Harry Emerson Fosdick wrote of the distinction between "starting power" and "staying power." I had been trying to put into words the effect of people's opinions expressed "in the raw" on social media on both myself and others around me. Sometimes it feels as though the "staying power" of whole generations is being attacked by this new outlet of unchecked, unverified, and too-many-times illiterate, opinions of the opinionated. I know I need to refresh my "staying power." This is the topic Dr. Fosdick spoke on in 1935. This is a short excerpt.
"Staying power is associated with a certain central integrity of conscience. Whatever else life may give or may deny, one thing is absolutely indispensable—that a man should not break faith with himself, that he should keep his honor bright. … that whatever else may fail he should not inwardly be a failure. … "Whatever happens, a man living on high terms with himself, is the essence of "staying power." Harry Emerson Fosdick, The Power to See It Through, 1935 If I had been sitting in the church pew this day in 1935, I would have shouted "Amen, Dr. Fosdick!"
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Peter E. GreulichPete has been studying IBM and early American corporate history since his retirement in 2011. These are his thoughts and musings, and of those whose biographies he has read with links to articles and book reviews on this website. Categories
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