WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS

to Australia. Miss M. E. Foster was unbeat-
able when she won the King’s Prize for rifle
shooting at Bisley, against the two hundred
best marksmen in the British Army. Mrs.
Victor Bruce was unbeatable when she created
twenty-four world records in motoring and
motor-boating. And Katherine Trevelyan
was unbeatable when she was the first to climb
one of the highest mountains in Canada.
There is no sex in courage nor in will-power,
any more than there is in literature or art. And
to-day, after centuries of restraint, women are
having a fair chance to show what they can do.
For centuries courage was regarded as a
military virtue. Civilians were not supposed
to be courageous. But our experience in the
Great War has completely destroyed this
delusion. The civilian soldiers were as brave
as the professionals. The list of V.C.’s proves
that courage, like gold, is where you find it.
It springs up here, there and everywhere.

We are learning that it is a business virtue.
It can prevent bankruptcies as well as win
battles. It can be used to make a fortune as
well as build up an Empire.

The success of a firm, as well as that of a
pugilist, depends upon its courage and stamina.
There is usually skill enough in a firm, if it

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