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imposes himself upon others, he feels the other selves as part of 

 the situation, and so adapts himself to them that no opposition 

 is awakened; or possibly he may take the violent method, and 

 browbeat and humiliate a weak mind ; there are various ways of 

 establishing superiority, but in one way or another the consum- 

 mate leader always accomplishes it. 



The onward and aggressive portion of the world, the people 

 who do things, the young and all having surplus energy, need to 

 hope and strive for an imaginative object, and they will follow 

 no one who does not encourage this tendency. The first requisite 

 of a leader is, not to be right, but to lead, to show a way. 



LEADERSHIP 1 



E. C. HAYES 



LEADERSHIP consists largely in putting the proper ideas into 

 the minds of the individuals who are in a position to give 

 them effect and still more in supptying courage. Most things 

 really worth doing have at first seemed impracticable to the 

 average person. But when there appears an individual having 

 not only sufficient imagination and enlightenment to see what 

 should be done, but also sufficient courage to believe that it can 

 be done, the probability of the achievement has begun. The 

 question of possibility or impossibility with reference to social 

 improvements is largely one of psychic attitude of the people. 

 The question with respect to most desirable social changes is 

 not, could people bring them about if they would, but will they 

 will to do so? Such changes are thought impossible, and for the 

 time being are so, because men do not believe their neighbors 

 will do their duty. The man who first says, "I, for one, will, 

 and we together can," who breaks down the hypnotism of the 

 present reality, who exhibits confidence to his fellows, who 

 makes individuals begin to think "my neighbors will do their 

 duty and therefore it is worth while for me to do mine, ' ' thereby 

 creates new social possibilities. 



1 Adapted from Introduction to the Study of Sociology, pp. 57-58, Ap- 

 ploton, N. Y., 1919. 



