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Show Our Nation's Next Step j t r.y i:0!;hr w. n vu.s'j.' ? ('. j 1 1 n r 1 -1- f liulison'H sjutlxtlcal Organ ization, Incorporated I t i I iii ring fin ih.-xI tw:iity-livts y::ir then! '''ill b: at least twenty- ? (hi; truly (-',!':. it discoveries anil inventions. Instead of trying to list thi-m all, In', mi! Kpuak of one in particular. iHH'ins- the coming f (iiiarli-r f a f-Miinry we shall discover lliat snci-et-is can bo taught, J and we shall invent methods of teaching it. When you study men I clo.S'dy and constantly, ynu are astonisliiiil to find how slight is the J dilieieiice liel.weea the ncces.sful and the unsuccessful. We shall ; 1- am luc.v to hridie; fhw narrow margin ht:t woi.'ii success and failure. f The question whether you will win or lose depends not upon kiiicvin:; lul iiiou lining, 't he differential liel ween victory and defeat f is nut one of yhility hut of action. What is this ma.ic gift which we ? iuiauini! explains Hut iriiunpii of ihose who suceL'ud? Upon analysis i it proves to he: iiolhini; more mysterious than the homely gift of doing uhaf you ( 1 1 in ' L want to do, when you don't want to do it! When you i say of a succesi'liil man (hat: lie, while others slept, was toiling f upward in the night, you have uncovered hiH secret and disclosed his i formula. It is plain dynamic character that puts men on top, not f some strange anil inimitable superiority. J Since this is- so since success ie essentially simple men and i women can he laught to succeed, just as they can he trained to plow, ? sew, compile stalifilics, or drive a car. There will be courses in sue- i :a ss-, I he same as we now have courses in arithmetic, English, science, j and public speaking. Succeed involves four elements: physical, $ mental, spiritual, and economic. Skillfully coach a person to qualify in Ihose four fundamentals and success will follow, like the right ? answer when you press the .proper keys of an adding machine. Those I who are inclined to smile at this idea may well look back and recall i their skepticism toward aviation, their doubts of radio, and their pessimism over world peace efforts. The Kutisinn idea of equality seems to be that all shall equally J lose. The American idea of equality is that all shall equally win. i Here in America there was established a democracy, deeper in degree f and broader in scale than anything which the world had ever known. j This democracy has been continually strengthening. Our people have ; learned to vote. At the last election there were record-breaking in- terest, registration, and vote. Our people have learned to learn. Per i capita attendance at schools and colleges is at new levels. Our people f have learned o c; joy themselves. Wholesome diversions, recreations i that really rc-crc.no. were never so abounding. This progress must f continue. Democracy must reach its final flower and fruit, not only I the present oipiaHy of opportunity, but equality of achievement. Our i nation's next step is 'o teach success. f The above is one of a series of editorials by prominent Americans contributed to f the Citizen and Review, members of the J National Editorial Association. i |