WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS

dwarf the people who are in it. They become
citizens of a street or automata of a department.
A young man has a better chance to-day to
develop his powers, if he dares, in a large city
than he would have in a village in Canada or
Australia.

As Sir Charles Higham has said—*‘‘ If I
were starting a business career to-day, I would
be better off than I was forty years ago, because
the competition is not so keen to-day.” ‘Too
many young men to-day, he said, ‘‘ think more
of games and jazz than of working hard.”

The prizes to-day are more valuable than
they have ever been. There are more big jobs
than there are big men. There are more
books—more helps of every kind, for any man
who sets out to develop himself.
But he must cut free, and swing around on
his own pivot. He must be self-ruled and selfguided.
 He must have a Purpose-will. He
must be harder than the men who oppose him.
He must work—yes, and perhaps suffer. Why
not ? He must pick up his cross and carry it.
Every great man has carried it. There is no
other way.

In every ambitious young man there is a
sleeping giant. There are possibilities of
achievement and endurance such as he has
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