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the market place of the future。 It is a corduroy road and the barrel shakes 

all the time。 

     In   the   barrel   are   big   apples�察  �little   apples�察  �freckled   apples�察  �speckled 

apples�察�green apples�察�and dried apples。 A bad boy on the front row shouted 

the other night�察 �And rotten apples� ─�

     In other words�察�all the people of the world are in the great barrel of life。 

That   barrel   is   shaking   all   the   time。   Every   community   is   shaking�察  �every 

place is shaking。 The offices�察�the shops�察�the stores�察�the schools�察�the pulpits�察�

the    homesevery       place   where     we   live   or  work    is  shaking。    Life   is  a 

constant survival of the fittest。 

     The same law that shakes the little ones down and the big ones up in 

that can is shaking every person to the place he fits in the barrel of life。 It 

is sending small people down and great people up。 

     And do you not see that we are very foolish when we want to be lifted 

up to some big place�察�or when we want some big person to be put down to 

some   little   place�拭�We   are   foolishly  trying   to   overturn   the   eternal   law   of 

life。 

     We   shake   right   back   to   the   places our   size   determines。 We   must   get 

ready for places before we can get them and keep them。 

     The very worst thing that can happen to anybody is to be artificially 

boosted up into some place where he rattles。 

     I hear a good deal about destiny。 Some people seem to think destiny is 

something like a train and if we do not get to the depot in time our train of 

destiny will   run   off and  leave us�察 �and we   will   have no destiny。 There   is 

destinythat jar。 

     If we are small we shall have a small destiny。 If we are great we shall 



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have a great destiny。 We cannot dodge our destiny。 



                        Kings and Queens of Destiny 



       The objects in that jar cannot change their size。 But thank God�察�you 

and I are not helpless victims of blind fate。 We are not creatures of chance。 

We   have   it   in   our   hands   to   decide   our   destiny   as   we   grow   or   refuse   to 

grow。 

     We shake down if we become small�察�we shake up if we become great。 

And when we have reached the place our size determines�察�we stay there so 

long as we stay that size。 

     If we wish to change our place�察�we must first change our size。 If we 

wish to go down�察�we must grow smaller and we shall shake down。 If we 

wish to go up�察�we must grow greater�察�and we shall shake up。 

     Each person is doing one of three things consciously or unconsciously。 

     1。 He is holding his place。 

     2。 He is going down。 

     3。 He is going up。 

     In order to hold his place he must hold his size。 He must fill the place。 

If   he   shrinks   up   he   will   rattle。   Nobody   can   stay   long   where   he   rattles。 

Nature abhors a rattler。 He shakes down to a smaller place。 

     In order to stay the same size he must grow enough each day to supply 

the loss by evaporation。 Evaporation is going steadily on in lives as well as 

in liquids。 If we are not growing any�察�we are rattling。 



                            We Compel Promotion 



       So you young people should keep in mind that you will shake into the 

places you fit。 And when you are in your placesin stores�察�shops�察�offices 

or   elsewhere�察  �if   you   want   to   hold   your   place   you   must   keep   growing 

enough to keep it tightly filled。 



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     If you want a greater place�察�you simply grow greater and they cannot 

keep   you   down。  You   do   not   ask   for   promotion�察  �you   compel   promotion。 

You grow greater�察�enlarge your dimensions�察�develop new capabilities�察�do 

more than you are paid to dooverfill your place�察�and you shake up to a 

greater place。 

     I believe if I were so fortunate or unfortunate as to have a number of 

people working for me�察�I would have a jar in my office filled with various 

sizes of objects。 When an employee would come into the office and say�察�

;Isn't it about time I was getting a raise�拭─�I would say�察 �Go shake the jar�察�

Charlie。 That   is   the   way   you   get   raised。 As   you   grow   greater   you   won't 

need to ask to be promoted。 You will promote yourself。; 



                      ;Good Luck; and ;Bad Luck; 



       This   jar   tells   me   so   much   about   luck。   I   have   noted   that   the   lucky 

people   shake up   and   the   unlucky  people   shake   down。 That is�察 �the   lucky 

people grow great and the unlucky people shrivel and rattle。 

     Notice as I bump this jar。 Two things happened。 The little ones shook 

down and the big ones shook up。 The bump that was bad luck to the little 

ones was good luck to the big ones。 The same bump was both good luck 

and bad luck。 

     Luck does not   depend  upon the   direction   of the bump�察 �but upon   the 

size of the bump´ee� �



                                The ;Lucky; One 



       So everywhere you look you see the barrel sorting people according 

to size。 Every business concern can tell you stories like that of the Chicago 

house where a number of young ladies worked。 Some of them had been 

there for a long time。 There came a raw�察�green Dutch girl from the country。 

It was her first office experience�察�and she got the bottom job。 



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     The other girls poked fun at her and played jokes upon her because she 

was so green。 

     Do you remember that green things grow�拭�

     ;Is   not   she   the   limit�拭─  �they   oft   spake   one   to   another。   She   was。   She 

made many blunders。 But it is now recalled that she never made the same 

blunder twice。 She learned the lesson with one helping to the bumps。 

     And she never ;got done。; When she had finished her work�察�the work 

she had been put at�察�she would discover something else that ought to be 

done�察  �and   she   would   go   right   on   working�察  �contrary   to   the   rules   of   the 

union� �Without being told�察�mind you。 She had that rare faculty the world is 

bidding forinitiative。 

     The other girls ;got done。; When they had finished the work they had 

been put at�察�they would waitO�察�so patiently they would waitto be told 

what to do next。 

     Within     three   months     every    other   girl  in   that  office   was    asking 

questions of the little Dutch girl。 She had learned more about business in 

three   months   than   the   others   had   learned   in   all   the   time   they   had   been 

there。 Nothing ever escaped her。 She had become the most capable girl in 

the office。 

     The barrel did the rest。 Today she is giving orders to all of them�察�for 

she is the office superintendent。 

     The other girls feel hurt about it。 They will tell you in confidence that 

it was the rankest favoritism ever known。 ;There was nothing fair about it。 

Jennie ought to have been made superintendent。 Jennie had been here four 

years。; 



                               The ;Unlucky; One 



       The other day in a paper´mill I was standing beside a long machine 

making shiny super´calendered paper。 I asked the man working there some 

questions about the machine�察�which he answered fairly well。 Then I asked 

him   about   a   machine   in   the   next   room。   He   said�察   �I   don't   know   nothing 



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about it�察�boss�察�I don't work in there。; 

     I   asked   him   about   another   process�察    �and   he   replied�察   �I   don't   know 

nothing about it�察�I never worked in there。; I asked him about the pulpmill。 

He replied�察 �No�察�I don't know nothing about that�察�neither。 I don't work in 

there。;   And   he   did   not   betray   the   least   desire   to   know   anything   about 

anything。 

     ;How long have you worked here�拭─�

     ;About twelve years。; 

     Going out of the building�察�I asked the foreman�察 �Do you see that man 

over   there   at   the   supercalendered   machine�拭─  �pointing   to   the   man   who 

didn't know。 ;Is he a human being�拭─�

     The foreman's face clouded。 ;I hate to talk to you about that man。 He 

is one of the kindest´hearted men we ever had in the works�察�but we've got 

to let him go。 We're afraid he'll break the machine。 He isn't interested�察�does 

not learn�察�doesn't try to learn。; 

     So he had begun to rattle。 Nobody can stay where he rattles。 It is grow 

or go。 



                            Life's Barrel the Leveler 



       So books could be filled with   just such stories of how people have 

gone up and down。 You may have noticed two brothers start with the same 

chance�察�and presently  notice that one is going up and the other is   going 

down。 

     Some   of   us   begin   life   on   the   top   branches�察  �right   in   the   sunshine   of 

popular favor�察�and get our names in the blue´book at the start。 Some of us 

begin down in the shade on the bottom branches�察�and we do not even get 

invited。 We often become discouraged as we look at the top´branchers�察�and 

we   say�察   �O�察  �if   I   only   had   his   chance�   �If   I   were   only   up   there   I   might 

amount to something。 But I am too low down。; 

     We can grow。 Everybody can grow。 

     And   afterwhile   we   are   all   in   the   barrel   of   life�察  �shaken   and   bumped 



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