Show J j WI- WI WIt What n l t H B f 0 Y 0 U G B By Y HERBERT ERBE KAUFMAN KAUFMA N. N v t What ever did become of you Weve We've searched through the Bankers Bankers' become Y Year r Book Book Moodys Mood Moody's Moodys s Manu Man- Man u I l The Congressional DIre Directory tory Dun and Bradstreet The Medical Guide and 7 hos ho's Who Who but listed isted name t Jour our ur Perhaps after all Y ou changed your mind and went in In for fora a partnership What's your concern Maybe youre you're a distinguished efficiency J expert or a great engineer Some of the powers back ack o othe of the throne aren arent aren't t generally known kno but you y ou shou should ld at least inform your friends what youve you've S fished Dont Don't i b be beso so modest Oh no no were we're NOT NT mistaken Youre You're the chap who vho could do dp anything if you really set your mind to it You didn't t bother about the future When you were ready you'd look about and seize of the opportunities which the average e man is always overlooking i Things came so easy for easy for you that were we're certain of your success The rest of us had top to p plug and pole to make good but you were different i iI I Remember how you bluffed through the lectures and for e examinations at atthe th thelast l last st minute i Its It's wonderful to have a ready brain Rapid thinkers thinkers comma command d th their ir own terms these days i YOU FAILED nonsense FAILED nonsense It doesn't doesn seem possible How did it happen You say y that the i world doesn't appreciate true talent that theres there's no chance for a man with without ut a pull That's enough the pp puzzle uzzle is solved youve you've given the answer Its It's clear now You didn't try 1 You ou never ever delivered You placed too much reliance on your n natural tural strength and wouldn't train tor the fight You You cheated yourself of f the chance to organize and th the world wont won't let you diso disorI J I b ize its systems Conceit flattered you and exaggerated the value o of mere omere intelligence You got into the into the habit of learning earning just enough to brass by and it stuck now they've called you and youre you're not there If you were vere a painstaking and persevering worker you'd still have a chance But youre you're an unruly thoroughbred about thoroughbred about the most useless animal on earth earth all all sp speed ed and noi noi no i c control undependable in emergencies that demand a consistent brilliant performance and too erratic erratic erratic er er- for steady hauling jobs G Your portrait is a moving picture you picture you dont don't stand f j Patience isn't in the talked about you about could Have your makeup You found opportunities you you gone done all an that you ou predicted if you had put will vill in into to a few v wishes x t You sought th the best in life without offering the best in yourself Only the spectacular phases s of affairs appealed to you You bit at this and that and digested nothing Look bark back i Your record is strewn with half-developed half ideas intrinsically sound propositions But OUt all aU of them abandoned in mid-course mid when hen the novelty of pf the enterprise wore vore off i Youre You're undisciplined You cant can't handle others others' because you wont won't handle yourself i Go up to West Point and watch the cadets prepare for their future responsibilities S See e them I undergo all the duties which they will win later on direct I II I Obedience is preparation for command You wouldn't obey in your youth and so SQ you must be 11 ordered about now You'll spend the rest of your days filling g odd jobs jobs a drifter tO too headstrong and opinionated to toa Acknowledge a knowledge your faults faults deluded deluded with self esteem self esteem society criticising-society society for forthe the recognition of delin- delin to tot you blind yourself yourself persons gradually mount in influence e ence ce because they do appreciate the importance of steadiness u 1 Life is hard for all who vho are too easy easy on themselves J j. j 1 Copyright 1916 1915 by Herbert Kaufman Great Brit Britain in and all other rights reserved 1 i ir r I |