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Perseverance.

NrCat men arc not always Wise, Is All
adagc that needs no illustration at our
hands. Great men may do very foolish
things and bc anything but great outside Of
their sphere of enincncc. Every politi-
clan knows that the greatest General in the
world may write letters of which a school
boy should be ashamed And because Il
man be eminent as Il statesman, is no reason
to rely upon him as a superior iinancicr, or
philanthropist.
Yet all great men, whether of the field
or the forum, whether the dispenser of
peace from the pulpit, or mercy to the in
mates Of the prison, of whatever grade or
sphere, have had all one characteristic
| Perseverance, Alexander is among tho
first names on the first pages of history
Yet had he lived in our day, his appcllation
would have been Alexander the fool,
fer certainly no fool of his time was ever
more foolish than he. His whole course
Of life was an almost continuous display of
unwise rashncss. But he possessed Il will,
and perseverance that IN ,dc him a CON
qucror in all that he undertook. From his
victory over Bucepahlus to the last act of
his dissipatcd life, this great feature is all
we sec to remember
Julius Caesar was another Of the world y
heroes; true he was u man of ability and
learning, an honor to himself an ornament
to his age and his country. But his victo-
ries and his greatness was but the results
OF the perseverance with which his saga
cious denominations were urged to fulfill
ment. So with Napoleon, and so with
Washington. 4 man of resolution and
perseverance, no matter in what age or
what capacity, Will always be great. In
our own time we admire but few characters
with greater tervcncy than that OF Jack
sou Not SO much, indeed, on account of
hls peculiar views, for some OF them were
unpopular, as Tor the will and honest pcrSo
verance with which, Notwithstanding this
his administration, every ono, from Nicho-
las 6Iddle down to Louis Philippe knew
VINO was PRESIDENT. Ills determination
was his character, which made him "t the
man OF the times And so with every
great man.
On the contrary the monarchs and kings
o! history, VINO nave lacked this great prrn-
clpIc-arC the hard names we can remcn-
per- however casyot photography or ouphc-
NOUS IN sound. Such men arc mere cy-
PherS hcy make no impression on the
world, either TOR good or Ill, Lut like the
supGrnumGrieS OF the stage, are here only
10 III up inc scenes ana theh pass away to
DC forgotten forever,
NOW us INC principles oi science arc SER
V'ceaoiG only as thcy are applicable to the
"f'S ana t'e wants ot every dny HE, so our
STUDY OF ourselves ana thc history OF our
race should hc used TO good account IN
o''oring TO our present necessities Every
mi man. llaS nus sphere ana can be great IN
ms way even IN ms hnmlilty Some one
a boot blnck he would strive to be the best
boot blacl; in l.ondon. And so in every
department there is poiut of excellence
greater than has vet been attained one
step nearer to perfection than has vet been
occupied But this point can never be.
reached without a perseverance 50 strong
and so determined that it cannot and will
not be turned aside. We cannot indeed
be all great Generals nor great Presidents,
but we can be great carpenters, or black
smiths, or talors, or merchants, or great
men.
We arc all aiming at greatness in some
thing. We are fighting the great battle of
life. We arc running great race either
for fame, lor favor or for GOLD. And shall
we give it up when Just begun, when but
half over, or Just as VIC are about to realize
the victory? Wcsay no, "ncver give up.
the ship while there is L rag of sail, "ncvcr