wrong, however sure you feel. Memory plays us curious tricks, and both ears and eyes are sometimes deceived. Our prejudices, even the most cherished, may have no secure foundation. Moreover, even if you are right, you will lose nothing by disclaiming too great certainty.

In action, again, never make too sure, and never throw away a chance. "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip."

It has been said that everything comes to those who know how to wait; and when the opportunity does come, seize it. "He that wills not when he may;

When he will, he shall have nay."

If you once let your opportunity go, you may never have another.

"There is a tide in the affairs of man,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune:
Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat;

And we must take the current when it serves,

Or lose our venture."

Be cautious, but not over-cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; "a man who never makes a mistake, will make nothing."

Always dress neatly we must dress, therefore we should do it well; not extravagantly, either in time or money, but taking care to have good materials. It is astonishing how much people judge by dress. Of those you come across, many go mainly by appearances in any case, and many more have in your case nothing but appearances to go by. The eyes and ears open the heart, and a hundred people will see, for one who will know you. Moreover, if you are careless and untidy about yourself, it is a fair, though not absolute, conclusion that you will be careless about other things also.

When you are in society study those who have the best and pleasantest manners. "Manner," says the old proverb with much truth, if with some exaggeration, "maketh Man," and "a pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation." "Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. Engage the eyes by your

address, air, and motions; soothe the ears by the elegance and harmony of your diction; and the heart will certainly (I should rather say probably) follow." Every one has eyes and ears, but few have a sound judgment. The world is a stage. We are all players, and every one knows how much the success of a piece depends upon the way it is acted.

Lord Chesterfield, speaking of his son, says, "They tell me he is loved wherever he is known, and I am very glad of it; but I would have him to be liked before he is known, and loved afterwards. You know very little of the nature of mankind, if you take those things to be of little consequence; one cannot be too attentive to them; it is they that always engage the heart, of which the understanding is commonly the bubble."

The Graces help a man in life almost as much as the Muses. We all know that "one man may steal a horse, while another may not look over a hedge;" and why? because the one will do it pleasantly, the other disagreeably. Horace tells us that even Youth and Mercury, the gods of Eloquence and of the Arts, were powerless without the Graces.

PART TWO.

LEADERS IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

CHAPTER XII.

HENRY WATTERSON.

ON THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS - HIS PERSONALITY A MAN OF GREAT VERSATILITY— METHODS OF WORK-BIRTH AND EARLY SURROUNDINGS EDUCATION-THE

"NEW ERA "- NEWSPAPER

CAREER IN NEW YORK

WAR CORRESPONDENT- BECOMES EDITOR OF THE LOUISVILLE COURIERJOURNAL SOME DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED

POLITICS MEANS TO HIM -MEMBER OF CONGRESS

HIS NEW POLICY-WHAT

HOME LIFE-WHAT LEADS TO. SUCCESS IN JOURNALISM.

SELF-CONFIDENCE.

COURAGE AND

Among the many elements of success I would particularly emphasize that of personality, as it is called. This attracting

and repelling something in men, is a thing apart; a light that cannot be hid. As little can it be described, being in its nature variable. Often it is composed of one part talent and two parts character; and he who has it may, in spite of other deficiencies, command

success.

Large successes are attainable by the union of aptitude and concentration of purpose, coincident with opportunity; the meeting of the man and the occasion; the suiting of the work to the action, the action to the work; intelligent self-confidence; unflagging courage; absolute probity.

T seems trite and inadequate to describe Henry Watterson as a genius; yet that is the only term general enough in character to explain such a man. Unquestionably he is one of the most brilliant of American journalists. But this assertion, comprehensive as it is, by no means conveys any idea of the universality of his attainments. He has won distinction in the highest politics of his time. He is an orator,