Pericles."

The remark of Andrew Carnegie that he won his success because he had the
knack of picking the right men has become a classic in current speech.
Augustus Caesar built up and extended the power of the Roman Empire
because he knew men. The careers of Charlemagne, Napoleon, Disraeli,
Washington, Lincoln, and all the empire builders and empire saviours hold
their places in history because these men knew how to recognize, how to
select, and how to develop to the highest degree the abilities of their
co-workers. The great editors, Greeley, Dana, James Gordon Bennett,
McClure, Gilder and Curtis, attained their high station in the world of
letters largely because of their ability to unearth men of genius. Morgan,
Rockefeller, Theodore N. Vail, James J. Hill, and other builders of
industrial and commercial empires laid strong their foundations by almost
infallible wisdom in the selection of lieutenants. Even in the world of
sports the names of Connie Mack, McGraw, Chance, Moran, Carrigan and
Stallings shine chiefly because of their keen judgment of human nature.

If the glory that was Greece shone forth because Pericles kindled its
flame, then Pericles in any time and amongst any people would probably
have ushered in a Golden Age. Had Carnegie lived in any other day and
sought his industrial giants, he would no doubt have found them. If a
supreme judge of latent talent and inspirer of high achievement can thus
always find material ready to his hand, it follows that humanity is rich
in undiscovered genius--that, in the race, there are, unguessed and
undeveloped, possibilities for a millennium of Golden Ages. Psychologists
tell us that only a very small percentage of the real ability and energy
of the average man is ever developed or used.

"Poor man!" says a reviewer, speaking of a contemporary, "he never