The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-13
THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS.


in moment by no one of the sciences, yet /
which has no textbooks, or teachers. /
It is the science of success. And in the
of this science there is
one term, of prime Importance, a full
understanding of which is of inestima-
BILE value. 1t is tact No man, however
great his abilities, however stainless his
character, can afford to neglect or IN
dervalue tact. You remember how
Macaulay's hero, William Ill, embar-
raised himself and imperilled the cause
of constitutional liberty by his want of
this qaulity.
When he was setting out on his Irish
campaign, which rendered immortal by
the battle of the Boyne, his brother-in-
law, Prince George of Denmark, pre-
sented himself for the purpose of ac-
companying his majesty. The prince
had, at great expense, made preparation
for the journey, and had thus shown his
good will. He was, also, as husband of
the heir apparent to the throne, the
most exalted subject in the realm. To
have treated him with courtesy, to have
invited him to seat in the royal car
rage, would have made him a friend for
life. But the king, destitute of tact,
did not do so nay, he did not, in a
single instance, during the campaign,
recognize the presence or the existence
of the prince
On the other hand, men, Cbut much
more often women) of moderate abilities
have attained to eminent success by the
possession of tact We are unable to
see any proof extraordinary ability on
/ the part of Aaron Burr. No speech or
sentence of his has passed into history.
1t appears to us that he owed his career
very largely to the exercise of the quail
ity to which we have been abiding.
The greatest genius has an additional
guarantee of success in the possession of
tact, or what we may perhaps define as
genius applied to small things. We
know of no person who exemplified this
truth more eminently than Napoleon.
His tact was wonderful as his genius.
He once was anxious to do a certain
thing which he knew would be criticised
and condemned by Paris. He ordered
the dome of the Hotel des InvaIides to
be gilded. Every one began to talk
about this achievement some disap-
proved, some applauded. Meanwhile
/ the other design was effected without at
/ tracing any notice. On another occasion
he proposed to give Dumas, the en-
inent actor, the cross of the legion of
/ honor But he felt that it would not
/ do, land, by the way, tact is derived
/ from the Latin word touch etymologi-
cally it is the power of ascertaining
things by the slightest and most sensi-
/ tive touch, and so, master of Europe
/ though he was, he did not venture on
! the step.
/ AN EASTERN LAND OF PROMISE.
An opinion as universal as it is I'M
founded is that the Island of Anticosti
/ is unfit for the residence of man. On
the contrary, it is stated by Sir William
Logan, Government geologist, to con-
tain " upward of one million acres OF
land of the very best quality, similar to
the fine arabic soil of Ontario and the
Eastern townships, " and MIR. Copper, a
Canadian Naturalist, who paid visit
last spring, saw wild timothy and clover
rivaling in growth any grasses found
around Montreal or Quebec. He also
states that most of the cereals and all
garden vegetables can be raised in per
lection. The island slopes gradually
from its elevated northern coast to the
grassy savannas which face the south
shore, and thus, in some measure, the
fertile portion of the country is protect
ed from the wintry blast. Now the ma
tives of Norway and Sweden and other
countries of high ATTITUDES, invariably
delight in insulGr residences, where fish
can be had in abundance, and where
they can also be benefited by cultivatinq
n farm 1t is well known that the large
colonies of these natiOnalities which have
settled in the prairie States of the West
are not satisfied. They look in vain fo1
the rolling sea, woody glen, and all t.
which they were accustomed in the
fatherland. 1t is with pleasure we
learn that a company has lately been
formed with the Hon. D. Price and w
L. Forsyth, Esq, of Quebec, rs two OF
the directors to survey, improve anG
COLOMBO the Island of Anticosti The
Secretary, Mr. Coster, is a native o.
the North of Europe, and he intends
settling several thousand immigrants
chiefly his own countrymen-on the ara
bic lands which will be surveyed as soor
rs possible. There is something very
interesting about the title under which
this land is held by the present wealthy
company. The island was given by the
French King as n fief to one Juliet. i
first belonged to the Province of New
foundland, and afterward to that O
Lower Canada. When the feudal sys
TEN was abolished, there being no ten
ants on the island, the seigneur became
the possessOr of the whole soil in fee sim
pie since which time it has been held
jointly by variety of persons, chic
among whom are the Forsyth family o.
Quebec. The title to this immense pos
session seems to have been lily acknowl
geded by. the Quebec Parliament by al
act passed last session. Montreal Wit