The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-03-10

"a hack - his seat. his step was lighlcr. {
Ior his hear beat with new impulse. Z
Did you say ii!' whispered his !
friend. earnestly. I
Every word replied .he boy, pcOad-
". Ii
.. Then you can lrzmi'
a.. Yes, but Il Is hard work. III
.. Bun there Is nothing like uying.'
No. And from ibis hour. Henry II
replied. with the energy of confidence, IL
will never say caa'L'
!. Froa ilsai day forth." continued Mr..
Prenliss. there was no hoy in The school
who learned more rapidly Than did Hen
N. II required thought and application.
bui these he gave IN siie just proportion
il,si success required. and success crown
ed his efforts.
. And did he always continue thus 10
learn" asked George. looking up ear
nesily into his fathers face.
.From t,ai day up 10 This time, George,
I've has been student, and now urges you.
in your dependency, 10 try again, as
he tried"
And was il. indeed. you. falher!'
George asked, eagerly looking up into the
face &C his kind adviser.
Yes, nv child. That dull boy was
your own father in his younger years."
"Then will try again." George said,
in decided tone, and fiaging aside his
/ half made kite, he turned and Ie-enlered
The house. and was soon bending in car
nest attention over his Latin grammar.
- Well. what success, George!" asked
| Mr.. Prentiss, as The family gathered round
the iea-table.
i Awe 90, the lesson, sir" The boy re-
piled, with satisfied air.
Perfecily!'
al can say every word Of il. sir"
"Yon found il pretty hard work. ]
supposed"
mot 50 very hard, after | had once
! made up my mind that | ,rouid learn 10.
( Indeed. never stopped To think. as
{ usually do. about its heing difficult, o.
4 iiresome, but went right on until has
z mastered every sentence"
. May YOU never forget this lesson
/. NV SON. Mr.. Prentiss said. feelingly
You possess now the secret of success
4 I, lies in your never stopping 10 ihinl
about a task being difficult or iiresome
d but in going on steadily in the perfor
manc. &c il, with 6xed determination 3
succeed. Notwithstanding your despou
dcncy, and doubt Of your capacity TO lear
Ie the lesson that had been assigned you
l. Won have within an hour mastered 4 las
.Aas. yca despaired Of accomplishing,
ID all. Never again, my boy, utter III
I'd words ! cunt"
The success that had crowned his ow
a determined efforts--uniled with the IN
pulse that the simple reference OF his IA.
in er to his own early difficulties gave TO b
ne mind, was sufficient TO make George
ny rapid learner from that day. lie gradu;
lly became interested in his studies, al
ed his interest was in itself new capacl
70, requirement. When he left Collie
lde at Tue age Of eighteen, he bore with HI
aa- the highest honors of the institution.
to now entered the store Of merchant.
rue prepare for business life. AT first,
VILE new occupation was by no means pie
me ant. The change from books and stud
MI, to busy life, and the dull details OF tra'
our as he called them, was for time exec
tea ingly irksome.
ong II will never make merchant, fea
mt he said To his tather one evening, VII
We. he feIt unusually wearied with his &C
n patton. and dispirred.
:" i. And Why mott" asked Mr.. Prenii'
man replie,
said as it not .,nes,,"
near Certainly.
"And are YOU n. convinced ,ba,
SYM necessary for you to snav som. occ,
ton, energetically!"
:. 30 yes"
81 gave YOU choice Of the ,rcs.s.;,
d his bu, You preferred, you said, a mei,ar
life."
ID SO "Yes. And still, when | reaee,,u
/, and subject, my preference is for mercs
to his life. over the Others"
,emo- Then, George, compel yourst
fficul, he interested in your new pursuit"
of his 81 have tried, father"
, was "Then, try again" e.
rradu. The words, uttered with peculia
niger. phasis, thrilled through the miu
s sur. George Prentiss. The past rose
n was fore him, with its doubts, its dilllc'
az his and its triamphs. Springlng sudde
N and his feet, he said with emphasis,
a ever 81 miH try again."
ay his "And you will succeed.
il pro- "Yes. feel that shall.
And he did succeed in obtaining
hat In. rough practical knowledge OF bus
fsr he applied himself with patient
mination, and soon became inleres
II YOU his new pursuits.
+ At the age Of twenty-five he c
;midly into business for himself, wlih
capital furnished him by his father
a sen. proportion. Little beyond this &C
Il -. - z..n.oi ,.ouu. yar brother