one of these faults is sufficient to induce failure. Study the list carefully if you aspire
to leadership, and make sure that you are free of these faults.
SOME FERTILE FIELDS IN WHICH "NEW LEADERSHIP"
WILL BE REQUIRED
Before leaving this chapter, your attention is called to a few of the fertile fields in
which there has been a decline of leadership, and in which the new type of leader
may find an abundance of OPPORTUNITY.
First. In the field of politics there is a most insistent demand for new
leaders; a demand which indicates nothing less than an emergency. The majority of
politicians have, seemingly, become high-grade, legalized racketeers. They have
increased taxes and debauched the machinery of industry and business until the
people can no longer stand the burden.Second. The banking business is undergoing a reform. The leaders in this field
have almost entirely lost the confidence of the public. Already the bankers have
sensed the need of reform, and they have begun it.