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Copyright 1914 by Elbert Hubbard
APOLOGIA
HORSE SENSE
If you work for a man, in Heaven's name work for him. If he pays wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well of him, and stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man, I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of his time, but all of his time. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution—not that—but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself. And don't forget—“I forgot” won't do in business.
A trying day
The real hero of the war
The increasing demand
George H. Daniels
Prince Hilakoff
The Russian railroad-men
The war in the East
Its great circulation
A MESSAGE TO GARCIA
The President needed a man
And found one
He delivered the message
The Moral
There are other Garcias
Which Encyclopedia?
What's the matter with Charlie doing it?
I wasn't hired for that anyway!
Dread of getting “the bounce”
Who wants a man like this?
The weeding-out process
This man says times are scarce
A spiritual cripple
A word of sympathy for the man who succeeds
Rags not necessarily a recommendation
Good men are always needed