A 1915 Cadillac Ad Applies to the VOLT Today!

[2BeLivingGreen]

There has been so much discussion on the VOLT by the media, rumors, and a lot of attempted denial of it by so called "experts". I do recall (having come across this years ago) and found the Cadillac ad that so rightly applies to the great car we all know of as the VOLT. I just thought that this deserved it's own thread as.

So read the following and see if this write up, originally written in 1915, does not in fact sum up the VOLT rather nicely-

“In every field of human endeavor, he that is first must perpetually live in the white glare of publicity. Whether the leadership be vested in a man or in a manufactured product, emulation and envy are ever at work. In art, in music, in industry, the reward and punishment are always the same. The reward is widespread recognition; the punishment, fierce denial and detraction. When a man’s work becomes a standard for the whole world, it also becomes a target for the shafts of the envious few. If his work is mediocre, he will be left severely alone—if he achieves a masterpiece, it will set a million tongue a-wagging. Jealousy does not protrude its forked tongue at the artist who produces a commonplace painting. Whatsoever you write, or paint, or play, or sing, or build, no one will strive to surpass or to slander you unless your work be stamped with the seal of genius. Long, long after a great work or a good work has been done, those who are disappointed or envious, continue to cry out that it cannot be done. Spiteful little voices in the domain of art were raised against our own Whistler as a mountebank, long after the big would have acclaimed him its greatest artistic genius. Multitudes flocked to Bayreuth to worship at the musical shrine of Wagner, while the little group of those whom he dethroned and displaced argued angrily that he was no musician at all. The little world continued to protest that Fulton could never build a steamboat, while the big world flocked to the river banks to see his boat steam by. The leader is assailed because he is the leader, and the effort to equal him is merely added proof of that leadership. Failing to equal or excel, the follower seeks to depreciate and to destroy—but only confirms once more the superiority of that which he strives to supplant. There is nothing new in this. It is as old as the world and as old as human passions—envy, fear, greed, ambition, and the desire to surpass. And it all avails nothing. If the leader truly leads, he remains—the leader. Master-poet, master-painter, master-workman, each in his turn is assailed, and each holds his laurels through the ages. That which is good or great makes itself known, no matter how loud the clamor of denial. That which deserves to live—lives.”

Copyright Cadillac Motor Company

[Selling Volts At Sundance]

There has been so much discussion on the VOLT by the media, rumors, and a lot of attempted denial of it by so called "experts". I do recall (having come across this years ago) and found the Cadillac ad that so rightly applies to the great car we all know of as the VOLT. I just thought that this deserved it's own thread as.

So read the following and see if this write up, originally written in 1915, does not in fact sum up the VOLT rather nicely-

Thank you 2BeLivingGreen for sharing this.


A masterpiece relevent to the political nonsence and hysteria that engulfs us all now-

[2BeLivingGreen]

I believe it was called "The Penalty of Leadership"

[BAZINGA]

Not only does this apply to the Volt it could also apply to America as a nation, us as a people and often politicians.

I felt an emotional tie to this article as I had just completed reading an article on the four Navy SEALs charged with recovery the APOLLO 11 astronauts, the capsule and the precious cargo (moon rocks).

Thanks for sharing.

[RCB268]

"The Penalty of Leadership":

http://caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadil...of-leadership/

A classic in marketing and advertising!