Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-17
ALESSON FOR THE STRUGGLING BRAVE

The great successes of the world are seldom
the results of chance, and still more rarely
the exploits Of an hour We must lay a.
broad foundation when we would erect . Iof-
ty superstructure we must have patienceI
when we sow the seed, and not deelaim
against the tardy processes of nature The
man of genius very frequently fails to procure
during his lifetime the due acknowledgements
of his position but where genius is united
with perseverance and indomitable VIA, all
obstacles disappear, and the recognition off,
these qualities is both earnest and UNIVERSAL
The most striking example, perhaps that
history affords Of what the single handled
perseverance of one great intellect is capable
of accomplishing, we find in Professor Hol4o.
way. Having ascertained the intrinsic uOlty
of all diseases, and discovered in the vegeta-
BILE kingdom what we may call the external
and internal principles of health-the re1aeN
dies which, made up in the shape of Pills and
Ointment, have proved themselves equivalent
to the thorough and immediate cure of all
external and internal ailments-he next re-
solved to make his marvellous discoveries
available to every member of the human
family ; and, despite the gigantic social, pc
cuniary and geographical difficulties involved
in the task, we have before us the most abun-
dant proofs of his complete success.
He was aware that his remedies, to be
adopted and esteemed beyond all others, need
ed only to be known. Once used by any
tribe or nation, however barbarous, however
ignorant, the physical evidence of their in
fallible curative power would insure their uni
versal adoption. So satisfied of this was her
that, with enormous labor and at an outlay
for which he could expect no adequate rensu-
neration for years, he at once applied himself
to the establishment of regular medical Or
gans in all the countries and islands of the
globe, and in all languages now used by men
for the conveyance of their mu'ual ideas.
What perseverance was here displayed >
How hopeless to any less determined man
would such a task have seemed! But a deep
sense of the responsibilities which attach to
the possession of superior knowledge, and
selfreliant assurance that his remedies would
be the instruments of r~escuing millions from
disease, supported him through the long
years of his yet doubtful struggle, and now
crown him with glory in the hour of his hard
fought and nobly won success. He is the ad-
mitted conquerer of disease; and while other
physicians vainly boast of having IAN extern
sive practice in some particular section oil
some particular city, he may with truth avel
that he has empires for his patients, and tina
his consulting room MS co-eXtenslve witt
the inhabited earth!
"What is harder than adamant ?" says tn,
ancient poet. What is softer than water
And yet the constant ~attIition of the gentl,
stream burrows channels in the hardest rock
and flowers spring up beside it, and there il
beauty where there was but desolation."
And what, we may ask, is denser than ig
norance ?-and what more volatile thai
speech Ind yet the constant iteration q
Professor Holloway's praises have at lengtl
cut a channel through the opposing hills Q
prejudice, and there is health and rosy laugh
ter now, where before we had but the moan
and groans of malady; and grateful myriad
of the human family consp:re to bless tina
union of Genius and Perseverance which hs
brought home to every race and nation {
} men the priceless blessings of the Univers:
Remedies !-Hancheseer GUARDIAN.