The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-07
|. PERsEyERAScE. ll,s :,
Z: Do, not. for one repulses forego the purpose
That you resolved to effect. ."-SHAKsPEAR

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/, ri sIbPqE1R PERsEyERAsNGcEstni Is q AsNSGcEstni alasa II
f,s: Dc, not. for one repulses forego the purpose
That yop resolved to effect 7sHAKsFEARE
A weak spirit will be, crushed by
the same Imisfortunes which would
rouse a strong one to exertion. The
same storm which fixes more firmly
tile giant oak, roots up the tender sap
ling. 7al'1. hl ''s ,.1 ID
o Stroke after stroke fslls that .ii.7' =
sssa1Urnn aUrnnwedgecabieH edge and gnarled oak -
effort after effiort. overcomes a gnarled,
ungracious fortune - - - - 4
y Bonaparte once said !: aI have no
idea of merchants, s, acquiring for.
tune as d general wins battle-at a.
single bow - ''io-, - go. - - -. i
!. This siap-dash way of acquiring
fortune has heen ruinous to very many
You young merchants, They coYet Alad-
din lamp : with VII one smart rub they,
would summon gnlrppp p5 the g genii II and obtain
countless treasures, 81. y, .tr,..s.r =
Disapp pointed in their sanguine 6ex=
pectations, and perhaps utterly, ruined
and bankrupt, instead Of beginning
again III d moderate way, with expe-
riencs for their guide, they have either
entirely forsaken mercantile affairs, or
struck another g blow SO violent that
the rebound has crushed them to- the
Il TO 3lzlls' know how to, wait is the great
means of success, says 8, modern
French writer; TO know how to per-
severe is the surest means of success
4 anS BahsE st gs sndI I5hfi 5this y iRyelyes
PerseVe Verance raanlSc is ike taste for. olives
where they are lie not no indigenous: t, is
not natural gift Of genihs, it's an
acquirement True, some persons
more easily Continue steadfast in a ca
| rec! rreeear! than, Others; but, after all, anyE
fbody. can perssevere if they only sgsu.
| When the boy, takes his gun, and
goes out ii the morning to shoot birds,
| he resolves / not Of to to GO 60 home with, his
game-bag empty. Miles and emile
ses,s fasb Hood says h, tramps over
tfeId and ford, mud and ffnife, through
the oBusKes,m 2 over Hedges and stone
i#alls, / tearing his trousers and his
shins, b.s.uising his hands and blister:
ing his land ali for what purpose
IbSueeess.g .gbiVo11 tadi tifd ,s9iai1of4
foos Ga d2iss sIrsa4A All things ttaltae that are, sah
j ;lrAre withmeres spirit chased than1enjoy'd',
= Men prize the thing ungain'd more than it is.
|as.A.h !.bdt there are more dragons in
I the way to mercantile success, and
4 fereer ones, than guarded the golden
| app1es Of the Hesperides. II 'hi y
ight them them, and the craavehs fee thy boldnes
1iiqs bis hefrpanic.s gnI55sl 9d iaIIN
1 Fear, them aud thy treaeherops heart hath len
La Eof fnsl1t fFpsllF ran " 3sSr Bib ta4ibaqxs
ID Stephen GIard, at the age of forty
commanded his own rsleep, engaged
4 in the coasting trade between New
i II ork, ,Philadelphia, and New Orleans
4 He had taken many steps on the lad
1 der of Fortune since he was, a cabin,
/ boy mot worth shinipgr-butr thinl
of his perseverance in mounting tina
ladder, step, By step, till he was wortl
seven OF eight millions Of dollars!
r. The following anecdotBe Of an oriien i,e
tai sovereign is given by, Malcolm, AL il
, Ibis History Of Persia ;;-7l -77l.,eu ,ftnats
There was no feature more, re
markable in the character of Timoul
than his extraordi dipary perseverance,
No difficulties ever led him, to reced
t from what he had undertaken, and h
J l,often persisted il, his efforts, pnde
circumstances that led all around hin
! to;despair.,, He used, on such .occa
d sionss to relate to his, friends an anec
}, dote Of his early, life. ai entit eds
afsT once, said he, was, forced t
f take shelter from my enemies in ~
| lined building, where ! sat alone man MAJ
: hours, Desiring to divert my min mi
from my hopeless condition I fixe
a my observation on an ant that was cal
: rying q grain Of corn larger than itse
s np, "a, high wall, I numbered, the e.
! forts it made, to- accomplish this Oh
i ljeet4 The, grain fell sixt!y7nine time
! to the ground, but the insect perse
/ lyered, and the, seventieth time
B reached the top Of, the wall. Thi
: sight gave me courage at the momen
and + I-shall meyer eyerrrf forget the lesson
E ca9enVeyeqqs4 qs4 Tad5ofn sif snIil bso So
t This reminds us Of Bruee's spide
b whose efforts were nearly as numel
It Gus before the object was accom-
i pY1fsgheeafffi7r pYf gle afffi7r fsaIaiaup3s eas8aad bGf
d # is q common notion an among youn
If people, that everything must be struc
It out al. a heat; that this is. the way g,
It MUS works Geniusi is sugges5uR, b.
i common sense active w, REEF
It s" Alas !" said q poor eEAPP.
I mother, Of bright but
/ ;.IIaias he has not the gprisoners con
/ f,gs a0ce c .'s'ssh ..'.'- innings adm
J This is an. .attribut was Ia. OF, Q
! der, of = minds. nung and sevell7be
i j 'bsa knows. w g Pers .dtentiary-two ffnnia
] J at at least a he he rs for terms rangi5ly upe
! the h mage puassgaes@en years, makinfE. Despi
:, ne persey- sew sixty-fiye yearsi might OF
] des1 dsa of maintaining prisng, because
! * past four years, Mascontinued ,ey
u ytfI.sof As Of sl4 80 this is an upconsciQl
le bactf,e True and 50 may iperseNeran
lr beeome, when the habit of accomplish
Of ing what is undertaken, is once, esta
ut lished,. Perseyeranlre anle is alinked cha
u Whhii which h gra ggrapples to the goal Of succe
I'd with hl,tl books Of steeLoot1obuu Hon Il
in II TonMAKEga valuable speckled dt
= Ebulletiproof, Mark Twain says, Ia
9f off his hide and line it-witlf sheet ire
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