The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-01-25


surmounling difficulties, and withou
which gcnious itself haIls in the race
Aud Two hours day, or only one
when il is sure, and not 10 be intermittet
on any account canrot fail TO accomplish
results which will aSloush him who ha,
'hus been enabled 10 compass them.
1t is difficult. certainly, 10 return
again. and again 10 the same Iheme-lhe
human mind in general, is disposed to
wander and to hun, after new fauces.
1t will, if ii be allowed 10 take the BIZ
IN It's teeth. frirle: away its strength,
obtaining little Of nothing; and one oflhe
secrets ot succt SIS is to give i, discipline
IN this respecr, that it may wait upon
The judgement; and there is no better
method of so doing than is poioled oui
above--cerlain hours for certain stu
dies.
There is, moreover, a disposition
with most people to endeavour To do too
much al once-to overrun as it were,
whole fields of literature and science Al
a single incursion, instead of advancing
IN compact column towards specified
point. They are thus tempted to louog,
Is'lessly among their books; reading
here little and there little, coquetlng
all around neg egligenl of more serious ad
.Iresses, and deludng themselves with
he never to be realized intention OF
hereafter giving up such desuIlory hab-
IT'S. For the mind has its disspation>
IS we'll as the body, and our reading
may easily be made gossip as unprol
liable as The idlest intercourse of con
vIval life. Almost every body ha>
felt how lhoroug y he masters an aulho
when detained by accident IN some re,
mote and isolated position, with moth
ing at hand, perhaps, but single vol
nme, and that probably not of the mos
attractive characer--how in mere sell
defence against the approaches Of enui
'' the rain pa''ers on the window, h.
= .''' u.
print, preface, text and apprehend ad
vertsemenls, until he no, only nnd,,
stands The work itself, but remember,
he printer, the publisher, the terms tf|
he copyright and every other par'ic"
ar apper,aining 10 it. The few peopl,
about the house may not be Of the con
velsbIe sort, or are Of The kind who's,
stock OF ideas is soon exhaLsled-the
log. as distant dogs are apt to be,
$ unsocla, and does not understand
our ways; while the cat is unin'erest
ng and unciviIized; and under such Gil
what treasure Is The ven
,ral Almanac or anedlLviAn Directory
The facts thus collected, however lrivla
strike so deep into the memory Ma
hey are rarely forgotten; and there is
esson in this which might be lurned t.
advantage 10 direct our reading. y
matter how extensive The library, le
your use OF 1t be AZ were, sDakrd uuI an.
enclosed; ana When you nave closely
cropped the heI bage within your reach.
i will be soon enough 10 move on TO &
resh pasture. Otherwise, a wide *
ent OF ground may be skinned over,
10 but Itlle profit. 1t is desirable, OF
course, to keep up with the Iighler
literature and the journalism Cl lht
day--'o read the newspaper is essenls
--one might as wei! be out of The world
aa not 10 know What is going on within
il, and probably there is nothing NOR
awkward thsn not to have genera
lCqniln,snce with The current topics
Of the time but the more serious study
reqoires 10 tie systematic, aud 10 b.
prosecuted with concentrated allentio
10 have its defined objects and H.
liked hOofN, that we may not play to-
lruanl from our own school, undeI
all sorts OF preiences and eyiasions.
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