Show I SECRET OF HI HIS GREAT SUCCESS In a x biographical blo sk sketch of his life Luther J Burbank is quoted as having said One of ol tho the earliest t connections made mado in pursuit of ot the tb foreIgn was as with Ith the firm of ot C Plats Platz and Son at Erfurt Ger Ger- Germany Germany many I have a 0 letter from them Ulem dated January 9 ISM 1586 In which they wrote In quaint English Wo We havo o much regret to hear from you ou so long lone time nothing i Therefore we profit from the oc oc-j oc cas Ion to beg bee you to will address to us one of your our special otters of the seeds native in your coun coun- country country tr try try and of such which we have had before from you It would would d be very ery agreeable to us it if our relations were reo re- renewed re renewed in fa a very ery lively oly manner and you can cnn be b assured that hat we wedo wedo wedo I soI do all for tor to make the th same so advantageous ad as possible Awaiting II your our kindly news we have mean th the honor to he be dear sir Yours very truly truly- truly I 1 am sure I hastened to renew my relations with this kindly firm firmin firmIn in a very lively manner In fact my relations generally throughout my life were made and renewed and carried on in th the liveliest manner of which I was capable and what later became became becam known In Inthe lithe inthe the business world as pep and zip and punch were part of ol my make make- makeup makeup up I I never found that anything came to- to to tho ho man who sat back ina In Ina a chair hair whether it was hickory or deal or mahogany and waited for for something to turn up The man who goes BOOS ahead Is the man who does does his work ork and sells his product in a very ery lively livel manner and he is also pretty certain to go EO a long lone way ay and to t-hav t have hale liveliness b become come such a part of his bis mental and physical equip equipment ment that he b can turn hand hand- handsprings springs at 70 without going to tobed tobed bed afterward with lumbago Luther Burbank In the th forego ing discloses one reason rason why he succeeded H He entered into his work with heart and energy To fall tall in love with ones one's work wortis Is to win success |