=Exercise 147--Successful Men and Women=
How can one measure the success of men or women? Is it by the money they
make? the land they acquire? the fame they win? the good they do? By
what means have they won success? Was it through favorable
circumstances? strength of character? favoritism? physical strength?
mental energy? daring? doing what they thought was right in spite of
opposition? or simply doing nothing and waiting for success to come?
Study the life and character of one or more of the following. Have they
gained what you consider success? What qualities of character do you
recognize in them? Would you care to be like any of them?
Make a list of the habits that you recognize in their life and in the
way they worked.
Make a list of the characteristics of the ones that you study.
Florence Nightingale Frances Willard Bismarck
David Maydole Ella Flagg Young Gladstone
R. L. Stevenson Helen Gould Shepard Marshall Field
Booker T. Washington Jane Addams Carnegie
Captain Scott Napoleon J. Pierpont Morgan
Mary Antin Franklin Edison
Daniel Boone Lincoln Roosevelt
Mary Lyon Nathan Hale Goethals
=Exercise 148--Debating=
A very great asset in business is the ability to see the truth or the
falsity of a statement, and to advance proofs for or against it. This
ability we shall try to acquire through the practice of debating; that
is, through the making of speeches in which students take opposite sides
of the same subject, trying by the presentation of facts and
illustrations to prove that the side which they represent is the correct
one. The statement that is thus argued is called a _proposition_.
Debating is excellent practice because it teaches not only clear-cut
reasoning, but also forceful expression. If a debater fails to make any
of his several arguments convincing, if he introduces irrelevant matter,
or, though he has prepared strong proofs, if he expresses them in
incorrect English, the result will be poor. In working out a debate,
therefore, observe the following carefully: