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were naturally sufficiently interested in their work to 
maintain the required moral level. Nevertheless, their 
interests and moral traits varied noticeably as they were 
shifted from one shop or office to another. Certain men 
Were very enthusiastic about one place and quite the con 
trary about another. They were anxious to finish some 
shops as soon as possible while in others they were anxious 
to remain even longer than the allotted time. Not only 
their enthusiasm but their daily attendance, their atten 
tiveness, and the quality of their work were governed in 
a marked degree by these changing factors. Whereas 
one kind of work elicited the most desirable moral traits 
in one man, it had quite the opposite effect on another. 
At the end of the course all of the men found permanent 
positions of widely differing kinds, and, in most cases, 
their work was such as to elicit the best qualities in them. 
There are, to be sure, certain individuals who have a 
constitutional dislike for any work whatsoever, and there 
are still others who have a fixed dislike for certain kinds 
of work. There are also a few who manifest industry and 
determination at any kind of work to which they happen 
to be assigned. Their number, however, is scant. In 
the vast majority of cases, the moral traits an individual 
displays are determined by two variable conditions. These 
conditions are first, a liking for a certain kind of work 
for its own sake, and, secondly, a liking of the work for the 
sake of the rewards which it makes possible. The former 
is effective in the case of workers with a trade or a voca 
tion. The very fact that they have completed the term 
of apprenticeship which is required to learn their trade 
indicates that they possess at least some of the necessary 
moral qualities. In order to engage and further develop 
these qualities, it behooves the employment office to