 ... rule; and no man succeeds, unless by hook or crook, or threat, he forces or bribes other men to assist him; or mayhap, God in His goodness performs a miracle, and sends him an Angel of Light for an assistant. You, reader, put this matter to a test...  Officers' Manual (for Use of Subalterns) ... - Page 47by James Alfred Moss - 1906 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Labor unions - 1900 - 448 pages
...hypothetical case of an employer asking his " Slipshod assistance, foolish inattention, clerk to " Please look in the encyclopedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Corregio." Instead of quietly going about the task, the clerk " looks at you out of a fishy eye," and... | |
 | Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard - American literature - 1898 - 426 pages
...for an assistant. You, reader, put this matter to a test : You are sitting now in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this...Correggio." $» Will the clerk quietly say, " Yes sir," & go do the task ? y On your life, he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye and ask one... | |
 | Education - 1899 - 726 pages
...for an assistant. You, reader, put this matter to a test : You are sitting now in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this request : ' Please look in the encyclopaedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Correggio.' , "Will the clerk... | |
 | Illinois Farmers' Institute - Agriculture - 1902 - 524 pages
...for an assistant. Y9U, hearer, put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in you office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this...' "Will the clerk quietly say, 'Yes, sir,' and go to the task? "On your life, he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye, and ask one or more... | |
 | Thomas Sharper Knowlson - Success - 1903 - 194 pages
...for an assistant. You, reader, put this matter to a test : You are sitting now in your office, six clerks are within call. Summon any one, and make this request : " Please look in the encyclopaedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Correggio ? " Will the clerk... | |
 | Lena Isadora Casporus McKee Van Duzee - Shorthand - 1905 - 160 pages
...for an assistant. You, reader, put this matter to a test : You are sitting now in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this...Will the clerk quietly say, ' ' Yes, sir, ' ' and go to do the task? On your life, he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye and ask one or more... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Ethics - 1906 - 466 pages
...qualities are rare and illustrates it thus: " You, reader, put this matter to a test. You are sitting in your office—six clerks are within call. Summon...make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Corregio.' Will the clerk quickly say: ' Yes, sir,' and go do the task? On your life he will not. He... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Ethics - 1906 - 470 pages
...illustrates it thus : " You, reader, put this matter to a test. You are sitting in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this...make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Corregio.' Will the clerk quickly say : ' Yes, sir,' and go do the task? On your life he will not.... | |
 | Arthur Henry Chamberlain - Education - 1908 - 286 pages
...do it. Slipshod assistance, foolish inattention, dowdy indifference, and half-hearted work seem to rule; and no man succeeds, unless by hook or crook,...Correggio.' Will the clerk quietly say, 'Yes, sir,' and go and do the task? "On your life he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye, and ask one or... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Oratory - 1908 - 452 pages
...for an assistant You, reader, put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this...Will the clerk quietly say, "Yes, sir," and go do the taskf On your life he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye and ask one or more of the following... | |
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