Loyalty in Business: And One and Twenty Other Good Things

Excerpt from Loyalty in Business: And One and Twenty Other Good Things

A Big business is a steamship bound for a port called Success. It takes a large force of men to operate this boat. Eternal vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but it is the price of every other good thing, including steamboating. To keep this steamship moving, the Captain requires the assistance of hundreds of people who have a singleness of aim - one purpose - a desire to do the right thing and the best thing in order that the ship shall move steadily, surely and safely on her course.

Curiously enough, there are men constantly falling overboard. Folks who fall overboard are always cautioned to keep away from dangerous places, still there are those who delight in taking risks. These individuals who fall off, and cling to floating spars, or are picked up by passing craft, usually declare that they were "discharged." They say the Captain, or the Mate, or their comrades had it in for them.

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