PRESERVATION 85 



But he is the right stamp of man for 

 all that ; courteous to all and yet familiar 

 with none, considerate of the interests 

 of others yet never unmindful of his 

 master's, he has justly earned the respect 

 of the whole countryside. Fair and just 

 in all his dealings, his underlings know 

 that while good work will not pass un- 

 recognized, no slovenly or slipshod ways 

 will be for an instant condoned. He has 

 no slight knowledge of natural history, 

 and moves through life with an observant 

 eye and an open and adaptive mind, not 

 wedded to tradition, but ever ready to 

 consider new theories or suggestions and 

 turn them to his purpose. In the field he 

 never gets hustled or flurried, and is quick 

 to make the best of unlooked-for contin- 

 gencies when they arise. His books are 

 accurately and neatly kept, and require 

 little or no endorsement at the hands of 

 the agent ; for he is a business man with 

 all his energies and faculties concentrated 

 on his work, only asking of his sub- 

 ordinates what he freely gives himself 



