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Show NEED NOT SEEK POPULARITY "Expert" May Achleva Highest Measure Meas-ure of Success, but Naturally He " J Will Never Be Loved. r ' There is not much mystery or even any at all, In the dislike of "experts" that is felt and expressed by not a few. The expert man is a man who goes to other men and tells them that the vf in which they are doing their work ' lsnot the best way that It is a bad, costly, or even stupid way and that If they will only listen to h!m and follow his advice their work will he Improved and their efficiency increased. ' None of us takes pleasure in hear- Ing talk of that sort, and the displeasure displeas-ure Is greater In exact proportion with Jtogth of the hearer's training and ex-pSience ex-pSience in conducting his business, tftde, or art. All that the expert says carries the Implication of adverse criticism criti-cism dlrecte against the recipient of v his suggestions, and usually It is criticism criti-cism of that recipient's father and grandfather. Of course that is resented, re-sented, and the resentment Is bitterest when the expert goes ahead and gives undeniable proof that his new way of MJng things is better than the old waj h which have long been productive ofTitnor and profit. " The expert, too, Is always ppen to the convenient charge that he Is not "practical" that he is a man of theories the-ories and fads. Sometimes the charge Is true but only of the expert who claims the name without deserving It |