Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-19
HOLIDAY NOTICES.
Yhings for Consideration at New
Years

4 Undoubtedly great many who read
\ this have determined whether by
formal resolution or not to try to make
4 1886 the most successful year Of their
lives To these a few of the notices
and sayings OF successful men, to-
gether with here and there an anec-
dote, showing how they put their no.
tions into practice, may possibly be
4 helpful. If read Alright, much that fol-
4 lows will show that one essential feat
\ ure of success is hard work. Genius
may be necessary for the highest sue
\ cess. but given ordinary intelligence
4 no one need fail who is willing TO eS-
ert himself continuously. But there
must be mental foil as we'll as physi-
/ cal. The day laborer who is satisfied
( to exert his muscles only will never
I rise above day wages. The clerk who
is satisfied to do his work perfunctor-
4 lily without exerting his mental powers
N in striving to become something better
/ than a clerk will remain in that sta
4 ton. The handicraftsman who does
not work with his brain will always
I be a handicraftsman. But in striving
4 for success it must not be forgotten
+ that there are other and better sue
4 eesses than those OF a financial nature.
4 1t is better to achieve character than
wealth, but character may not be won
without intellectual activity any more
/ than money.
I Quite as important to success in life
as continued activity is the seizing of
/ your opportunities when they come 10
4 you. Many eminent men have eX-
I pressed this idea in many ways. Here
/ are few such expressions which have
been gathered b. Orison SWEET Mar
den and printed IN the first chapter OF
his book, Pushing to the Front"
Things don't turn up in this world
until somebody turns them up.--Gar-
4 field.
! We live in new and exceptional
age. America is another name for OPP
portunity Our whole history appears
/ like last effort of divine Providence
in behalf of the human race Emer-
son.
Vigilance in watching opportunity;
tact and daring in Selling upon oppor-
tunity; force and persistence In crowd
ing opportunity to its utmost of possi-
bic achievement; these are the martial
virtues which must command success.
4 Austin Phelps.
Il will find way or make one"
4 There never was a day that did not
bring its own opportunity for doing
good that never could have been done
before and never can be again. W.
4 H. Burleigh.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very
minute.
What you can do, OF dream you can,
begin it.
"The truest wisdom is resolute
determination, said Napoleon once,
and his career was an exenplification
of his words.
Mr.. Marden gives the following en-
tries on the fly leaf Of the Greek lexi-
con owned by Edward Irving as am
other exemplifcation of the same idea:
six o'clock a. MI, Edward Irving,
promise, by the grace of God, to have
mastered all the words in alpha and
beta before a M
Eight o'clock a. nj, Edward Irv-
ing, by the grace of God, have done
It,"
Russell Sage, who has certainly won
success of financial sort, once told
the writer that he had saved himself
from failure almost solely by the
strength of his will ! asked him what
I he did when he met with an appar-
entity insurmountahle obstacle.
Il never met with such thing"
said the financier and railroad man.
whenever anything has been in my
way have just removed it. The
Young man who has will enough can
always remove the obstacles that con-
front him"
! otis not what a man does which
exalts him." said Browning, but
what he would do
The great violfnist. Geradini being
asked how long it took him to learn TO
play, replied, Twelve hours a day for
4 20 years"
This is virtually the keynote to the
success Of many eminent men in all
lines Edison, tho electrical inventor
expressed this idea with regard to
himself:
Anything / have begun is always
on my mind, and am never easy un-
til it is finished"
! Darwin, the great scientist, whose
theory of evolution has wrought a
/ greater change in the views of think
ing men than any other theory that
has been preached in modern times,
owed much to persistence. He was al
most always Ill. For 40 years. said
lis son, 'he never knew one day Of
health" Yet during those four dec
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