He stood for taking a great risk on different levels, for continuous hard work and for courage.
At present, I spend each day speaking with inspiring and creative young people who I fear are quickly starting to doubt the merits of hard work and academia.
Apparently, privilege has no place in journalism, where the playing field is even and journalists are given opportunities based on merit and hard work alone.
The biggest indicator for success in America is not a level of merit or hard work, but the amount of wealth inherited from family members, says Mr Bowles.
The parenting experts and educrats of recent years replaced merit and hard work with "feeling good".
More than anything, though, I believed professional success was all about merit and hard work.
He praises his volunteers effusively for running a campaign "based on merit, hard work and intelligence", and says, "It is now time to heal our city".
Shelmon's extensive career illustrates the complex array of factors that contribute to success, including merit, hard work, good timing, nurturing relationships.
Here was a way to address that reality, while, at the same time, rewarding merit, ambition, and hard work.
Merit (ability plus hard work) was always meant to replace the inherited privilege of the Old World as the route to the top in America.
"We value merit, talent and hard work, and all people aspire to be commensurately rewarded".
