Show NERVE nerve it not a new virtue it is merely a modern label on OIL old for nerve ner ve existed even before david went out of his class clas s to meet goliath arid and got the decision and the moving picture royalties royal ici tied our forefathers called it pluck but nerve is pluck raised to the nth power nor is it a single virtue it is multiplex to bravo brave the rigors of the artic in search of the north pole that is nerve to claim its discovery on swiss cheese proofs n a different brand of nerve to stick to the wireless keyboard ot of the foundering republic flashing a cry tor for help that quivered through the civilized world nerve to finance a gigantic deal requiring millions of 0 real saint aimo simo leons acid tested and up to the purity standard of censors Cea sors wife or with three men on bases basea and two III men en out in the ninth inning to fan faa a mighty batter plain nerve to displace a beating heart and remove a threatening growth when a fractional inaccuracy means murder one of nerves 57 varieties it takes a big tape measure to encircle the word nerve its meaning is so diverse and its manifestations are so many it I 1 is the biggest word in the business lexicon and the countersign that admits to the inner chamber of success nerve is no unit virtue it is the amalgam of many in its composition are arc self courage energy grit hope enthusiasm ambition endurance and then a surplus A man with nerve must perforce be accused of conceit mostly by the envious and one cylinder brained who are unable to distinguish between conceit and confidence conceit Is 1 I in speech self confidence is 1 I in deed nerve makes a man sure of himself it destroys hesitation and takes the out oui t of the mind and out of the legs lega A man with nerve believes tu in himself he knows that he can doubt and timidity are strangers to him in the of the phrenologist he Is ls seven plus on self esteem and his confidence inspires the cou ot of others hence the man of nerve becomes ft a leader of 0 men he Is magnetic he attracts men lie he is galvanic he be energizes men ills his way gives him sway nerve begets courage it puts fear on the scoots scoot nd is the stuff of which heroes are made it plunges men into the seas in thrilling rescue it sends them aloft amid the flames it goads them to dare and to do nerve supplies energy the man with nerves does not droop nor sag in the middle his head is high his chin up his shoulders are square and his back straight ills his action is as brisk as his brain nerve shows in a mans walk and conversation neither his foot nor his tongue falters ile he has the militant tread lie he walks with an accent and he talks with emphasis he uses a chair chiefly as a step ladder to 10 reach higher and his only rest is in refreshing sleep the man with nerve Is a smiling whistling optimist ile he basks in continual sunlight and success surrounds his horizon ile he know failure and would decline an introduction his enthusiasm is as infectious as the laugh of merry childhood whatever his proposition it is a winner ile he thinks so and that makes it so furthermore he lasts lie ho has endurance discouragements Discourage ments may beset I 1 obstacles may arise croakers may quit but he stays he fights he triumphs why because he ha has s stamina nerve wins the long race and the hard struggle any trainer of athletes will certify that nerve has won more championships than speed or brawn nerve the greatest human asset it puts a whistle oa the lips tobasco in the blood cement in the back bone and spunk throughout the homo got your nervo nerve with you today to day yes win in and when youve lost your nerve youre through |