The Secret Of Wealth
132 total pages.
It is told of John Hay that he once said if he had been out of his office on a given afternoon the whole current of his life would have been changed. Don't be out. There is also a story told that one day Mark Hanna had business which necessitated a call upon Philip D. Armour. Mark Hanna's secretary had made the appointment for "one o'clock Tuesday, the only time Mr. Armour had at liberty.'' Mark Hanna found the great packer sitting in his chair being shaved, eating his lunch, and dictating to his stenographer. It was the only leisure time he had. Work is the price men like Phil Armour pay for writing their names across every continent and in every language of the globe--and any one who wants the goods must pay the price. There are no bargain counters in nature's store. The difference between rich men and poor men, between great men and little men is work--just four small letters, w-o-r-k; not grudging work, but enthusiastic work, the kind that turns the commonest labor into craftsmanship; the kind like this--"If I were a cobbler I'd try with my might---------- ". That's the idea--work cheerfully and save intelligently and consistently. MY WORK "Let me but do my work from day to day In field or forest, desk or loom, In roaring market place, or tranquil room. Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work, my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in my own way, To suit my spirit and to prove my powers; Then shall I cheerfully greet the laboring hours And cheerful turn when the long shadows fall At eventide to play, and love and rest, Because I know for me my work is best." Henry Van Dyke.
CHAPTER XLV "The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind"--T. T. Munger.
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The Secret Of Wealth