone In another. is quit" another
hing Sum" women form the habit OF
being invalIdS They SIMPLY dFIN I'M"
hrlnInssrres THOR innffiClency d'Ecn-
,, crates INTO flahhin"*s. They haV" thH
., habit If hcin,. taken Cnro Of and expect
| everybody L. fetch and carry LOT ih'h'
they become NOR" parasites: they Nv"
on the industry - others and become
| melancholy and h;tter. What they nr"a
| IS a rrw"rfGl shock To tho VIII. some
| overwhelming disaster to throw them on
their own resources would h" the saw
| ing and making Of them. That was
] wise physician who. when lie found that
the woman would not exert herself even
TO sit up hribcd the servant to 80 INTO
the hall and scream. Fire. Fire" With
in half a minute the invalid who could
not put foot 10 the floor. grabbed an