Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1880 — The Reliable Man. [ARTICLE]

The Reliable Man.

Of all the qualities that combine to form a good character, theie is not one more important than reliability. Most emphatically is this true of a good business man. The word itself embraces both truth and honesty, and a reliable man most necessarily be truthful and honest We see so much all around ns that exhibits the abeenee of this crowning quality, that we are tempted, in our bilious moods, to deny its very existence. But there are, nevertheless, reliable men, in whom you may repoee confidence, whose word is as good as tlieir bond, and whose promise is performance. If any one of know speh a man, make him your friend. You can only do so,however, by assimilating his character.

The reliable'man is a man of good judgment He' does not jump at conclusions. He is not a frivolous man. He is thoughtful. He turns over a subject in his mind, and looks at it all around. He is not a particular or a one-sided man. He sees through a thing. He is apt tef be a reticent man. He does not have to talk a great deal. He is moderate, not only in habits,of body, but also of mind. He is not a passionate man : if so by nature, he has overcome it by grace. He is a sincere man, not a plotter or schemer. He dove not promise rashly. What he says may be relied on. He is a trust worthy man. You feel safe with your or the administration of affairs m his hands. He is a vigilant, watchful man. You feel secure in his protection. He is a .brave man, for his conclusions are drawn from the sure basis of truth, and he does not fear to maintain them. He is a good man, for no one can be thoroughly truthful and honeet without being good. Is such a quality attainable? Most assuredly so. It is not born, it is made. Character may be formed, of course; then its component parts maybe modeled to that formation.