The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-12
Advice to Bows

If 1 were boy again -,
tice perseverance oftener "uuid pa.
give a thing up because Il s sad nees
1 1al to do it. Il - q
light, we must conquer darkn..wss sss
l think OF mathematics. I h,ass VIA
recollection of how often o .. at d.
years ago. There is no t rsasah'
valuable than a determinatiiolaa' y !. mon
severe when the right th;nu . PEI
accomplished. We are ;ncl;a s no b
up too easily in trying Or u p0n, @gN
situations, and the point / aapleassa
tablish with myself, if the cho;. sad 8
to relinquish my hold on 4 noss y nsrs|
cess if mortal strength Of bra ;S,'i y So
case were adequate 70 M be'ius u NJ
That was a capital lesson which s' :.
Earaday taught one Of his " strd.. ~ NJ
the lecture room, after some . asa 3
experiments. The lights had S Sa
out in the hall, and By accident cid ussa I, "
enlaiI article dropped on the tIoo, = ssas
the Professors hand. The pos. li0a
fingered behind, endeayorinu. = lo y ~
up: Never mind" said tie - stp pss I
ut is of no consequence to-n; aauas Z
whether we find it or no.n ss% y "
rue replied the Professor. ..h aa y Y
OF grave consequence to me a. ~
clple, that l am not foiled IN NV a p,l
mlnation to find it," Perseversnssss IVY
sometimes equal genius in it, I, 49,. y
There are only two creatures s' -
the English proverb, s.who -, ~ !.
mount the pyramids--the eaola AND ~ "
snail" Auu 20
Ii ! were a boy again | would s,.,,
myself into a habit of attention ot ~
lwould let nothing come betvss s,l '.
and the subject in hand. I wonI J
member that an expert on the ia rs,' \
tries to skate in two directions At os~
One OF our great mistakes. wbis !.
are young, is that we do not st. !,
strictly to what we are about lust NJ.
at that particular moment. Weda ~
bend our energies close enough ID vS.,|
we are doing or learning. We vMS.l
into half interest only, and 90 nsr.,I
acquire fully what is needful for \, NJ
become master of. The praet;oa N
being habitually attentive is one s,,1 4
obtained, if we begin early enouOh
often hear grown-up people Sy n
couldn't fix my attention on ths WI
mon or book, although / wish d NJ
So" And the reason is habit q i.
tention was never formed in youth,
If | were to live my life over psip |
would pay more attention to the cuk
walton Of my memory. / VuN
strengthen that faculty BY ever ID
sible means and on every possiib y
casion. 1t takes q little hard Wort h
first to remember things accunkh
But memory soon helps itself and I'M
very little trouble. Honly needs ad
cultivation to become power Er
body can acquire it. When I was,
youth a classmate of mine came bp
with a long face and told me thathsxui
danger of being supplanted in tho n
gard Of young person Of the gentle
sex by smart fellow belonging hn
other school. who was daily IN IL f
habit of calling on the lady and npat
ing to her from memory whole posn
of considerable length. "Whst xMl
you doPn sighed the lad to me. 1Dss
said l, 81 would beat him on bis on
ground, and at once commit to msnk
the whole of Paradise Lost, book
book, and every time the INTRUDER d
Amelia's house, / would rush inr
fire away! Depend upon it." LII
'she is quite taken by surprise Va
the skillful memory Of her new Y
quaintance; and You must beat 10
with surprising feats Of tho Sn
quality" "Oh! but" said my friend
81 have as you know, a very ~
memoryr' "The more reason nov
cultivating that department d yourb
tellect," 1 rejoined. IF you given
to idle repining apd do nothing,
fellow will soon be firmly seated
your place. / should not wonder
were now at work on Thomson's ~
sons for his infamous purpose. v
no longer, but attack John Milton y
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