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" A man of business should take care to consult occasionally with persons of a nature quite different from his own. To very few are given all the qualities requisite to form a good man of business. Thus a man may have the sternness and the fixedness of... "
Essays Written in the Intervals of Business - Page 98
by Sir Arthur Helps - 1843 - 148 pages
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The Christian Teacher, Volume 5

1843 - 508 pages
...the conduct of affairs, yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps, from entering into the character of those about him. He is likely to want tact. He...character, nor render their purposes indistinct." — p. 94. But we must give two examples of elevation and tenderness of sentiment, brought into union...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 15

1846 - 632 pages
...it has a hearing ; and it is hard if it does not sometimes chime in with external circumstances. 9. A man of business should take care to consult occasionally...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. II. DEALING WITH THE BUSINESS ITSELF. 10. The first thing to be considered in this division of the...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 15

1846 - 632 pages
...very few are given all the qualities requisite to form a good man of business. Thus a man may bave the sternness and the fixedness of purpose so necessary...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. II. DEALING WITH THE BUSINESS ITSELF. 10. The first thing to be considered in this division of the...
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Fruits of Leisure: Or, Essays Written in the Intervals of Business

Sir Arthur Helps - 1851 - 150 pages
...business Thus, a man may have the sternness and the fix edness of purpose so necessary in the conduct o. affairs, yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps,...the collection and arrangement of your materials. Do noc fail to begin with the earliest history of the matter under consideration. Be careful not to give...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 28

1853 - 802 pages
...yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps, from entering into the characters of those about him. lie is likely to want tact. He will be unprepared for...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. A FORTUNE MADE BY AJÍ ACT OP KINDNESS. Most American readers have heard of Swaira, the author of "...
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The Corner cupboard, by the ed. of 'Enquire within upon everything'.

1858 - 396 pages
...from entering into the character of those about him. He is likely to want tact. He will be uuprepared for the extent of versatility and vacillation in other...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. 102. THE THERMOMETER. — This word means literally "measure of heat." The idea of determining the...
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Readings for Young Men, Merchants, and Men of Business

1859 - 188 pages
...the conduct of affairs, yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps, from entering into the character of those about him. He is likely to want tact. He...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. CHEER UP. NEVER go gloomily, man with a mind, Hope is a better companion than fear, Providence, ever...
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The Corner cupboard, by the ed. of 'Enquire within upon everything'.

1867 - 798 pages
...the conduct of affairs, yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps, from entering into the character of those about him. He is likely to want tact. -He...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. 102. THE THERMOMETER. — This word means literally " measure of heat." The idea of determining the...
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Readings for Young Men, Merchants, and Men of Business

Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...yet these qualities prevent him, perhaps, from entering into the character of those about him. He ia likely to want tact. He will be unprepared for the...own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. CHEER UP. NEVER go gloomily, man with a mind, Hope is a better companion than fear, Providence, ever...
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Companions of My Solitude: Essays Written in the Intervals of Business ; and ...

Sir Arthur Helps - 1879 - 432 pages
...reasoning. For this disease time is the only doctor. A good man of business is very watchful, over both himself and others, to prevent things from being carried...careful not to give way to any particular theory, while \bei are merely collecting materials, lest it should influence (wisi in the choice of them. You must...
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