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LIII. N o . 10
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman BUI at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Sept. 9,1911
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Measuring Up to the Demands of To-day
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T requires many years of toil and patience before the average human being readies a stage of normal
development.
There are many young fellows-at this season hunting- jobs, who, when they have finished their
college course, feel that the hard work is behind them and the easy road is still ahead and unblocked.
Their grasp of Chauvenet, the facility with which they can parse the intricacies of Thucydides and
their comprehension of the great philosophers should make life a never-ending picnic for them; but chey
only find that they have reached the elementary itage and they learn that their confidence in their own
possibilities must be backed up by actual attainments.
Before they have realized this they invariably begin to shrivel. They find that it is not as easy as it
looked—that even geniuses must be restrained and shaped into practical form; but if a young man is of the
right sort, the desire to win a high position puts a keener edge upon his aspirations—it arouses within
him ambition and he begins to break ground for himself.
He does not mind a few misses, and he is not afraid of failure.
He develops a tenacity and fighting spirit which aid him to make time over the track.
He learns that most men who are successful adapt themselves to their proper relations to the rest of
society, and that the only way to win is to keep digging.
When in doubt, play confidence.
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Reverses may at times bite deeply, but still they should not erase the smiles. That is, if one is a real
man and not merely a sitter in in the great game.
Business success cannot be easily acquired, and there is nothing that comes easy that is worth the
winning.
Competition in all lines is keen—is growing keener all the time because the demands are becoming
more and more exacting.
We are becoming more critical—we demand better things.
Why?
Because we are steadily climbing up to higher points all the while.
The old stage coach which was good enough years ago only serves as an historic object lesson when
placed alongside of the electric trains of to-day; and yet it was all right in its time.
And so with some business methods.
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They were good enough to meet the conditions of years ago, but they do not measure up to the
demands of to-day.
And it is to-day and to-morrow that interests most of us!