Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-09
SUCCESS OF THE
TRUE PLODDER
Men Without BrilIIanCe Make
Success by sticking
at II.
SOME ILLusrRIOus EXAMPLES

Afaeo. NE great French astronomer.
tells us That he bccame so Discouraged
10 fhc study ui mathematics that he
almost resolved 10 abandon bis el
fort We was Just about ready to give
np when hr happened tn notice some
thing written or printed under the
paper binding ~ hls book he un.
rolled the lcai aud found that 70 was
uAleinbeFl Tho letter said go on.
sig. 30 on The dl1fiCaiiict lhsl you
meet WIN resolve themsqlycs as you
advance Porscyere and che light
ain dawn and shine with Increasing
clcafness upou your path This atrik.l
ing passarc made an impression upon
the young mathemnticlanp mind
which he never forgot i was q per.
pesuai spur so his ambition, and came
20 him iusr IN the nick Of time Ne
resolved then and there ihs. be would
garmouni every difficulty. that he
would become a great Mathematician
himself Tie tighiencd his grip aud
urged himself on until fame took him
up and told the world thu story u
one Of The greatest ustFonomers Of his
time.
General Wilson told the writer. says
the narrator Of fhls IN Success, that
ho was invited 20 dine a. the White
House only ten days before LincOin'al
assassination. and IN the evening
they occupied a box in the theater.
Mr.. Lincoln as usual. paid very little
attention 70 the play. as b. said he
went 10 The theater to get "a OF Of.
flee seekers for q few hours ArOuslng
himself on this occasion from an AZ.
parent nap he slapped General vii.
son on the shoulder and said FL want
10 tell you a story about Grant and the
mule. WhVn Grant was n youngEtor,
the circus came 20 his town. and he
went % the tanner and asked him for
a ticket. The hard headed tanner re-
fused him. SO Grant, doing the next
best thing (as I did myneil crawled
under the tent. The rlngrastor had
an ugly mule. which no one could
ride, and offered u prize OF a dollar
20 any boy who could ride the animai
round the ring without holne thrown
Oft Quite a number ~ boys tried Il
without success. Finally. young Grant
~entured out from behind the seats.
where he was viewing the show, and
said TO the rlngmaster. ia like 70 try
that mule AN right, said tho ring
master, and Grant got on and rode
nearly round the ring. hut was finally
thrown over the animals head. che
boy got Ep. threw OF ibis coat, and
said. let me try that again. This
time he got on With his back toward
the head Of the animal ana chung With
all his might TO the tai. and In spite
Of all the animal could DO. held ON
and won the dollar. Now" said lin.
coin. Grant will do the safas at Rich.
mond he will hang on. We will
never giye mp. He viii try again. and
again. until he succeeds
Hanging ON was one on Grants
strong points re did not ltnow how
60 iot 60 He would kect pegglng
away. no matter what we're the OBJ
stacles until be- iriumphed
The race Is 20 the plOddcr have
IN mind several very brilliant gradu-
atea of last year ana Years before.
who promised great deal. and oil
whom friends predicted great things,
hut somehow they have disappointed
all expectations simply because they
lack sticking qualities. They were
good scholars. and they Imagined be-
cause they ranked high IN college,
that they would rank high IN life.
without great effort nut they lack
the hangingon quality They DO not
realize that. IN practical life. the race
Ia 10 the piodder, and not necessarily
30 the swift. That Is why 80 many
brilliant class leaders are dlsappoint.
ments 70 their friends. The chalu ISL
no stronger than Us weakest link. and
lack 81 perseverance Is a fatal de-
iicsency that nothing else win supply
Perhaps the greatest aecret Of sue.
cess In life Il due 90 those sticking
qualities. Grip conquers tho world
the faculty Of sticking and hanging on
when everybody else let's 10. II isI
the five minutes more when wins the
baifle--ihe doEKed perseverance. the
determination 81 never giving M until
death or victory comes.