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Show 9 VIM AN" THE POWER OF SUCCESS. g SUBJUNCTIVE HEROES AJTD I Ii I INDISPENSABLE QUALITY. By Dr. Orison Swett Harden. . . TRAILEU. . V j l SIR THOMAS FOXWKLL BUXTON, BUX-TON, one of the most indefatigable indefatiga-ble and energetic of workers, gave it as his opinion that the pre-eminent difference between men between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant Is energy. "That quality," said he. "will do anything that can be done In- this world, and no talents, tal-ents, no circumstances, no opportunities opportuni-ties will make a two-legged creature a man without It." On every hand we see people failing, their ability going to' waste because of a lack of energy. If they could be shaken up to exert their powers, if a spark could be put to the powder that Is in them, they might amount to something, some-thing, but as long as they remain inert, without moral vertebrae, there is no hope for them. "Subjunctive Heroes" Numorous. The world 1b full of "Jus-t-a-golng-to-bes" subjunctive heroes, who might, could, would or should be this or that, but for certain obstacles or discouragements discourage-ments prospectuses which never become be-come published works. They all long for success, but they want It at a discount. dis-count. The "one-price" for all is too high. They covet the golden round In the ladder, but they do not like to climb tho difllcult steps by which alone It can be reached. They long for victory,1 but shrink from the flght. They are forever for-ever looking for soft places and smooth surfaces where there will be the least resistance, forgetting that the very' friction fric-tion which retards the train upon the track counteracts a fourth of nil the engine's power, Is essential to Its locomotion. loco-motion. Grease the track and though the engine puffs and the wheels revolve, the train will not move an Inch. Nothing else, excepting honesty. Is so much In demand In these days as "vim." Everybody believes ' in It. It wins Its way everywhere. Ability Is worthless without the power to put It into action. Resolutions, however good, are useless without the energy necessary to carry them out. Push clears the track; people get out of the way of an energetic man. Even small ability with great energy will accomplish more than the greatest ability without energy. If fired from a gun with sulllclent velocity a tallow candle can be shot through an Inch board. Napoleon on Success. Napoleon said that success depends upon three things energy, system, perseverance. per-severance. The man "of stone and iron, capable of sitting on horseback sixteen or seenteen hours a day. of going many days together without food or rest except by snatches, and with the speed and spring of a tiger in action," gave new possibilities to the meaning of the word "energy." Probably no other man ever lived who equaled Napoleon Na-poleon In this remarkable quality not even Caesar. His energy was Impetuous, Impet-uous, ferocious. There seemed to be no limit to the amount he could gene rate, iso matter wncre no was or now long he had been without sleep or food; no matter what trials he and his army were undergoing, his unbounded energy en-ergy seldom failed him before the fatal fa-tal day at Waterloo. The world's .greatest need Is resolute, energetic workers. It lo well-nigh lm-poslble lm-poslble to down vigorous, self-reliant men of action. Blow them this way and that, and they only bend; they never break. Put obstacles In their way and they surmount them. Trip them up, and Instantly they are on their feet again; bury them In the mud, and almost immediately im-mediately they are up and at work again. It Is men of this caliber who build cities, establish schools, hospitals, hospit-als, whiten the ocean with sails and blacken the air with smoke of their industries. in-dustries. Shirking Difficulties. A great many young men get along all right until they meet opposition, but the moment they strike an obstacle they stop or try to get around It. They arc like a cc-raln old Scottish clergyman who, when he came to a text which he could not explain, would say to his congregation: con-gregation: "Brethren, this is a difllcult text, but do not let us be discouraged by It. Let us look the difficulty boldly hi the face, and pass on." The man of energy, he who possesses the powder of success, instead of passing on, blows the obstaclo out of his path. One of tho vice-presidents of the Equitable Life Insurance company, a young man who has risen to his pres-ent pres-ent position by sheer force of merit alone, Miys: "He who la fired with indomitable determination de-termination to succeed and is willing to put forth all his force and energy to climb to the top is the one who is in demand de-mand in the Insurance business. It has fallen to my lot to start and control hundreds of Insurance men, many of whom have met with marked success and are making more money than most professional or business men. These have not been the most highly educated edu-cated ones nor the possessors of the most brilliant minds, but the men with the most energy and ambition. My experience hay taught me that cleverness clev-erness counts one point In the race to nine points for energy." Energy tha Keynote. The keynote of success In any business busi-ness or profession is energy. Gen. Grunt, whose energy no le.vs than his daring won his success, gives hl testimony testi-mony as to the value of this quality In a business man. "Were a person to remark re-mark to me that the successful man of business attains) success through luck," said he. after he was conquered by unfortunate un-fortunate speculation, "I stand ready to prove the contrary, demonstrating that it is due to wonderful energy and foresight, good Judgment und ambition, not to any supernatural force." Sir Richard Temple, who started life with a modest clerkship in the East India company, and rose to be Governor of 150,000.000 people In India, has also paid his tribute to energy as a success! quality; "I have .seen," he said, "many young men possessing eminent gifts, spurting out well In life, make terrible failures. The reasons for it have been many, but chief among them may be mentioned, I think, lack of energy." "Trailers." Thero are thousands of young men in this country who are like completed engines standing In the round house ready to go out on tho track, but waiting wait-ing to bo started. They havo finished their education, but lack force to use It, to get themselves out on the main line. Of what use are education, college diplomas, di-plomas, help from friends-, and any number of negative virtues to a young man who cannot get up steam enough to movo his engine on the track? There are plenty of people who have no energy of their own, who must hitch to Home ono else, Just like a trail car which has no power generator of its own, but must depend on the car ahead. They have not developed the pIuh quantity quan-tity of their being; they are all minus, They do not take the trouble to think; it is easier to let tho leaders do it for them. They are too indolent, have too little ambition to act for themselveB. They must get into the wake of somebody; some-body; they are lost without a strong character to lead the way. They might have been leaders had they developed their natural strength, but it was top much trouble to train for generalship, it required tod much effort. They preferred pre-ferred easo to action. They were willing will-ing to remain in the rear, content merely mere-ly to keep their heads above the water. , "Swimmers" in Demand. In the early pioneer days of our history his-tory a church committee on a Western frontier aplled to a society In the East for a clergyman. "Send us a man who can swim," wrote the commmlttee. "The last minister we had was drowned trying to get across a swollen stream to keep an appointment, and we don't want any more ministers who can't swim." "Send us a man who can swim!" Is the universal cry today. Every business busi-ness house, every' profession, every trade, every occupation, has a vacancy for a man who can swim. No matter how hard the times or how many people peo-ple are out of employment, there Is always al-ways a demand for the man who can swim to shore In spite of wind and waves. Never did the world call so loudly for men of energy and purpose, trained workers, who can take the helm. The moment you establish the reputation reputa-tion of being an energetic, man, a man j of industry, of Arm, prompt decision, who does not waver or wobble, the world will make way for you. If, on the other hand, you acquire the reputation i of being easy-going, of lacking energy, I life, push. It will go hard with you. If you allow yourself to be pushed to one side and people see that there Is no iron In your blood, that you are made of soft metal, they will crowd you to the wall. It Is the determined, aggressive man that pushes on even though he makes mistakes, who achieves, Avho wins the confidence of the community In which he lives. People know that when he undertakes to do a thing he will not dilly-dally or turn his back upon tho obstacles in the way, but will forge ahead, no matter what opposes him. When Lord Eldon was asked Jiow a young man might make his way at the bar, he replied; "Let him live like a hermit and work like a horse." There I Is no other way to success In any line. Careful living and Intense, earnest, pur- 1 poseful work will clear a passage over 1 IH the roughest road. liiw Must Have Physical Vigor. ffiffl Lack of energy Ib sometimes due to a IfMial low stato of vitality. The brain, tho ' mm will power, tho purpose, all sympathize IB M with the phyolcal condition, and" if this I Hi jfl i3 not at its best the whole man suffers. H Wi It is of the utmost Importance that tho 1 j ID I candidate for success, the man who J IB wants to'be of the greatest use to his In fellow men, should keep his body In IK good condition. It Is very laudable, for H 1 instance, to work hard to secure a good IN education, but tho young man who half IB ' starveB hlmBelf In order to do so and Hf either ohattorB hlB health for life or kills II H himself outright, Is devoid of the first II U ! element of success common sense. The H H I cultivation of a fine, vigorous physique I IB Is oa easentlon to the development of the (I IB all-round man an the cultivation of a B IB strong spiritual nature. The emaciated, E H anaemic bookworm belongs to a past 1 H generetlon. Vigor of body 1b as neces- B) IB sary In this practical century as vigor (If IE of mind. Indeed, as far as the great ffl IB majority of people aro concerned, the II IB j one Is dependent on the other. Our II OB i young men might well look to President fjfl Roosevelt as a fine example of an even 11 IB cultivation of body and mind. His R IB sinewy, athletic frame supplies the en- fi Dfl orgy, the motive power, that directs his a IB highly trained Intellect It la the nice Jo IB balancing of the physical and Intcllec- ! B IB tual rorco3 that makes him the master- H 6B ful, all-round man of achievement on H IB the mental and physical planes alike. IB III The deetlnleo of the world are molded n IB by men of physical and mental H DB strength. The late Cecil Rhodes, who I jg jjB like President Roosevelt, was handl- fi RB capped In early life by a delicate con- j $) fl stltution, has shown how fully' he real- In cB lzed the Importance of a vigorous ij3 B physique by making It one of the con- i'H IB dltlons for the obtaining, of a Rhodes u IB scholarship, according to the terms of i EH HI t his will. M 111 i He who would prosper must improve n uB ' his brain power, and nothing helps the in D j brain more' than a healthy body. The J Ifl I weak, chestless, calfless, forceless, vacillating young man may manage to Q ID live a respectable sort of life, but ho ti VD 1 cannot climb, Ib incapable of being a "I SB leader, and rarely holds an Important J u H position. Lacking the steam of energy, B he Is unable to propel his engine up tho I B H No boosting, no "pulls," no help from j HI the outside will enable a man to rise 5 H unless he has vim enough to move for- i u ward of himself. i) fli "You can never learn without your -J fll own efforts," wrote Webster to hla I jj B grandson. "All the teachers can never ' fl make a scholar of you if you do not ap- j i W ply yourself with all your mlghL" l Bj And so It is all through life, from jj Bj childhood to manhood You can never I 3 j If) succeed in anything without your own I j 11 efforts. You must generate the motive ! I M Iff power to run your own engine, or you U T will never get anywhere, never accom- ' j N V pllsh anything, never be a complete i j B B ORISON SWETT HARDEN. j 1 B (Founder and editor Success Maga- 3 RB zlne; Author of "Winning Out." "Ele- j fll ments of Business Success," "Pushing It I mm to the Front," etc.) f I |