WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS

‘‘ Despair, nothing,” roared Hammerstein.
“I'm looking for the best site for my next
theatre.” And before long he built another
theatre and restored his fortunes. He was
unbeatable.

As far as I can learn, the secret of Foch
consisted mainly in two qualities—his studiousness
 and his aggressive courage. To think and
to act! Few men combine these two. A
thoughtful man is apt to be sluggish and a
courageous man is apt to be rash. But Foch
was both student and fighter—that is the
secret of his success.

When he was a professor in a war college
he used to tell his pupils :

‘““ Think, and yet again, think. You will be
asked some day to be the brain of an army,
so I tell you to learn to think.”

Then, when his army was being attacked
by a superior force of Germans, he sent this
famous message to Joffre :

““ 1 cannot hold on, so I shall attack.”

In the minor matters of generalship there
were other generals who were superior to Foch.
But he was the right man for a desperate
situation. He was at his best when the danger
was the greatest. He was unbeatable.
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