Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-29
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Perseveranoe.

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Aweak spirit will be. crushed BY the same mis-
fortunes which would rouse a strong one TO exer-,
ton. The same storm which fixes more firmly the,
giant oak, roots up the tender saplings- ,,, ,ro,
Stroke after stroke fells that ,..,f,-
II ~ Unvedgeable and Gp44FlfH 44Ffl OAK l. zass.s bsa
effort after effort oyercomes spprled, ppsTasiOus
fortune. r ra,.lIs 100 Hl-s4 d. si..rf.a. -
Bonaparte once said: 81 have no idea of a mer.
chant acquiring fortune as general wins bat
tle-at a single blow, dasiaa 90 ~ .rgsfast
This slap.dash way of acquiring fortune has
been, ruinous 10 yep. many young merchants
They covet Alaldin,s lamp with one. smart fypbs
they would summon the genii, and obrain count,
Disappointed in their sanguine expectations, and,
perhaps utterly ruined and bankrupt instead of
beginning in moderate way, with experience for
the1 guide they hayeeither entirely foTsaken mer-
camille affairs, or struck another "blow% SO yio'
lent that the rebound has, crushed them to the
earth. 3, -.5aal4 Ell. as !!i7 srszili5 gaiz.laIsias
10 know how to wait is tho great means OF. sue
cess, says a modern French writer; 10 know how
to perseYere is the surest means of success in any
undertaking, and this involves patient waitng.g!s-
Perseverance, is like taste for olives when they,
are not indigenous it, is g,not,a natural gift like
geaius,i it isan acquirement.d True, some pelsone
more easily continue stesdfostin career thanothi
ers, but after al, anybody can peFserere If they
only ;tDiH-, s auiii5 4lg lpd ,auia7 ai zaisEoTar
When the boy takes his gun, and goes out in thet
morning TO shoot birds he resolves not 10 go home
al
as Hood says, he tramRs oycrr field and ford, mud
and nire, through The bushes, orsr hedges and
stone, walls, tearing his uoHssEs and his shlqs,
bruising his hands and blistering his feet--and al
for what purposel SpcceSs.sdi .lssH Hs "a
/ mo no :. .Auh!ngs that are 81, ill.I 4GsI 30 gsi.a
/ Arc with more spirit chased than enjoyed % -
'sen prilethc thing unshi'd more thaE II tis' -'iA
All but there are more dragons in the way to
mercantile success, and fercer ones, than guarded
the golden apples Of the Hesperides.
Fight tncm and the flee, thy bOdhess is hsi
Fear heart hath lent tefir F'H
sStgPbe6 'Giratl, at the age Of forty, commanded
his own soop, engaged inthe coasting-h trade be-
tween New York, Philadelphia, and New orlesnsi
| He had taken many steps on the ladder Of For
tune since lie was cabin boy not worth shilling
but think Of his perseverance in mounting that
ladder; step By step.,tilh worthSeEsn reight
millions bf, dollars Etss e7stj tas 2ss .c r4lo.
The following anecdotk Of an oriental sovereign
is given by MALCOLM, in his History Of Persia: .
.tThere was no feature more rematkable4in the
4 character Of Iimour, than his extaordinarY per-
severance. No difficulties ever led him to tecede
from what he had undertaken, and he often perr.
sisted in his efforts, under circumstances that led
all around him to Despair: 1Heused,' on such CO.
casons, to relate to his friends an anecdote of hi1
early life. or !npoaia0 trr .i7sdsH ,tr3
-"I once" said ,he1 "was forced to take shelter
from my enemies in a Iuined building where sat
alone e many hours. Deslnpg to divert mymind
from tslhopeless condition. i liked my oosefsanon
on an ant that carrying grain of corn larger
than itself up q high wall Numbered the efforts s
Il made 10 accomplish this object, The grain fell
sixty-nine times 10 theground,but the insect PeE-
severed, and the SEVENTEEN time itTeached thetoP
Of the vail. This sight gave me SSNtAge atths lss
moment, and shall never forget the lesson itieeHa
yeyed.'ta ,nsM U07i i1 H1ulco ts1iss iAili SoodF
This reminds us Of Bruce's spider, whose efforts
were nearly as numerous before the object was as f
complished,5r lac eo bnn ,glJuas 5s! 'sfo
~ was a common notion among young people,
that everything must be struck out at the heat
tbat Is IS fhe.way genus Genius is stigges
tiye.tblrt common sense active lafs-Isgs-i2ss
estEAlas !''r saidFa poor awidOw,-the mother OH
b.itbt reckless -ss has not the gift
of, 9ptirtfHe einblEGd bnR .gt5lao.glld t.l.iSa
SfThis Is an attribute oflthei best order OF mnos-
R9ery school boykno o'Pereseverentia yineit;
ommna psi Atleast ne has fixed it indslbly upon
the pages of his copy-book. Despise perseyef-
ance vel the act 9t q PEsatn, fi
ing, because ii bas to be repeated and CONTINUED Y
every ymoment me But this is an unconscious act
Tue, and SO may persey era8ce become when ths
bSbt 81 is once
established. Perseverance IS a linked chain which
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