The Secret Of Wealth
132 total pages.
The bark of the tree is woven into bags and mats; but for blankets and all sorts of clothing, the bark is shredded before it is woven. These same Indians are the wizard basket makers of the world, and for this purpose they dig from the ground the delicate supple roots of the spruce, which is a variety of the cedar tree. Funny, isn't it? But the people who live in these spots where one does not have to hustle for a living are almost savages, and have been so since their earliest history. It might be expected that when a man did not have to put in the day working to provide food and clothes and bed, he would become an artist, orator, mechanic, writer, student, inventor--any one of the thousand things which make up a book like the encyclopedia. But no! It is the man who must hustle for his three meals a day who has made the civilization in which we live. He works all day at his "job," whatever that happens to be--then puts in his spare time thinking out an electric motor, or designing an airship, or writing a book, or painting a picture. And to obtain the cash necessary for carrying out his ideas and ambitions, he denies himself many things he wants and puts the money into the bank. "Successful men fix their minds on the important things (however small, remote or obscure) and refuse to be diverted there from, that is why they succeed."
CHAPTER XXXIX "The man who can do his day's work is a king." IT IS a man's work which educates him. A boy goes to school, but it is his association with the other boys which teaches him. Work is yeast to a human being. Without that yeast we would all be worthless lumps of clay. Spinoza, one of the greatest philosophers, worked all day grinding lenses. In the evenings he studied and wrote philosophy.
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The Secret Of Wealth