The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-15
WHAT WINS SUCCESS.

Concentration Of Purpose the Keystone
of All Advancement.
Concentration of purpose is the Archi-
medean lever by which mon have been
raised from the mediocrity of the masses
and caused their fellow-beings to call
them great. No matter how abundant
the natural talent OF the man II he does
not use persistency with his talent,
science will be stranger to him. Now
adays 1t matters little how wild project
a man may conceive. If he but concen-
trates his energies to that one thing.
and let all else be secondary to the ac-
complishment Of his design, his efforts
will probably be crowned with success.
Some of the most useful inventions and
discoveries of the age are proof of this.
The inventors Of the steam engine and
the telegraph were derided, but they
toiled on unmindful of the jeers and
jokes OF the world, and mark the
glorious result. Columbus proved to
the world the fallibility of human
prophesies. His was considered the
children pointed to him ON the street as
one bereft of reason. And the discoverer
of continent was bound IN chains and
imprisoned as an impostor because he
persisted in carrying out his project,
and his concentration of purpose led to
the new world. A great writer says o.
Columbus that he is not to be admired
so much for having discovered world
as for having gone to search for it on
the faith of an opinion.
Any young Uian or woman who selects
a vocation in youth and makes diligent
application to it may rise to prosperity !
and happiness and oftentimes to fame |
and fortune. But those who start out |
with no definite purpose in life will get /
stuck deep in the mud. Those who are
constantly turning from point to point
with the alacrity of unsettled minds
soon lose hope, their courage fails, ann
bition sinks out of sight and old age
inds them no nearer the goal of their
than when the flush of youth
vas upon their cheek. They have lived
n vain. In the lives and history of all
,reat and good men and women can be
ound no swerving from their purpose.
No difficulty was allowed to hinder.
They persevered until every obstacle
which debarred their onward progress
vas removed. They believed that the
'reater the difficulty the more glory in
it, that skillful pilots gain
heir reputation in times Of storm and
empest rather than on peaceful seas
nd under smiling skies.
Hope must always be companion to
consistency. In all inventions and dis
overies, in all concentration of purpose,
ope is the standby. Though there may !
OF be absolute knowledge, belief in
ne success of an undertaking there is
ways hope. In every stage Of exist
nee there are disappointment and SUI {
ring, which could not be met and ]
orne by persistency were it not for !
ope. 1t is implanted in the hearts of /
i uncivilized nations on the globe. De- .
rive the human soul of hope and 1t Is
vested of all that makes life desirable. =
o those who have worked with all dill :
'nce, their highest enjoyment is that I
'pe-the contemplation of life we'll q
'ent. Hope never becomes extinct. h
be anticipation of freedom lightens 3
g chain of the prisoner and the bond /,
g OF the slave. The hope of restored I
'alth brightens the eye OF the invalid. .
The belief that virtuous industry will q
rely bring rich harvest inspires the 4
lmble laborer to renew his daily toll. q
ae STARRY Calico, with his woes" and 81
nds in irons, sought redress in hope b
aile he persisted in declaring that the q
rth was round. Hope, hand in hand ',
til concentration Of purpose, warns .,
d cheers by its mild and constant light, +
king all objects surmountable and all
supportable.
''All Is concentrated In life intense. =
Where not . beam, nor air. nor leaf Is lost, =
But hath part OF being"
Albany IN. W Argus.
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