The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . RESERVE POWER- 12$ RESERVE POWER. An honest soul is like a ship at sea,That rides at ease when the oceans calm,But when it rages and the wind blows high,She cuts her way with skill and majesty. — Joanna IO man can be self-collected and confi-dent of victory, unless he knows that hehas reserve forces which he can summonWS§t0 to his aid at a moments call. The manwho is poor within and knows that he ispoor, is always ill at ease, and ever fear-f
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . RESERVE POWER- 12$ RESERVE POWER. An honest soul is like a ship at sea,That rides at ease when the oceans calm,But when it rages and the wind blows high,She cuts her way with skill and majesty. — Joanna IO man can be self-collected and confi-dent of victory, unless he knows that hehas reserve forces which he can summonWS§t0 to his aid at a moments call. The manwho is poor within and knows that he ispoor, is always ill at ease, and ever fear-ful of a surprise or an ambuscade from some realor imaginary foe. Nothing will give others suchconfidence in a man as to have him create the im-pression by his manner that there is more in himthan he constantly gives out ; and in order to createthis impression, lawfully and properly, there mustactually be in him more resources than he daily ex-pends. Therefore, unless some great prize is beforeyou, or some all-important issue is at stake—some-thing that demands the exercise of every faculty youpossess, and the putting forth of all your strength—it will be better to husband your resources and havea little accumulated fund of power, ability or knowl-edge on hand, than to work up to the full measure of 224 RESERVE POWER. your capacity each day a
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