Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-11-11

showed some drawings to him. Audi
bon looked at these drawings a mo-
mcnt Then he said: II like those
drawings very much. but they are not
true You have painted the legs OF this
partridge nicely. except In one respect.
The scales are exact In shape and col
or. but you have not arranged them
correctly us to numbers. Now, upon
this upper ridge of the partrldge's leg
there are just SO many scales. You
have painted too many. Examine the
legs Of a thousand cartridges. and you
will find the scales always the same In
number" Then Audubon said: Young
man, II Is only when you become we'd
dcd 10 your work body. mind and soul
that you will make II success out Of
ii. You must he willing 20 work day
In aud day out. week in aud week out,
year In and year out, to Investigate to
the mnutcst detail. otherwise you can
never master IT, When you work for
science you must work entirely above
the idea of mcrcenary remuneration.
You must work for love"
For Love of Science.
Did not John james Audubon prac-
lice his own tcachingsi For years and
years ana years. with gun in one hand
and portfolio In the other hand, he
wandered through the western forests
seeking the haunts of the American
birds. 10 reproduce their likcnesses In
Ills portfolios. After years OF work he
went TO Philadelphia with the results
IF his labor lie was compelled to
leave the city for few weeks, and
when he returned he found that the
ats had entirely destroyed the results
If Il decade of labor The precious
portfolios which contained the delinea-
lions of over thousand rare birds
were forever ruined. His portfolios
we're forever destroyed, as the manu-
script of The French Revolution" OF
Thomas Carlyle was burned by an ig-
norant servant. who threw II into the
fire as worthless paper when she was
sent into the study of the friend to
whom he had lent 1t to clean up. So
great was the shock in Audubon's case
that ut first he was flung upon bed OF
sickness. where for weeks he lowered
between life aud death. Then he arose
ana went back To the forest. He hunted
up his old friends, the birds. He spent
three more long, weary years repro
ducing what the rats had made nests
of. And he did all this for the love OF
science. for during Audubon's lifetime
his printed books hardly paid for the
cost of the printing.
What is true in reference to science
and professional life is equally true In
business. The young man who makes
n success In business IL the one who
makes his employers interests his own.
IL Is not the young man who simply
does what he Is told To who Is promot-
al IN the store II Is not the young
man who works with his eyes upon the
clock. ready to drop his tools ut the
first stroke of the bell. who becomes
the foreman of the factory. II is the
young man who il Il perfect glutton
for work who finally sits In the glass
office. II Is the young man who is will
ing To do what he Is not asked 10 do.
and what other clerks are unwilling to
do. who finally gets the promotion. In
other words. the successful man In the
mercantile world Is the successful man
In the scientific or the professional
world. the man who for Others Is ready
10 travel the twain mile.
Oh. the neglected opportunities Of
business. 10 which some OF us shut our
eyes. These neglected opportunities
are lying about. despised. everywhere
around US. The story is told that one
day couple of humorists We're wan
dcring through the geological gardens
OF London. While there they saw the
carcass of huge lion being dragged
from its cage. In Il spirit OF fun they
bought II and sent the dead lion as a
joke to their friend. Sir Edwin Land
seer. II arrived mt the great artists
house early one morning. The servant.
in amaZenent went AMI awoke his
master to usk him what he should do
with ii. Landseer at once dressed and
went down TO see II. He stood Il mo-
ment and looked at the huge body.
Then he said Bring II into my study"
They carried II in. Then Landseer
took up his brush and commenced to
paint. He painted that dead lion In
the midst of great expanse Of sand.
He called the picture THE Desert" II
became his most famous masterpiece.
The model which his friends tossed
aside rs joke he took and made out
OF II II stepping stone TO throne. So
In professional as well as in mercan-
tile life there are opportunities lying
about us everywhere. II we grasp
them In the love of work. II we sacri-
flee for them. even though ut the time
they may seem 10 amount To naught,
our dead lions" will become living
lions" When man works for love,
then man. like Sir Edwin Landseer.
will make everything he touches re-
dound 10 his own success. III in the
mercantile world thy employer compel
thee 10 20 with him one mile. go with
him twain"
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