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Editorial
September 12, 1941
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
Editorial advises young people in Key West to value hard work and diligence over luck in achieving success, emphasizing that unearned possessions are undeserved and promoting giving value for rewards to mitigate future economic depressions.
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EARN WHAT YOU WANT
Young people of Key West might find the present a good occasion to understand that the majority of those who have anything in a world that worships money worked for what they acquired.
Too often, the youthful mind is impressed with the easy accumulation of a fortune by some exceptional figure that looms in the public consciousness, little realizing that such a career is the great exception among a mass of hard workers who got to the top by sheer diligence and persistence rather than through some streak of luck or opportunity.
More and more there is abroad in the world a conviction that individuals who do not earn what they have are not entitled to their possessions. The thought is not so bad.
If every youngster who begins a business life in the next ten years, gets thoroughly imbued with the idea of giving value for money or rewards received, the business world won't be worried as much by the next period of depression and the chances are that the people of the next generation will find life a happier proposition.
Young people of Key West might find the present a good occasion to understand that the majority of those who have anything in a world that worships money worked for what they acquired.
Too often, the youthful mind is impressed with the easy accumulation of a fortune by some exceptional figure that looms in the public consciousness, little realizing that such a career is the great exception among a mass of hard workers who got to the top by sheer diligence and persistence rather than through some streak of luck or opportunity.
More and more there is abroad in the world a conviction that individuals who do not earn what they have are not entitled to their possessions. The thought is not so bad.
If every youngster who begins a business life in the next ten years, gets thoroughly imbued with the idea of giving value for money or rewards received, the business world won't be worried as much by the next period of depression and the chances are that the people of the next generation will find life a happier proposition.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Reform
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Hard Work
Diligence
Youth
Business Life
Economic Depression
Work Ethic
What entities or persons were involved?
Young People Of Key West
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Importance Of Earning Through Hard Work
Stance / Tone
Encouraging Diligence And Value For Rewards
Key Figures
Young People Of Key West
Key Arguments
Majority Of Successful People Worked Hard For Their Acquisitions
Easy Fortunes Are Exceptions, Not The Rule
Unearned Possessions Are Not Entitled
Imbuing Youth With Value For Money Idea Will Ease Future Depressions