Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1905 — Reliability Is Wanted. [ARTICLE]

Reliability Is Wanted.

The great prizes of life do not fall to the most brilliant, to the cleverest, to the shrewdest, to the most long headed or to the best educated, but to the most level headed men, to the men of soundest judgment. When a man is wanted for a responsible position his shrewdness is not considered so Important as his sound judgment. Reliability is what is wanted. Can a man stand without being tripped, and if he Is thrown can be land upon his feet? Can he be depended upon, relied upon, under all circumstances to do the right thing, the sensible thing? Has the man a level head? Has he good horse sense? Is he liable to fly off on a tangent or to “go off half cocked?” Is he “faddy?” Has he “wheels in his head?” Does he lose his temper easily or can he control himself? If he can keep a level head under all circumstances, if he cannot be thrown off his balance and is honest, he is the man wanted.—O. 8. Marden in Success Magazine.