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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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