The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-05-13
From Meals Saturday Gazette.
PERSEVERANCE.

quality, to which more than other sue
cess in life appears to be owing, we
should unhcsitatingly mention that
which we have placed at the head of this
article. Resolution, which is but anoth-
er appellation for the same invcterate
doggedness ofpurpose Of which VIC are
speaking, has been pictured by one of
our ablest writers as "the youngest
child of destiny and her mother will
give her nearly whatever she asks"
1t is one thing to allow yourself to be
made the sport Of circumstances, and
another and far different thing to COM
mand and control them. Some men are
like a vessel that has lost her rudder,
and they toss about idly and unrcsting-
ly in the trough of the great ocean Of
lilc-while others like the same ship,
with all her sails set and steady helm,
bear right onward 10 a destined mark,
though winds and waves alike oppose
their progress. Often, indeed, may they
be compelled to alter their course. and
sometimes, perhaps, to yield for time
to the fury of the hurricane, and sail in
a directly opposite direction; but with a
steady and indomitable purpose, they
again pursue their way SO soon as it can
be done with safety.
And thus it is in life. For while
indeed, the energetic and true-hearted
may seem to have abandoned their IA
vorite ends, but it is only seeming. The
foolish man is he who has not innate
perception of what is possible and what
impossible Not but what many things
arc possible to the wise that the world
generally considers impracticable Full
ton knew that his was not wild vision
ary scheme, as most said; but that it
was perfectly sober and feasible. Co.
lumbus saw the possibilities of his dis
coveries, where other men could only
see great peril or certain death. There
fore let not the man who thinks he per-
ceives the practicability of discoveries
or inventions, that shall benefit his race
for endless generations, be deferred from
his course by the cheers of other men,
even though they may be, perhaps, in
many things, wiser than. himself AS
Sidney says to the Poet " Look into thy
heart and write," so would we say to
such an one, look IN thy heart, and de-
wise. Every thing is impossible until it
is accomplished-then it becomes a
matter of course, and all men wonder
that it had never been done before.
But it is by perseverance that the in
ventor or discoverer succeeds. Many
are the failures before the true solution
is worked out. 1t is like guessing a
riddle. Columbus must spend weary
years in dangling about Kings Courts,
must apply first to one sovereign and
then to another, must expose himself to
the sneers of the learned and the ridcule
of the unlearned, before Queen Isabel
la will step forward and, out of her own
private purse, advance the necessary
funds TO test whether he really be a great
man or madman.
Let the young especially, therefore,
treasure in their hearts this truth, that
success either in the great or small, in
the discovery of a continent or the ac-
QUESTION of the good things of this world,
cannot reasonably be expected without
the formation of habit of indomitable
perseverance. What if you fail in your
efforts once or twice, or even thrice ?
you have gained wisdom that will ena-
BILE you to try again, with a better pros
pect of success than upon either of the
previous occasions. Nearly every one
who has succeeded in life, was at frs,
unsuccessful then it is not only un.
manly, but even foolish to despair Re.
member King Robert Bruce and the
spider, and persevere anto The end. a"
Two deaf mutes were married
on Monday morning in New York.
by Rev. Mr.. Carey, at the Deaf and
4 Dumb Asylum. Tie ceremony
was performed in the language ol
signs, and was attended by the
Inmates Of the institution. -