into life and moral being, while he makes it the distinct object
not only of the consciousness, but of the conscience. He
organizes the hours and gives them a soul; and by that, the very
essence of which is to fleet and to have been, he communicates an
imperishable and spiritual nature. Of the good and faithful
servant, whose energies thus directed are thus methodized, it is
less truly affirmed that he lives in time than that time lives in
him. His days and months and years, as the stops and punctual
marks in the record of duties performed, will survive the wreck of
worlds, and remain extant when time itself shall be no more." (13)

It is because application to business teaches method most
effectually, that it is so useful as an educator of character.
The highest working qualities are best trained by active and
sympathetic contact with others in the affairs of daily life. It
does not matter whether the business relate to the management of a
household or of a nation. Indeed, as we have endeavoured to show
in a preceding chapter, the able housewife must necessarily be an
efficient woman of business. She must regulate and control the
details of her home, keep her expenditure within her means,
arrange everything according to plan and system, and wisely manage
and govern those subject to her rule. Efficient domestic
management implies industry, application, method, moral
discipline, forethought, prudence, practical ability, insight into
character, and power of organization--all of which are required
in the efficient management of business of whatever sort.

Business qualities have, indeed, a very large field of action.
They mean aptitude for affairs, competency to deal successfully
with the practical work of life--whether the spur of action lie