Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1899 — From a Selfish Point of View. [ARTICLE]

From a Selfish Point of View.

It pays to keep your temper. By selfcontrol you gain and maintain an advantage over peppery folk who are continually in not water. You are accumulating a capital of popularity and good report, which may be used to good advantage, perhaps at a critical time. Good temper Is a great factor in success. Bad temper, on the other hand, may pflove a fatal handicap In the race of life. Nobody is so poor or Insignificant that you can afford to give him or her causeless offense. Exhibitions of 111temper may seem to do no particular harm at the moment but they often Inflict wounds, the scars of which are not easily healed. A man possessing every other element requisite tot success, good temper excepted, may have his whole career marred by that lack. Keeping one’s temper does not cost a cent If you value your success in life, keep It.