The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
WHAT WINS SUCCESS
Concentration of Purpose the Revision
of All Advancement

VI IuTDOSe Tno KQvGfnnf
of All Advancement.
Concentration of purpose is the Archi.
medean lever by which men 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 if he does
not use persistency with his talent,
science will be stranger to him. Now.
adays it 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 &C.
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 ieers and
jokes of the world, and mark the
glorious result. Columbus proved to
the world the fallibility Of hum2n
prophesies. His was consASE0A fhe
widest scheme on record. s>s7n little
children pointed to him on she street as
one bereft of reason. And the discoverer
of continent was bound in chains and
imprisoned as an imrostor because he
persisted in carrying out his project,
and his concentration of purpose led to
the new world. A great writer says OF
Columbus that he isnot to be admired
so much for having discovered a world
as for having gone to search for 1t on
the faith of an option.
Any young manor woman who selects
a vocation in youth and makes diligent
application to itmay 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, am
bition sinks out of sight and old age
finds them no nearer the goal OF their
ambition than when the flush OF youth
was upon their cheek. They have lived
in vain. In the lives and history OF all
great and good men and women can be
found no swerving from their purpose.
No difficulty was allowed to hinder.
They persevered until every obstacle
which debarred their onward progress
was removed. They believed that the
greater the difficulty the more glory in
surrounding it, that skillful pilots gain
their reputation in times of storm and
tempest rather than on peaceful seas
and under smiling skies.
Hope must always be companion to
persistency. In all inventions and dis
coveries. in all concentration of purpose,
hope is the standby. Though there may
not be absolute knowledge, a belief in
the success of an undertaking there is
always hope. In every staggof exist
ence there are disappointment and snf-
fering, which could not bisass. -~9lnd-
borne by persistency were i not for
hope. 1t is implanted in the hearts of
all uncivilized nations on theglobe. De-
prive the human soul of hope and it Is
Invested of all that makes Undesirable.
TO those who have worked with all dill
gence, their highest enjoyment is that
hops-the contemplation of slife we'll
spent. Hope never becomes extinct.
The anticipation of freedom lightens
the chain of the prisoner and the bond
age of the slave. The hope Of restored
health brightens the eye of the invalid.
The belief that virtuous industry will
surely bring a rich harvest inspires the
humble laborer to renew his daily toll.
The starry Gahleo, with his woes" and
hands in irons, sought redress in hope
while he persisted in declaring that the
earth was round. Hope, hand in hand
with concentration of purpose, warns
and cheers by its mild and constant light,
making all objects surmountable and all
disappointments 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.