The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
EALTY OFFICIAL TELLS CONVENTION OF LEGISLATION PLAN

leaves unprovided for great areas
Of mans nature.
I'VE come then to the answer
that Man Is q thinker. Great Is
the man who can think and think
until he has something to say. and
then say 1t In such fashion as to
lodge his truth in the life Of the
race. knowledge Is power The
names to conjure with today are
the names of Plato and Aristotle.
Kant. Darwin. Edison. These are
the men who show human nature
at its best, for man is. beyond all
else. a. thinker.
This last answer 10 NOT an un-
worthy one. but 10 an imperfect
one.
II have passed In review the vic.
tim with his whine. the fighter with
his sword. the money maker with
his bank notes and the thinker
with his. book. In my judgment not
one of them II worthy to stand.
Therefore. let Us seek the answer
from the highest court in order
that we may have q Supreme Court
decision.
Listen! .'Ye know that among
the Gentiles the great ones exer-
else lordship and dominion. 1t shall
not be so among you. II any man
would be great among you. let him
serve. The greatest OF all Is the
servant of ALL
Man at his best 10 a servant
He rises as he stoops to serve. The
life of any Individual will he meas
ured and estimated in the long run
by its utility in serving the most
permanent interests OF human So
ciety. In the great kingdom OF
moral reality usefulness Is the ulti-
mate standard. Ideally, Man Is a
servant
I'VE should. therefore. strive to
make the words 'Realtor' and
Service synonymous. We owe an
obligation to our fellow realtors and
our clients. We must always con-
slider ourselves trustees for the men
and women whose interests we rep
resent. We must strive at all times
to render the very best efficient
service. The sfeat things in life
only come not from getting, not
from taking away from the other
fellow that which he has, but by
giving, adding to his store. and by
this act Of service we will enrich
ourselves.
"A great truth Is given In those
few simple words of Lincoln when
he said, I strive to do the very best
can each day, and I mean to
keep on so doing until the end. II
the end brings me out right. what
Is said against me will amount to
nothing. But II the end brings me
out wrong. ten angels swearing 1
am right will make no difference
Spirit Of Service.
And SO / ask you again, what is
necessary to make our national as
sociation q recognized body Of real
men? A prevailing spirit Of service
at all times.
What do you propose to show
to the world thirty years from now
and say to 1t, This is my concep-
tion Of what IL means to be a man,
true realtor.' If you show 1t
victim whining because life has
been hard and the luck has been
against you. you will be ashamed
OF yourself every time you look In
the glass. II you show 1t a fighter.
beating and bruising your way, in
Juring others in order to succeed,
all of your friends will be ashamed
of you. II you show It nothing but
money maker. feathering only
your own nest to make 1t nice and
warm, You will be denying the best
traditions of history. II you show
1t merely thinker. who does not
carry his insight over into achieve
ments and translate his knowledge
into power for service, then vour
life will be barren. But II YOU will
say to yourself, Man is a servant
and allow that thought to rule your
life, then you will count one in that
sacramental host which is destined
to trample evil in the dust and
stamp out the stigma which has at
tached itself to our great profess
sion of real estate and raise the
practice of 'realtor' to that plane
OF professionalism to which we all
aspire and make this earth at last
as fair as the sky"