--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 4 number: 10 published: 1901-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "A Correct Estimation of Values," *Improvement Era* 4, no. 10 (August 1901): 724.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0410unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0410unse start_page: 724 end_page: 724 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0410unse publication_year: 1901 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # A Correct Estimation of Values A CORRECT ESTIMATION OF VALUES. One of the first things to learn in life is to put the proper value on things. It is most unfortunate for an American youth to be brought up to think that no one is successful unless he has been able, by hook or crook, to lift himself above the common order of mankind. No man is supposed to be very successful, who has not lifted himself out of poverty. The American youth is seldom told that to perform the common duties of life is to suc- ceed. Somehow or other the word, "success," is nearly always linked with fame or with the attainment of great riches, when it applies, just as readily, to the man who rises in a moderate way in city and in country. The fact is that most of us can never hope to be rich. The greatest wealth of this country is not among the millionaires, but among the common, honest people, who are con- tent to do their duties, cheerfully, willingly, as well as they know how, and then save part of what they make.— Success.