This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...its excellence. "He has been very successful, but now he is not content with making money. That is too sordid. He wants to apply his talents for the good of humanity. Lately he has taken up religion. It is a very genuine enthusiasm with him. He is convinced of the great need of vital piety in the present crisis in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...its excellence. "He has been very successful, but now he is not content with making money. That is too sordid. He wants to apply his talents for the good of humanity. Lately he has taken up religion. It is a very genuine enthusiasm with him. He is convinced of the great need of vital piety in the present crisis in the affairs of the world. He is accustomed to divide mankind into two classes, the boosters and the kickers. There are too many kickers and not enough boosters. He is going to recruit the number of the boosters of religion. After looking into the ways of the churches he finds that they are not more than thirty-seven per cent efficient. "He has organized groups of active men and has been teaching them better ways of doing religious business. In this he has been very successful up to a certain point. "The other day, however, he came to me in considerable distress of mind. He was afraid he was getting stale. He had, he said, been making the same appeals and using the same illustrations, for he was a great believer in the power of repetition. He had seen it work well in every department of publicity work in which he had been engaged. That is the great use of a slogan. People repeat it and get used to it, and by and by their curiosity is aroused and they ask what it means. At least seventeen per cent do, and that means success when you are dealing with large numbers. "But something seemed to be slowing up his work and he asked me to attend his next conference with his workers and see what was the matter. "The next day after the meeting he called to get my report. "'What did you think of it?' he asked. "'I think you meant well, ' I answered. "' Then you think I did n't get results? Was I too unconventional for the ...
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Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company
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1920
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English
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