Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-10-27

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This slap-dash way of acquiring q
efUrtunes Has Been ruinoIs 10 very many
young merchants. They covet Aladin's
lamp: with one smart rub they would
summon the genii. and obtain countless
treasures.
ass Disappointed ia their sanguine ex-
pectations, and perhaps utterly ruined
andbaukrupt, instead Of beginning again
ID ssnoderate way, with experience for
etheir guide, they have either entirely
pfofsakeh mercantile affairs, 81 struck
sdanotkef s'blow 50 violent that the re-
bound has crushed them to earth.
gar To know how u wait ID the great
snaedns ofsnccess, says moderh French
writer; 10 know how to persevere IS the
sprests means Of success ia any under
taking. " q this involves patient wait
lag. .sae5a sass,gs ...s q s 81
-eia Perseverance, il like taste ior olives
Whore they ars not indige nuous; II is
mot . natural gin like genius, i Is al
requirement. True. some persons more
easily continue steadfast ia 4 career
than others: but, after al, any body can
s4persevere if they onl7 wiz rs . {
E"oWhzns the boy takes his gun. and
goes out III the morning to shoot birds,
he resolves not to 60 home win his bag
empty. Miles and .smiiesses, - as Hood
says, hetramps over field and ford, mud
and miro, through the brushes, over
hedges and stone walls, tearing his
-trowsers aud his shins, and all for what
purpose? Success. ss
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Arc with more spirit chased than enjoy ID
s'Men prize the thing ungain' moro than il is. 2
All but there are more dragons in
the way to mercantile success, and fierc-
er ones. than guarded the golden apples
at Hesperidcs. .s nh ,sssa .5.,565
d Fight them, and thy cravens aee. thy bollDess
10 their panic: ..s. 8.
Fear them. and Thy treaeherous heart hath lent
10 ts4 their ranks leg;on.''
aa Stephen Girard al the age Of forty,
commanded his own sloop, engaged il
the coasting trade between New York.
philadelphia and New Orleans. He
had taken many steps on the ladder Of
Fortune since he was cabin-boy not
worth q shilling but think Of his perse-
vcrance in mounting the ladder, step 81
step, till he was worth seven or eight
millions Of dollars! u 4sass' s. { rs ~
4a The following anecdote oftan oriental
sovereign i given BY Macom, ii his
History Of Persia :s ssSs s B 4 ''s3s3 81
.ssos',There was no feature more remark
able In the character If Timour, than
his extraordinary perseverance,. NJ
difficulties ever led him to recede from
what he had undertaken, and he often
persisted ii his efforts, under circufn-
stances that led all around him to de-
spair. He used. on such occasions, 10
sfelats 10 his friends an anecdote of his
early life.
>zs "'sI once, sssaid he, was forced to
take shelter from my enemies in a ruined
building, where sat alone many hours.