Part 48 (2/2)

Paris was in the hands of a mob, the authorities were panic-stricken, for they did not dare to trust their underlings In cae and ability to quell this mob” ”Send for him; send for him; send for hiated the ated the authorities, ruled France and then conquered Europe

Success in life is dependent largely upon the will-power, and whatever weakens or impairs it diminishes success The will can be educated

That which most easily becomes a habit in us is the will Learn, then, to will decisively and strongly; thus fix your floating life, and leave it no longer to be carried hither and thither, like a withered leaf, by every wind that blows ”It is not talent that men lack, it is the will to labor; it is the purpose”

It was the insatiable thirst for knowledge which held to his task, through poverty and discouragement, John Leyden, a Scotch shepherd's son Barefoot and alone, he walked six or eighthe had His desire for an education defied the extremest poverty, and no obstacle could turn him from his purpose He was rich when he discovered a little bookstore, and his thirsty soul would drink in the precious treasures from its priceless volumes for hours, perfectly oblivious of the scantyNothing could discourage hi to improve hiet at books and lectures was all that any man could need Before he was nineteen, this poor shepherd boy with no chance had astonished the professors of Edinburgh by his knowledge of Greek and Latin

Hearing that a surgeon's assistant in the Civil Service anted, although he knew nothing whatever of medicine, he determined to apply for it There were only sixwould daunt hiht this one of the most remarkable illustrations of perseverance, helped to fit him out, and he sailed for India

Webster was very poor even after he entered Dart his boots Webster wrote and thanked hi, for they not only adravel-stones” Yet he becareatestlie, because no reat as he looked”

Carlyle said of hiainst the world”

What seemed to be luck followed Stephen Girard all his life No matter what he did, it always seener, unable to speak English, short, stout, and with a repulsive face, blind in one eye, it was hard for hiive up He had begun as a cabin boy at thirteen, and for nine years sailed between Bordeaux and the French West Indies He i the art of navigation

At the age of eight he had first discovered that he was blind in one eye His father, evidently thinking that he would never a, would not help hi, but sent his younger brothers to college The discovery of his blindness, the neglect of his father, and the chagrin of his brothers' advancean business for hi he would not do for roceries to old junk; he bottled wine and cider, fro he touched prospered

He left nothing to chance His plans and schemes orked out with mathen ports, laying out their routes and giving detailed instructions, areHe never left anything of iidly accurate in his instructions, and would not allow the slightest departure froht save hi from instructions once, yet they would cause loss in ninety-nine other cases

He never lost a shi+p, and ht financial ruin to many others, as the War of 1812, only increased his wealth

Everybody, especially his jealous brother reat success to his luck While undoubtedly he was fortunate in happening to be at the right place at the right tiy itself What seereatest care and zeal in i them to their utmost possibilities

The mathematician tells you that if you throw the dice, there are thirty chances to one against your turning up a particular nu the sa ratio

Many a young man who has read the story of John Wanaained very little inspiration or help from it toward his own elevation and advanceood luck, chance, or fate ”What a lucky fellow,” he says to himself as he reads; ”what a bonanza he fell into!” But a careful analysis of Wanaht by the analysis of ood constitution, the habit of hard work, indoy, determination which knows no defeat, decision which never wavers, a concentration which never scatters its forces, courage which never falters, self-rity and downright honesty, a cheerful disposition, unbounded enthusiash aie ht that there is so as a poor pedestrian happening to find no obstruction in his way, and reaching the goal when a better walker finds the drawbridge up, the street blockaded, and so fails to win the race; that wealth often does place unworthy sons in high positions; that faain a lawyer clients, a physician patients, an ordinary scholar a good professorshi+p; but that, on the other hand, position, clients, patients, professorshi+ps, ers' and superintendents' positions do not necessarily constitute success He should be taught that in the long run, as a rule, _the best man does win the best place_, and that persistent merit does succeed

There is about asreal success or a high position in life, as there would be in producing a ”Paradise Lost” by shaking up promiscuously the separate words of Webster's Dictionary, and letting them fall at random on the floor

Fortune smiles upon those who roll up their sleeves and put their shoulders to the wheel; upon ery, rit who do not turn aside for dirt and detail

The youth should be taught that ”he alone is great, who, by a life heroic, conquers fate”; that ”diligence is the ood luck”; that nine tibear of the indolent, the languid, the purposeless, the careless, the indifferent; that, as a rule, the man who fails does not see or seize his opportunity Opportunity is coy, is swift, is gone, before the slow, the unobservant, the indolent, or the careless can seize her:--

”In idle wishes fools supinely stay: Be there a will and wisdom finds a way”

It has been well said that the very reputation of being strong-willed, plucky, and indefatigable is of priceless value It often cows enes which would otherwise be for what men who have come to their senses late in life have accoht was fifty years of age when he began to learn English gra Benjaan the study of science and philosophy Milton, in his blindness, was past the age of fifty when he sat down to complete his world-known epic, and Scott at fifty-five took up his pen to redee,” said Michael Angelo, when threescore years and ten were past, and he had long attained the highest triumphs of his art

Even brains are second in i man is always pushed aside in the race of life It is only the weak and vacillating who halt before adverse circumstances and obstacles Ashall check his career, is sure, if he has perseverance and grit, to succeed Wefor and strive for with all our strength, we usually approximate, if we do not fully reach