Think what a loss it would be if such men as Edison and Bell had not come to the front and carried to a successful termination the half-finished work of others! Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands.

Stamp it with your manhood.

Let superiority be your trade-mark, let it characterize everything you touch.

This is what every employer is looking for.

It indicates the best kind of brain; it is the best substitute for genius; it is better capital than cash; it is a better promoter than friends, or "pulls" with the influential.
A successful manufacturer says: "If you make a good pin, you will earn more money than if you make a bad steam engine." "If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor," says Emerson, "though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a path to his door." Never allow yourself to dwell too much upon what you are getting for your work.