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ABE'S EPIGRAMS
Every Man His Own Savior Is a Tonic Doctrine; It Encourages Individuality,
It Is Hostile to Coddling to Officious Interference"—Scribner's
THIRD INSTALMENT.
"He that builds castles in the air, will soon have no land."
The man in business without imagination, is a plodder. He can never hope to
be a leader. He is destined for all time to do the things which he is doing today—
on a slightly larger scale perhaps—but under the direction, nevertheless, of some-
one else.
The man who has led others or who is capable of making a conspicuous suc-
cess along untried lines, must have vision, for vision is to the progressive soul what
a blue print is to an architect. The artist, the musician, the sculptor, the explorer,
the inventor—all are people of vision. They are reaching out and groping to pro-
duce in actual, tangible form, the fabrics of their dreams, for dreams are what
visions are made out of.
But here again we are brought face to face, as we must be repeatedly through
life, with the indisputable truth, that between vice and virtue is a very narrow
margin. You have only to step across a little way too far and you are on the
wrong side of the dividing line.
Vision is a virtue; constant day-dreaming is a vice.
Vision is very necessary, but while you and I are visioning, we must keep our
feet on the ground. That is, we must be able to look ahead and see practical pos-
sibilities. But while we are clarifying our mental vision, it is absolutely necessary
that we keep in touch with everyday mundane affairs; keep an eye on our cash bal-
ance in the bank; never lose sight of our maturing discounts; or be unmindful of
those tilings which we must do to make good business not only possible but inevit-
able for tomorrow.
Just as soon as we become a day-dreamer, though, or one who moons con-
stantly over what might be done without actually doing anything, we lose our grip
on life—our courage, and our initiative. We become intemperate in dreaming and
fear to act.
The day-dreamer weaves beautiful fabrics which can never be touched or seen.
He builds castles which will never shelter a live thing. He scorns what he can do
and lives constantly in the imaginary realm of what he would like to do.
Some years ago, a young man graduated from a well-known university. He
had unusually brilliant business prospects, for he had been left a fortune and it
was ample for a beginning in any line of business which he might choose. He
made high records in all of his studies and proved himeslf unusually capable in sev-
eral executive capacities, and in the actual working out of mechanical and business
details.
His friends and instructors prophesied great things for him, but after his
graduation he went to his home for a vacation, and also to prospect somewhat as to
what he would do and how he would do it. He became obsessed with the thought of
working out a mechanism which would embody the principles of perpetual motion.
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