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Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

CHAPTER VI
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I have no sympathy with this notion.

The man who plans to do all his giving on Sunday is a poor prop for the institutions of the country.
The excuse for referring so often to the busy man of affairs is that his help is most needed.

I know of men who have followed out this large plan of developing work, not as a temporary matter, but as a permanent principle.

These men have taken up doubtful enterprises and carried them through to success often at great risk, and in the face of great scepticism, not as a matter only of personal profit, but in the larger spirit of general uplift.
DISINTERESTED SERVICE THE ROAD TO SUCCESS If I were to give advice to a young man starting out in life, I should say to him: If you aim for a large, broad-gauged success, do not begin your business career, whether you sell your labour or are an independent producer, with the idea of getting from the world by hook or crook all you can.

In the choice of your profession or your business employment, let your first thought be: Where can I fit in so that I may be most effective in the work of the world?
Where can I lend a hand in a way most effectively to advance the general interests?
Enter life in such a spirit, choose your vocation in that way, and you have taken the first step on the highest road to a large success.


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