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Show 'iBACiKaLllilLOSOMIEsle? "J. SCOFIELD KOWE.TRESIDENT, jUuTMiitropoIitvi Casualty Insurance Company of NX vfg;,? . J I'UF.CEPT AND EXAMPLE Precept Is the essence of leml-wun experience concentrated and recorded Cur the guidance of humanity. ; Example i.s the outward expression of our inner beliefs, its influence for imhI or evil transcending all words. Were it not for the garnered experience of life's problems passed on to ns by precept and example the motivating forces of human advancement man would make, no more progress tlum do the animals. Precept, based on the ripe wisdom of a matured mind, offers a short-cut to knowledge, othrrwise to lie gained only by long tedious work, oft-times oft-times in the school of hard knocks. Example raises precept to its highest power. To hear wisdom taught is edifying, but to see it exemplified in action is inspiring. No man lives unto lilmseif alone. AVhether we wish it or not, our words and acts leave a definite impress on the lives of others. 1 Good advice wisely offered is helpful but acts of kindness and consideration considera-tion are more potent tlum sermons in making men brotherly. The power of example shows at its best when those in command say to their subordinates not, "Go ahead," but, "Come on." Man is instinctively in-stinctively imitative. Action inspires action. "Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime." Fortunate is the company vhose creed and practice are good faith and honorable dealing. Its prestige and power must grow with the years in ever-widening fields for the seed of good example is never sown 'in vnln. |