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MEN WHO ARE MAKING AMERICA B. C. FORBES To BRUCE INTRODUCTION How can I attain success That is what every rational human being wants to know This book tells in an intimate way how fifty of Americas foremost business and financial leaders of the present day have climbed the ladder of success. The selection of the fifty is based on the replies received from busi ness men all over the country to the question Who Are Our Fifty Foremost Business Men, Men Who Are Making America In all but a few instances, based on geographical or exceptional cir cumstances, the list represents those who were accorded the highest number of votes Having been thus singled out as the most success ful American business men now living they may be regarded as well qualified to speak illuminatingly and helpfully on the subject of achievement. Who are the fifty men thus honoured by the business world In what fields have they made their mark Are they moderately young or are most of them elderly How many of them are native Americans and how many were born in other parts of the world Were their parents in a majority of instances poor, moderately circumstanced, or wealthy The table on pages vi-vii furnishes a succinct reply to these questions. It will be seen that 24 were born poor. 17 were born in moderate circumstances. 9 were born rich. 40 were born in the United States. 4 were born in Scotland. 4 were born in Germany, i was born in England. I was born in Canada. 14 began as store clerks. 5 as bank clerks. 4 as grocery boys. The compilation shatters the popular idea that most of the highest financial and business positions in the United States are held by VI INTRODUCTION fe fi fi 28 USS 22 222 g S-SBBB INTRODUCTION OJu. 3 g fci W fefl W bfl o 1 jg g c c g g c i i p-o i S-3- j g fe e e g g 3 S SS ig o cSpmffiPQOHOcX ooS82oSS-g3SgsS2 UcJ5fSoOcWOHSSO c2cSc5 H Cd - f 8 a vS oo O n-or toc ooijnmO o vo s O 4 U cd . 4 U I S - --s - --g-g o w 1 5 4 Z 5- z ff iC5 oT - U 2 d C f5l iHitiii1 ll1 viii INTRODUCTION young men. Only four in the list are under fifty years of age. And only a few of the others at fifty would have won entrance into any such list as this. Not only is the average age sixty-one, but no fewer than twelve are seventy or more. There is encouragement in this fact for those earnest workers who have not yet reached places of conspicuous eminence. If the right kind of seed is being planted, the fruit may ripen by and by. Re sults are not always attained in a hurry. Indeed, one great lesson the lives of these notable men convey is that patience, perseverance, stick-to-itiveness, and unflagging courage are essential qualities. Another point revealed by this analysis of the personnel of Amei icas ablest business leaders is that neither birth nor education, neither nationality nor religion, neither heredity nor environment are barriers or passports to success in this land of liberty and democ racy. Worth alone counts. The only caste in America is merit. The humble origin of the majority of these Men Who Are Making America would call for more comment were it not so typical of the nations annals. My study of the careers of these men has impressed me with this fact Most of them had to pay the price of success They worked harder and longer, they studied and planned more assiduously, they practised more self-denial and overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far. How can oneachieve big things What are the necessary qualifications What course must be followed For a full answer to these questions the reader must turn to the character sketches. But I may remark, in a general way, that there would appear to be two sets, or classes, of qualities calculated to win success First Qualities within the reach of all. Second Qualities attainable only by those favourably endowed by Nature. The first list of qualities, if wisely cultivated and exercised, may be depended upon to earn at least a moderate measure of success...

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