Especially is this true of the man who does not make a personal success corresponding to his advertised fame.

In time he may have the "ear-marks" of notability but, as Lincoln said: "_You can't fool all of the people all of the time._" It is to be noted with satisfaction that the big captains of industry keep themselves free from petty details.

"I surrounded myself with clever men," said Andrew Carnegie in accounting for his success and by the same token the men who took over his great affairs and gave them larger scope and power surrounded themselves with still other clever men, thus reserving their judgment and thought _for the higher policies of their institutions_.

They keep themselves in readiness for consultation, and having men of _initiative_ and _self-reliance_ underneath them, they find time to take in hand other affairs than those of the tremendous businesses they manage.

Men of this type often become prominent in public affairs and develop into highly important citizens.
The bigger the man, the less he encumbers himself with matters which can be delegated to others.