Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-19

| With afstal power for evil, or a might,
/ s gift for good, gs ,rsis -o73
The seed sovn In the ehild-mind grow
4 up beside the road. a.
Sometimes this seul remembers th'
/ 1o-schOoIl BOY days of old. sou ~ q
i The lessons Of the master in the ittll
i schoo,-reon told ;;-.-...-a
Aad If regrets are mingled with th'
I g thoughts Of long age, 7 s,tr b.
ID the master or the pupil at fault for al
4 the Woey s"'
1 0nl7 little ehild-but the child grow:
i into the maai i,.. .-a
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4 sel and to plan F"
1.-The future of these little ones, whose
81 trusting faces show $50 y
How willing are their feet to tread ths
way you bid them 90;
I Tho sunshine here. the shadow there, the
1 unknown land afar,
And yohdsr in the ebon iky one solitary
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The star of knowledge, shining down
] upon mans dwelling place,
To lead him ON to higher plains and richer
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l. But whatever gsOd may come of tbs
kcultivasion OF the intellect and the sensi
bilitissiis. after all, dependent upon that
highest and a0blest attribute of the hus
man SOUL the will power. If the will
power be weak, 1t matters very little
twhat may be the state of the other fac
| uIties of the mind; for without that
"powec Of push which impels the mind
to active and energetic efforts for the
accomplishment of its purposes, the
world will be done the wiser and none
the better for our having existed in it.
It is to will power that the world owes
its progress-ths iRdOmitable will of a
few resolute souls that were not to be
pat down or put of with anything short
Of success. Where would have been our
ocsaa cables, our electric telegrsphs, and
telephones. our steam navigation, our
railways and electric lights.and the many
other blessings, of this era of wonderful
| Inventions, had it not been for heroic
will that was undauated by countless
failures
The worlds great men. throughout the
history of the past have been men of
iron will. rather than men of brilliant in
tellect. It was the will of the Little
Corporal" struttite in his tent and shout
ling, II win be Marshal of France" that
made it possible for France to give to
the world one Of its grandest conquerors,
whose pride could only be humbled by
the stronger will Of his stubborn English
foe. oGI al 1-
=. When the eyes of whole nation were
upon him who stood at the head of its
armies and 30 whom the nation looked
for succsr in that darkest hour of rebel
liens gloomy night, how every heart was
electrified. by the simple but thrilling
words, az propose to fight it out on this
line. if it takes all summer" And why ?
Simply because it meant that the one
Who used that language had a will that
would be satisfied with nothing short of
success.
{. It is will power that gives a man force
Of character and makes bis influence felt.
The man that has the strongest will is
the one that will be most likely to sac-
ceed In whatever he undertakes; and the
lack of will is the cause of half the fail
ures that ocenr in life.
rrh. sac,.toe v;,,;ns ,,ao in so,s.k,ow,-
sdoa and .e,f5conf;dsoca We will IN do
anlv ttos. acts vb;ch wa bol;ava our.
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.;tv for I. thor,uoh tnov,sdoe of ones
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the msasnrs of success that crowns onr
efforts: and repeated failures lessen our
self eontidenee. and weaken the will
power.
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