The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-09
TOuChStOneS of Success
LOVE FOH HIS VOCATION, CONSTANT
STUDY, CHARACTER AND HARD
WORK.
From "Touchstones ~ succ,ss" Copyright BY
sy Vh Publishing Company.


Lawyer.
Tho secret ~ success cannot be told iu words
Nor does any truly successful man regard him
self as such because he realizes how far short
he has fallen OF his highest aims.
Success is relative. What passes for it with
some seems nearer failure 10 others. Especially
Is this true OF the legal profession. The most
then that lawyer called upon TO express an
opinion on the subject wisely do Is to tell
what hia observation and experience have
taught him to regard the foundation prin-
ciples Of the successful pursuit OF the law.
n were 10 put into tho fewcst words these
essentials ! should state them In this order:
First Love for the lawyers vocation and be
H"t In u, ms hitordIng one OF the greatest OF
opportunities for usefulness and effective
service.
second. Long years OF study, Of persistent,
paiustaking. solf-sacriflcing study
Third. The cultivation Of the great mental
and moral quality which the celebrated essay
OF Or. John Foster has for generations done
much 20 instil into the lives OF thousands OF
distinguished Englishmen ana Americans, de
csion OF character" The legal adviser VINO
has developed the art and the power 20 reach
clear and definite conclusions and can state
couvincingly and with confidence the reasons
why those conclusions should be the ground for
action is the mur, to whose counses the leaders
I'm the business world Will always turn ana upon
whom they will rely
Fourth Devotion to the interest OF the client,
regardless OF the interest OF tho lawyer him
self. remembering that the highest function OF
tho good lawyer is not to get his client out OF
legal trouble but TO keen him out With ibis
must go the courage to give unwclCome, ns
well welcome, advice.
OF the law office that the client shall he made
to feel that every matter entrusted to it,
whether of small or the greatest importance,
will receive as exact and skilful attention as
IL II were tho only business In hand.
sixth. Rigorous rules OF personal and office
professional conduct Foremost, accuracy; ac-
curacy OF statement 10 client. to court and to
opponent; accuracy OF professional work. as
great as the most meticulous care can produce
with this goes the maxim that whatever Is
wrong in the transaction OF law business may
be explained, hut never excused. Next, prompt
ness Of performance OF whatever IL TO be ac-
complishcd. Then, unromittlng Industry, uni
form courtesy and constant enjoyment OF the
work,
seventh. A sense Of obligation FOR unselfish
! public usefulness. The training and profess
sional life OF the lawyer III him, and give
| him such opportunities, for service to his COM
munity and to It's institutions which are devoted
| to the general welfare, that the ahlcst lawyer
who fails to give freely OF his time and en-
| dcavors to further their promotion has fallen
| far short ot the highest success.
| II has been my good fortune 70 know many
| OF tho most successful American lawyers prac-
| ticing during the last 40 years some OF them
| Intimately Not q few Of them have had other
| distinguishing and noble qualities, But have
| not known a single great lawyer among them
! whose professional success was not grounded
| primarily upon the essentials nave emu
| meratcd.