Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
THE THREE P'S.


Win for You an Honorable Position.
The Importance of knowledge Of
the three Rs Reading" - Riting, y
and 'Rithmetic"-ha long been uni
versally recognized, but the three
P's, Patience" Perseverance" and
Pluck received less CON
sideration. They are, however, the
means Of success in every direction.
THE barriers are not erected that
can say to patient perseverance 4 nus
far and no farther Beethoven de-
clared. And who more competent u
know the truth of the assertion than
he who, despite his deafness, reached
an eminence in the musical world to
which few others have attained
A spirit of indomitable perseverance
influenced Gen. Grant to write: Il
propose To fight it out on this line if it
takes all summer" as it influenced Ma
poieon, when informed that the Alps
would impede the progress of his army,
To eXclaim: There shall be no Alps"
Nothing is so well calculated to dis
courage one as physical defects that
can not be remedied. But, as afore-
said, Beethoven was deaf, while Milton
was blind, as was our own historian,
Prescott.
When Demosthenes spoke for the first
time in a public assembly, owing to his
weak voice, his imperfect articulation,
and inappropriate gestures, he was
booted from the stage He shut him
self up in an underground chamber for
three months in order to study the laws
and politics of Greece, aid practice com
position and defamation. He event
ually became the most perfect orator
the world has known.
The lack Of an opportunity to require
an education during ones earlier years
is also discouraging. Yet John Bunyan
worked his way from ignorance and
obscurity to immortal fame;" Sir Isaac
Newton when twelve years of age
stood the lowest in his class Elihu
Burritt, the learned blacksmith
placed his books on the forge and
studied while at work; the duke Of
Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at
Waterloo, when he entered the army
was deemed only fit to be food for
powder.
Alexander the Great before he was
twenty-five years of age, having only
fifty thousand men at his command. by
his intrepidity and perseverance gained
complete victory over the Persians,
whose numbers are variously estimated
between five hundred thousand and a
million. Just prior to the battle he
was awakened from sound sleep by
his chief lieutenant, who said: You
seem as calm as if you had already
gained the victory" Il consider the
whole work done when we have reached
the enemy and found it ready to give us
battle, he replied
A peculiar aptitude for certain voca-
tions-denominated talent" or "geni-
us. is the birthright Of many. lfunde-
veloped 10y its possessor it amounts to
nothing.
In the nature of things everybody can
not become famous ANY one possess
ed Of ordinary ability can. by persist
ent effort, win m honorable position.
If there is any end which you. reader.
desire to accomplish amy commenda-
BILE end, we mean-ucver wait for cir
cumstances" to become more favora-
BILE" Either change the circumstances
or break through their environment,
one of which ''the three rs" will cna-
bic YOU to do Indeed they will render
everything but the impossible possible
for you.-Harper's Young People