The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
APPLICATIONS
The Deep Meaning and True I'M
portance OF This Word.
Possessed Of This Quality Success Is As
sured-The Noble Examples We Have
of What Steady Application VIII
Accomplish.

Application means more than atten-
ton.
The latter denotes the engagement
OF the powers in various degrees; it
may be divided or concentrated
Application can not be divided or
partial; for7then 1t ceases to be appli-
cation. The latter is indispensable to
the attainment OF excellence in any
pursuit, and it is the constant exercise
Of power or use Of means to definite
end sought. Application Is "sticEing
to ones business whatever it is.
a a writer in the Merchant Magazine
says: MARK the men in every COM
munity, who are notorious for ability
and equally notorious for never get
! ting ahead, and you will usually find
them to be those who never stick to
any one business long. but are always
forsaking their. occupation. just when
1t begins to be profitable. :. Dung man,
stick to your business. 1t may be you
have mistaken your ealling-if SO, find
it out as quickly MS possible, and
aDub uO uOO- lCb any uilcdSy
to get-along fast, or q dislike OF
Your honest calling, lead you toraban--
its=sIIave#@ semssehonest@ occiipa=
ton, and then stick to IL; If you are
sticking type, stick away at them il
you are selling oysters, keep on selling
them; pursue the business you have
chosen, persistently, industriousfy and
al, a. Al: g
you, it will appear and turn to ac-
count in that AS well, or better, than
lin any =otfcr~caftfng; only, you area
loafer, forsake that line Of life as. soon
as pessible,fefstlae4a Hon ger " stick to
IL, the worse it will stick to YOU
Sir Isaac Newton repealed the idea
=efs- being called IA genius.sand- declared
that his success was won wholly by
.eontinnous application He applied
himself SO closely that he often forgot.
his meals; and sometimes he pursued
his studies into the night without OBJ
serving that the sun had set.
Archimedes, the great mathemati-
clan of Syracuse, often became oblivi-.
GUS to the passing scenes around him,
in his enthusiasm to master his. sub
ject. When his native city was in
vaded by IA foreign foe, and the inhab-
itants driven therefrom at the point Of
the bayonet, he as in his study, en-
deavoring TO solve u geometrieal prob
lem. The enemy broke into his study,
only raised his eyes from his work,
and politely requested them to wait
until he had completed the problem.
The celebrated William Mason, au-
thor of the spiritual Treasury" be-.
came, so completely absorbed in the
preparation of that work that. he
scarcely knew whether he was in the
flesh or out. Onesday gentleman
called upon. him on business, promising
:" to call again to- complete itat certain
date, which Mason marked down.. or
thought he did, -on his book of memo
randa. On requiring to it thereafter,
!. however, he found written, .'Aets ii.
verse 8, The passagc= her- was- Sturdy
ing when the gentleman called.
Horace Mann, known the world over
in his day as an educator and author
OF the Common School System of
Massachusetts, won his positionand.
influence by the closest application.
7 Born in Franklin, Mass, to an inherit
ance Of poverty and hard work, there
was no prospect, seemingly, that he
would ever be known beyond the
school district in which he received
the scanty1rudiments Of an education.
But he carried about in his heart u
quenchless thirst for an education. 1t
was the, dream OF his boyhool. Some
=ahem, he hoped that the advantages of
j seminary and college would be his in
the future, though he could not mag
inc how. His father was too pooreven
to buy his few school books, so the boy
braided straw to earn money therefor
II was really "all work and no. play
with him. In. manhood, he wrote:
The poverty OF my parents subjected
me to continued privations. | believe
In the rugged nursingeof toll; but she
enursed me too much. do not remem-
Der the time when began to work
Even my play days-not play days, for
] never had any--but my play hours,
were earned by extra exertion, finish
ing II task earl 10 gain u little leisure
for boyish sports. Industryor diligence
became my second nature, and | think
IL would puzzle any psychologist to tell
whore 1t joined on to the first. Owing
to these ingrained- habits work hasa
ways been to me what water is to-ea
fish,
: His hard lot was made harder, at
thirteen years OF age, by the death of
his father. Still, he continued to dream
OF ian education, and appropriated
every moment he could in the day
time, and many hours AT night for
mental improvement. When he was
eighteen years old,a teacher came to
town. who was, qualified TO prepare
him for college. BY the closest APP
plieation he was prepared TO enter in
six months, and entered one year in
advance Few such examples OF brave
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