The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-10-28

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The first and one of the PRINCIPAL
secrets of success is promptness.. Ma.
poleon owed great deal of his success
in life to his great promptness. lie
was always on time in his battles and
that was why he won. A man has nc
more right TO steal another mans time
than to steal his money. Indeed. timC
is money TO most business men. Dc
sure you keep no one waiting for Won
Ii is said of DR.. Dean that he was invi.
ted, among others, to be present at the
unveillng OF statue, and to make q
few remarks. The time was appointed
at twelve O'Clock. 1t got to be five
minutes of twelve and DIR. Dean had
not arrived. Some one expressed 4
doubt whether he would come. One
of the doctors friends who knew him
well, said that "Unless he is dead, O,
some one OF his friends are dead, he will
be here" and promptly on the stroke
of twelve, the doctor appeared and
gave reason why he had not beer
there before, the great jam in the
streets.
The second secret of success is con
centration. Have a single cve &c
each thing. Acquire the power of con.
centratlon. Forget everything except
the one thing which you are doing
Napoleon, on the night before the bat.
tie of Austerlitz, was found drawing
up n plan for a young ladies' school,
lie had gone through with the battle Of
the next day, made all his plans and
was certain how it would come out
Chesterfield says, "Be whole man in
every thing" Dickens says, "Givc
your whole attention TO the next task
that comes to hand"
The next point is individuality. The
trouble with great many,nsAn is. thot
they don't believe in their own power.
Believe your thoughts are as good rs
any ones. Caesar said when he dc.
cided anything he put it on the shell
and afterwards, if he was sick or weak,
he would not give a different opiuion
for he said that what he gave his best
thoughts to when he was well Inc
would not take back when he was sick,
Believe in yourself. Tho world is
large enough for all men who attain
fame. There is work for every one of
us in the world and no one can do il
for us. We rise on other mems shout
ders. Napoleon thought q SO much
about his greatness that he dreamed
about Julius Caesar and other great
men whom he tried to emulate. lie
could not initiate Julius Caesar because
he worked under none of the same
conditions. If we try TO initiate men
we will find a great many faults which
are tolerated only on account of Their
greatness. 1t is said of Lord Byron
that he went to sleep and woke III
great. lie wore turned down collars
and had peculiar way of brushing hi,
hair back. So a great MANY of The
young men of England thought ii they
wore turned down collars and brushed
their hair back they would become
famous. A young man went to hea,
one of Phillips Brooks lectures ant
when he got through he said he ha,
found out the secret of his great powc,
in moving an audience. The voupt
man thought 1t was in his gestures, ant
SO probably he went on in after life lis
ing the same motions and WONDERING
why he didn't move his audience tht
way Phillips Brooks did. Do not worl
for fame, for if we are deserving of i
1t will come without our seeking it. A
story is told of saint who was irving
to carve The image of the Virgin OF
some very hard foreign wood, but i
was so hard that he couldn't work IL
lie dropped asleep, and while asleel
he had vision which seemed TO sa,
"Pick up the piece of homely oak woot
that lies on the hearth and carve the
virgin on that" lie did SO and sue
ceeded in making what he wanted
This proves that it is not the handsome
foreign wood any more than the hand.
some accomplished genius that wins
fame in the world above the common
wood or the industrious hard working
man.
Then comes application. Sir Robert
PEEPS father sent him to church and
told him TO come home and rcDeat the
sermon. OF course he could not do it,
but he found he could repeat little
more every Sunday, until finally, he
could come home and repeat almost the
whole sermon cer6dtim. by this
means he made a splendid memory SO
that afterward he could, after listening
to the speeches of men, 90 over all the
different speeches, step by step. But
after all, the main secret of success is
hard work. If we wish to succeed in
anything we must work for it We
look at the success of men and say that
chance made them great. Now chance
never did any great thing. Chance
did not build the Brooklyn bridge, nor
the Pacific railroad, nor invent the tele-
graph. If we expect to do anything in
this life we must lay the foundation
before we are eighteen. Disraeli went
to parliament and when he rose to
make his first speech he used such
high flown language that the members
Kissed him down. lie paused in bis
speech and made this prophecy. 81
take my seat now, but the time will
come when you shall hear me-" lie
kept his scat for three years and stud.
led the habits and customs of the house
then he rose and made his great
speech. He has been premier of Eng.
land for thirty years. Ele is great, but
he worked for it just as every great
man has to.
Health is OF great importance in ac-
curing fame. Don't work too hard
Take all the rest you can. If you find
you are breaking down, ease up, don't
work so hard. What good will fame
do you if you kill yourself getting well !
When you rest do il with all yonr
might. Never let thoughts of your
work come into your resting hours.
Hamilton says, Crest like the wind in
June. which seems to say Il have turned
the mill, pushed the ships and cleaned
the city, now shall rest. No matter
if the miller does scold and the skipper
l shall rest"
Enthusiasm. great success is
won by enthusiasm. Even if you do
get discouraged, work along, you will
accomplish something if you keep at it,.
Habit is very necessary in gaining
fame, and remember that repeating a
good act makes good habit the same