The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-04-18

to success. The latees Sir Sterling
Maxwell, of England placed prop
er estimate upon the value of time.
The castles and parks of his own
construction and those of his noble
ancestors were grand and beautiful
/ Every visitor who enters the day
nursery is confronted with the fol-
lowing motto, emblazoned in letters
of gold
Somewhere between sunrise and sunset,
Two Golden Hours 80
Each set with sixty diamond minutes.
No reward is Offered,
As they are gone forever"
After the most diligent researc h
the author of this motto has never
been discovered. 1t seems he build
ed better than he knew, for the
sentiment inspired by the inspira-
ton of the moment will live for
ever. If possible, this motto should
be written across the sky in letters
of fire. 1t should certainly be print
ed upon the walls of every school
building, as they teach the youth
full mind the first great lesson in life
the value of time. Miss Belle
Peterson, in her new novel, Just
published, most forcible illustrates
the truth of the anonymous motto
in the following extract:
When the Roman emperor said, "I
have lost day." he uttered sadder
truth than if he exclaimed, 81 have lost
a kingdom" Napoleon said that tie
h h. hao fha ~
that they did not know the value of a
minute At the celebrated battle of
Rivoli the conflict seemed on the point
of being decided against him He saw
the critical state of affairs. and instantly
took his resolution. He dispatched a
flag to the Austrian headquarters with
proposals for an arIaistic. The unwary
Austrians fell into snare For few
minutes the shunder of battle were
hushed Napoleon seized the precious
moments, and, while amusing the enemy
with mock negotiation, rearranged his
line of battle, changed his front, and in
q few minutes was ready to renounce
the farce of discussion for the stern ar
bitrament of arms. The splendid vic
tory of Rivoli was the result. How
often the great moral victories and de-
feats of the orld turn upon a fsw
moments Men may lotier, but time
flies on wings of the wind, and all the
great interests of life are speeding on
with the sure and silent tread of destiny;
and the fears and hopes which agi ate
the breast of man, which have pressed
his vision into the future, must at length
have their truth or falsehood tested"
The "golden hours are indeed
set with "diamond minutes
70 of M Al
recovery when lost, "as they are
gone forever" Next to economic
ing time and making every feeting
moment available, is resolution, de-
termination, constancy and perse-
yerance. These ingredients consti-
tute the Spaulding's glue of society.
History shows that the most power
ful element of genius-success : is
grip, pluck, hanging on. Without
tenaeity of purpose men become
the whip crackers of the world;
ierked and snapped about until
worn out they sink into obscurity,
monumental failures. Those who
engage in business or commence pro-.
.iects prepared to stay, focalize or
centralize. They develop suction
and attraction to. a center. Howe
succeeded alone by his tenacity of
purpose-his indomitable energy.
He commenced with the stitch and
worked back to the needle, and he
sat by, the side of his machine day
and night He won by wearing
out the patience of. his competitors,
his enemies and his friends, aud
finally triumphed, So of every
great achievement. Discovery is
coy, long -winded, and must be
hunted down like the fleet stag. 1t
is a. marvellous fact that the first
productions of inventors are intri-
cate, clumsy and illproportioned,
but successful genius takes the back
track and suggests new innovations.
Fulton was. SO busy in pursuit of
the idea which filled heart and brain
he had no time for beauty and sym
metry, and his first steamboat was
improyised merely to test the pos
sibilities of his invention, and if
still floating upon the waters of the
Hudson would not be recognized as
a steamboat The first printing
presses resembled the hangman's
gallows. Mccormick s first reapers
looked like a sawmill. The promis-
ed land is reached after a long wan
dering in the wilderness, and few
only, like Caleb and Joshua, endure
to the end. Young men are watch
ing for something to sail or drift in
with the tide, but they hear moth
ing but the roar of the empty wave.
Things in this world go in circle.
Vegetation lives, blooms, dies and
vegetation. The stars
go in orbits. Our planets revolve.
Rags and poverty produce wealth,
and wealth turns back to rags and
It takes only three gene
rations to come back to the starting
point. A man born in hovel can,
with perseverance,, work himself |
out; but if he waits for something to
turn up, he finds nothing turning
up but his wants. He who expects |
nothing but what his perseverance |
can produce, commences at the
source of power, for he thinks, /
plans, fails and tries again. Perse-
conquers. The laggard |
who expects to rise by. opportuni-
ties will let them all pass without |
seeing them Opportunity comes
only with energy, pluck and self |
reliance. The yong man who hus-
bands the golden hours. studded |