The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

ON PERSEVERANCE.

46 There are few difficulties indeed which Perseverance %El not
overcome, and %%lawyer ril.,,:a2ca in g eat designs :mist nut be intimi-
dated by divappoik;tment."— DA
c 6 Sine constantia et _Ertibiliinte mettle»; ens, pntaris "—Clc.

Irresolution not unfrequently destroys the most favourable
pto,.pects of success. It is impossible for one imp tr) 2.7.7 eel
aoother, without perseverance and application F. •.- 3!‘g
the numerous evidences on ree,rd I shall •ak, • • 'iherty
of Let. ding a few, and hope that, although •: !e,t!.
ninnies..nay be considered t, they will, nevettl • :..Lave
a good tendency towa-ds stimulating the risinga ion.
to supersede every difEcull that may present it,c,f timugh.
We by a steady persevera, e and applica.ion
D.-mosthenes is evcor during illustration of the advan-
tages to be delived limn eon tarry and reso'utioo : for by
perseverance and indufa,igable industry ~ Ipf overcame his
supposed natural defects, and was afterwards di:i.lonisbcd
as the most eminent Ciecian Orator ; •nsptcnous
was the chance, flow a vitious enuacia7ion a.•tl in—gant
gesture, to a refinerl elocution and graceful action •• • Vl-
- Pateiculos, the Celebrated historian, thus e, •sses
himself concerning his acquired ex, el:ence: " Ilis Mother
prAuced ohe Demosthenes and industry another.
jThe renowned expedition of Jason and the forty-nine
,M Grecian adventurets to Colchis, with the intent of obtain..
ing the golden fleece, or rather of establishing a profitable
commerce, ,would, have been- ineffectual, had not the spit it
of •Peiseverance reigned predominant and enabled them
to surmount every obstacleLso.as finally to effect that hazard-

ousenterprize.
That great luminary, Sir Isaac Newton, who emitted his
,resplendant rays of light, in the latter end of the 17th and
early part of the li,,th century, and to whom this age. is,so
greatly itideb•ed•for his profound researches into the doctrine •
of the !leavens, and the theory ofthe:Farth,acquited•his tran-
scendent talents, as he himself declares, by industry and patient
thought, keeping the object under consideration constantly
before him, and patiently waiting till the .first dawn gra..
dually opened and by little and little
:expanded .into
clear light.
Indeed every individual on
,Earth, whether tinder the ap-
pellation ,of
.Aeademian, Apprentice, Mechanic. Merchant,
Banister, Warrior, Statesman, Tutor or Divine, or ;by what
• title soever he may be designated, notwithst,,nding nature
may have gifted him with a superior untleistamiing and en•
endowed 'him with sni.er eminent abilities, is obliged in a
conspicuous degree to perseverance for success in his desiges:
For without close opplication .to scholastic pursuits, youth
would obtain but a very suite, fieial knowledge those things
which wi!l so essentially contribute to their future welfate ;
and close ailsritiina to the various branches of an enn loyment,
is an indutaiiable rennisiti in forming the than
,of busin,esi.
Also should the mechanic be (trick/it in his designs, by
whom would he be countenanced ? Or a merchant, ianorael
in his calling,mould•he not_expei ience.unkn «n difficulties)?
As depth of thought appertains to the official situation 'of
barrister, it can only be acquired by eerseverance and as•
siduity, .tlave we not .freq-eu•ly beheld the unhappy con-
equ:ences o>f Abe warrior neglects .g to pursue his sriecems#
...after having arrested the sangui nal y schemes of biq opponent 3
• Likewi,e the prerogative of s e !Statesman might be•obliterated
withoutfrequent exercise of his privi!ege. Ve-eaid of under,
standing and necessary information, 'the instructor of
ris.ini;gf,peration would be unable to iutort.the inesiiet9o,4
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