The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-10-17
USE YOUR OWN IDEAS
lEAkN,A LESSON FROM THE WISDOM
- OF NAPOLEON.
The Fear OF Critics Did Not Disturb
That Hard Headed Man, and He Ac-
compIished Things That Others De-
cIared TO be Impossible.

cIared to be Impossible.
II you suggest a new and a good idea
10 ten men, this will happen;
F'iye OF the ten will reject the idea-
first. becarfse II Is new, and, second, De
cause they themselves did not think OF II.
The next three will consider the sugges-
ton vaguely. be family impressed with
il. but reject it, They will say that they
think the idea not feasible. In reality
they will be incapable OF the mental eff
fort necessary to grasp fresh mental
processes.
The ninth-yery probably-will tell you
that some one else tried the idea before.
That sSome one else" fhiled. Therefore
you viii fail. and he win waste no time
ON what. has been tried yainly.
III your tenth man happens TO be a
strong man, he will make as much Of
the idea as circumstances will permit.
If.he has Napoleonis character. he will
realiza the scheme despite circumstances.
for this was one OF his true sayings: "Cir-
cumstances.I make circumstances.
He did not boast when he said things OF
that sort. There was no boast In him.
He said what was true.
You think of Napoleon as a flashing.
flaming GENIUS. In reality he was first of
all man of common sense. He saw
things in their trne proportions.
Mime. d'Houdetot said OF him, HE con-
tracts history and expands imagination"
And lord Dudley said: "He has thrown
a doubt'on all past glory. lie has made
all FIXTURE renownimpossible."
1t is difficult. either with cold detailing
OF facts or widest indulgence in hyper
bole.~ to- magnify Napoleon's material
achievements.
8 But remember that his greatness, best
understood By himself, Is attributed by
him-frst, to his common sense, and, sec
ond, 10 the fact that he refuses 20 con-
slider another's failure any proof that he
must fail.
Read Napoleon's campaigns. Napoleon
won all his battles as. IL you win, you will
win yours. He won his victories by
studying his adsersaries. He prepared
far victory by ignoring the fears and
doubts of others. relying ON his own cour-
age and common sense.
You know that Napoleon crossed the
Alps with an army In the dead OF win
ter. You have seen pictures OF him abb
surdly posed In a snowstorm on the edge
OF a preeipice on a draggle tailed horse.
an eagle flying overhead. But he did not
pose. IL there was a precipice. he kept
away from il, and he took his achieve
ment calmly.
Many OF the nblest military writer's had
said and proved TO the satisfaction of all
but Napoleon that the Alps could not be
crossed in winter. Had not those Alps
kept back the savage hordes through
centuries OF winter
Napoleon. perfectly well knowing that
he was the greatest of men In military
wisdom. rejected all talk and studied the
case for himself. Then he crossed the
Alps quite easily as he had mapped out
the. work. And when II was done he
talked OF 1t in common sense fashion.
The winter" says Napoleon, sis not
the most unfayorable senson for the
passage of lofty mountains. The snow Is
then firm. the weather settled, and there
Is nothing 10 fear from ayalanches, the
real aud only danger TO be apprehended
in the Alps. On those high mountains
there are often very fine days In Deem
Der. of dry cold. with extreme calmness
In the air."
Quite simple IL was. you see, and Ma
poleon did 1t quite simply.
When Napoleon appeared IL anything
was settled In the minds OF men and es-
pecially OF fighters IL was this: That
nothing new remained to be discovered In
war. Napoleon, just for n change, did
everything new.
The general who tried to get hold OF
him felt rs this humble writer once felt
when he tried TO catch a lobster under a
shelving rock In the English channel and
caught by mistake a middle sized devil
fish that had gone In after the lobster
ahead.
"A little training will teach you TO seize
a lobster before he can seize you. But
such training Is useless when you surprise
deyilhsh. The men of war who dealt
With Napoleon went lobster hunting and
found devilfish.
Other generals, for instance, were guild
ed. terrified and controlled by their COM
missaries. Napoleon ignored his In his
usual calm way. He says:
what creates great difficulty In the
profession Of the land commander Is the
necessity of feeding SO many men and
animals. IL he allows himself to be guild
ed by the commissaries, he will never
stir"
Our doubts and fears and mental
timidity arc the "commissaries" that
keep so many OF US from stirring or win
ming.
Let Napoleon teach you 10 form your
own conclusions, work out your own
problems aud not tremble before that old
bugaboo impossible" Only the man
who tries new things adds new things to
the worlds wealth and knowledge. Be,
like Napoleon, among those who try.
Emerson wrote.
we cannot in the universal Imbecility.
indecision and incidence OF men sufii-
GENTLY congratulate ourselves on this
strong and ready actor who took occasion
by the beard and showed us how much
may be accomplished by the mere force
OF such virtues as all men possess in less
degrees-nnmely. by punctuality, by per-
sonai attention. by courage and thor.
oughness. York Journal.
Heating the Mails.
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