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The Fallacy of Success
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A hundred years ago we had the ideal of the Industrious Apprentice; boys were told that by thrift and work they would all become Lord Mayors.†
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The Industrious Apprentice rose by virtues few and narrow indeed, but still virtues.†
But what shall we say of the gospel preached to the new Industrious Apprentice; the Apprentice who rises not by his virtues, but avowedly by his vices?†
But what shall we say of the gospel preached to the new Industrious Apprentice; the Apprentice who rises not by his virtues, but avowedly by his vices?†

Definitions:

(1) (apprentice)
person who learns a trade or skill through hands-on experience under a skilled worker; or (as a verb) performance of that kind of work
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)