Show THE MAN WHO WAITS By 81 THOMAS ARKLE CLARK L Late t Dean of or Men of or Illinois It Is Longfellow paraphrasing an anold anold anold old Spanish proverb who says In his Falcon alcon of ot Ser Federigo A A 11 II things come round to him who will but hut walt wait We are too Impatient usually ally of ot results even though the thea a poet Milton assures t us UI that They also I serve who woo only stand and watt walt we prefer action and nd when waiting seems to be the most mOlt s strategic t rat e g I c move we grow Irritated Irritated Irritated or turn to something else Disraeli Lord Deacons Beaconsfield field was a avery avery very verr ambitious man and a very talented talented tal till one but he had learned how to watt walt Even as a boy he cast 1 I In the role of or Demosthenes of Napoleon Napo- Napo leon of ot Alexander lie was always a aleader aleader aleader leader In whatever his Ima Imagination led him to engage In And yet It If he had bad faced the facts there was little chance for him He lIe was a Jew anI and the Jews were a despised and almost an ostracized race In England when Disraeli was a boy The story Is told In the admirable biography by Andre Maurois that when Disraeli was a young boy at school he and a school tell fellow ow were reading together to to- gether They held the book between them and Disraeli far tar more rapid In getting over the page than his companion com com- companion panion had finished before Jones had more more than begun This distressed the little tell fellow ow who tried his best to keep up with his more erudite companion He lie sighed Ne Never Neer er mind Disraeli said encouragingly I 1 can walt wall It was one of ot the strong characteristics characteristics character character- of his hll life Ute that he could watt walt a characteristic which few tew men possess We dont don't like waiting It U la wisest wIliest often otten to make haste baste slowly Norton wants want I to be rich and he cannot wait walt He lIe never buys a cone conservative con security he looks for tor the highest Interest possible lIe He puts his bis money only Into enterprises which promise quick and high returns Most of ot his Investments therefore have gone onto the rocks Because of ot his he deliberation and because lack of It could not wait walt to attain his Ms ends he has made little or or no progress toward the attainment of his financial ambi- ambi tion C. C Flit We tIpP N P P |