Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-11
COURAGE AND SUCCESS.
impossible Only in the Dictionary Of
Fools.

impossible Only in the Dictionary Of
Fools.
F Courage Is absolutely necessary to
success In business or successful
achievement Of any order. All great
men have believed In and practiced
this many sided virtue In one or more
forms. Patience, perseverance, deter
mination, these are but other aspects
Of courage, since the courage to make
the initial effort represents but the
first step Of the battle. "The courage
Of try 1t again" and the "luck that Is
spelled with P' are often potent to
effect victory when defeat seems per-
ilously near.
Impossible is a word to be found
only in the dictionary Of fools,' said
Napoleon, who accomplished wonders
Through courageous persistence. Well
|lington. Naroleon's conquerer, Is re-
ported as substantially saying that
troops would never lack courage could
they only know the lack Of their enc
mics in this irection-meaning, Of
course, that the truest kind Of courage
comes rather by force Of will than ma
ture. 81 a7E
Write on your doors this saying. wise
and old,
BE bold! be boldH ami everywhere be
bold" said Longfellow.
Louis XIV, once asked Colbert why
he could not conquer a little country
like Holland. E Nalln
"The greatness OF a country does not
depend upon the extent of Its terrific
ry," was the wise answer, "but on the
character of its people,"
Fortune favors the bold. In order
to conquer, what we need is to dare,
still to dare, and always to dare" said
Danton.
"It is true, as general rule, that he
who loses fortune loses much; that he
who loses a friend loses more, but that
he who loses courage loses ALL" says
Henry Hardwicke in "The Art Of Ris-
ing in the World"
"The coward dies hundred deaths,
the brave man dies but once" sang
wise and truthful poet.
mo mans failure till he's dead or
loses his courage, and that's the same
thing" so George Horace Lorimer,
speaking through "old Gordon Ora
ham," sagely remarks.
A Chinese proverb declares that
nothing in the world is really difficult
Of accomplishment; that the only thing
to fear is that men win lack the cour-
age and patience to persevere.
Said Confucius: "Our greatest glory
consists not In never falling, but In
rising every time we fall"
Burke's motto was: Never despair"
A famous United States senator is
credited by Mr.. Hardwicke with CIV
ing this as his favorite axiom: Yield
thou not to mistortunes. but against
them more audacious go" 'S-
william Lloyd Garrison began the
publication of the Liberator with the
courageous declaration: ~ am In earn
est, I will not retreat single inch.
and I will be heard"
For the courage of patience and per-
severance Sheridan. Franklin Pierce.
and Rufus Choate each failed signaily
In youth only to know gratifying sue
cess later. The paltry sum Of $3.50
was all that Anthony Trollope, after
ward one of the richest and most ia
nous English novelists, made by ten
years Of hard work with the pen.
"Sartor Resartus" long went begging
for a publisher. Bunyan had the cour-
age to fly in the face Of his friends
or "The Pilgrims Progress" would
never have been brought out '4
"Woe to him that is faint hearted" Is
an inspired writer's word.
Success came slowly to Milton, to
Raphael, to Benjamin Franklin. to Ed
ison, to Charles Dickens, to Millet,>
among hosts Of other great ones RI
der Haggard, who for some time has
been unusually successful after three
unsuccessful novels decided to make
one more trial and achieved wealth and
honor. All these men had to keep
up courage" for long and in the face OF
great difficulties and discouragements.
Each would have failed had he mani
tested only the primitive courage ne
cessary for a first brave effort Bish-
op Butler put twenty years work into
his famous Analogy" Montesquieu
worked as long on his spirit OF
Laws" Gibbon was twenty years writ
ing the Decline and Fall Of the Ro-
man Empire" Isaac Newton rewrote
his Chronology" seventeen times.
Watts, with his patient steam engine
experiments and ultimate success;
Arkwright, toiling away at his spin
ming jenny; Palissy, burning his fur-
niture to complete the fire tests OF his
beloved china; Santos-Dumont faith
fully working over his airship-ah
these showed courage quite as true
and noble in aim as the brave little
Japs who so devotedly stormed Port
Arthur, or the equally brave Russians
who indomitably resisted their attacks.
Courage is imperatively essential TO
successful work and living, courage
mental and spiritual as well as OF the
purely physical variety. Every man
who amounts to anything, In any neid
of endeavor, must have courage. The
courage that comes UP smiling after
every seeming defeat is the best OF all.
mo man is beaten until he admits
it." so runs a gallant old proverb.
ITS logged that does It," says the
sturdy Cornish saw.
PLUCK, plus JOY" is a modern novel;
lists recipe for success.
Optimism wins! Optimism always
wins!" recently declared Chauncey
Depew.-Chicago Tribune.
FRENzIEp FREsHNBss.-"Pop!"
No answer.