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September 12, 1924
The Elkins Inter Mountain
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
E. Haldeman-Julius responds to a query about his egotism and cocky strut, reflecting on human pride, success, and the dangers of vainglory. He argues that true success involves humility, not self-praise, and that youthful exuberance often matures with time.
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ON BEING VAINGLORIOUS
E. Haldeman-Julius, publisher of five-cent editions of the classics literature, is asked by a correspondent if he is egotistical and if he has a cocky strut.
Thus does man ever think and inquire of his successful fellows. We habitually judge others by ourselves. We believe all successes have "megalocephalia" because we know we would be all swelled up under like conditions
Man is proud of his achievements and feels reassured if his fellows harbor similar traits.
A man may be egotistical without being swell-headed and he may walk erect with eyes straight to the fore without having a "cocky strut." It is right and necessary for a man to have confidence and to be interested in himself but it is wrong and disastrous for him to force his peculiar qualities and achievements upon others and to purposely express professed superiority in one man's manner of walking
We have often associated "swell headedness" with success because we have failed to discern between success in the making and success achieved and to fully define just what success is. Many so-called successes are only on the second rung, of their ladder Very often these fellows think the second rung from the bottom is just as good as the top rung and oppress and irritate the public with their complacency. By the time they attain
the top rung. if their self-appraisement permits them to complete the ascent. they will have learned that success is a relative and elusive thing that brooks no retrospection nor self-praise., There is always an extension ladder to climb when you reach the top rung of the ladder you are now ascending.
In behalf of egotism and the cocky strut let it be said that they may often be hopeful signs in our young men and women of business. The will to win, dreams of success. ambitions to achieve and an inexhaustible well of energy sometimes bubble over in youth causing a sensation of exuberant superiority. Time and its victories and defeats will tame him down.
No, it is usually those who have the most to be proud of who are the least vainglorious.
E. Haldeman-Julius, publisher of five-cent editions of the classics literature, is asked by a correspondent if he is egotistical and if he has a cocky strut.
Thus does man ever think and inquire of his successful fellows. We habitually judge others by ourselves. We believe all successes have "megalocephalia" because we know we would be all swelled up under like conditions
Man is proud of his achievements and feels reassured if his fellows harbor similar traits.
A man may be egotistical without being swell-headed and he may walk erect with eyes straight to the fore without having a "cocky strut." It is right and necessary for a man to have confidence and to be interested in himself but it is wrong and disastrous for him to force his peculiar qualities and achievements upon others and to purposely express professed superiority in one man's manner of walking
We have often associated "swell headedness" with success because we have failed to discern between success in the making and success achieved and to fully define just what success is. Many so-called successes are only on the second rung, of their ladder Very often these fellows think the second rung from the bottom is just as good as the top rung and oppress and irritate the public with their complacency. By the time they attain
the top rung. if their self-appraisement permits them to complete the ascent. they will have learned that success is a relative and elusive thing that brooks no retrospection nor self-praise., There is always an extension ladder to climb when you reach the top rung of the ladder you are now ascending.
In behalf of egotism and the cocky strut let it be said that they may often be hopeful signs in our young men and women of business. The will to win, dreams of success. ambitions to achieve and an inexhaustible well of energy sometimes bubble over in youth causing a sensation of exuberant superiority. Time and its victories and defeats will tame him down.
No, it is usually those who have the most to be proud of who are the least vainglorious.
What sub-type of article is it?
Opinion Essay
Philosophical Reflection
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Triumph
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Vainglory
Egotism
Success
Humility
Self Confidence
Youthful Ambition
What entities or persons were involved?
E. Haldeman Julius
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E. Haldeman Julius
Story Details
E. Haldeman-Julius addresses a correspondent's question about his egotism, discussing the balance between healthy self-confidence and harmful vainglory in success, noting that true achievers are often the least boastful.