Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-04-18
POVERTY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.

= poverty. Dr. Johnson wrote "Ras-
t selas," in order TO raise money &c
e bury his mother. Lee invented the
. spinning jenny to earn bread fol-
= his children.
] Walter Raleigh was a man who
: gave the impression OF achieving
= things with ease. yet il was Of
2 Raleigh that Queen Elijah tn said:
= HE could toll terribly
Carlyle was good example Of
the pains and gains Of drudgery
He always spoke of literature as
an uncOngenial trade, for he OBJ
tanned its prize only at the expense
Of incOnceivable labor; MS books
were literally wrung out of him;
he went 20 times over the cOnfus-
ed records Of the battle Of Nase-
! by 10 be quite sure as TO the top
Ography.
Dante wrote his Inferno" under
intense strain, taking no rest from
the time he conceived the work,
and every waking moment was de-
voted TO evolving situations 50 that
before the Divine Comedy" was
completed he had grown old and
| lean.
Alfred the Great, the Saxon king
Of Britain, paragon Of attainment
for his time, when asked how he
found time to perform all of the
tasks 10 which he set himself, an
swered: II find time by never los
ing it.. This reply is ever the Sc
cret of success.
Richard Burke, listening to his
brothers magnificent oratiOns inl
the house of commons, said: Il
have been wondering how Ned has
cOntriVed TO mOnOpOlize all the tai
ents Of the family; but now | re-
member that when we were at play
he was always at work The nat
ural talent of Richard Burke were
pronounced by excellent judges cd
uaI to those of his illustriOus |
brother. But while the memory of |
Edmund Burke is dear to every
lover of genius, patriotism and
principle, that of Richard Burke |
has passed into Oblivion because he
was deficient in the power TO work,
he had failed TO cultivate the hab-
it of industry and neglected that
assiduOus and unfaiing application
which alone can develop the men,
cal faculties and train them to the
successful performance of their
allotted tasks.
Edmund Burke rose by industri-
Gus valOr, Lord BrOugham by his
genius for few men were more bril-
liantly endowed by nature than he,
and yet though he achieved many
successes he failed to make a very
permanent mark in the history Of
his country He lacked persever-
ence. He seemed incapable of pur-
suing a fixed thing. He was what
Pope characterized in another bril-
liant, rather profound man-'ev- !
erything by fits and nothing long :
Ben Johnson in one of his plays
makes a character say: When /
take the humor of the thing once, 7
am like your tailor's needle, i
90 through" Let repeated failure
spur you to repeated effort. Re- q
fuse to finch before any obstacle. !
Never turn aside before any diff
,ulty. @
Charles Dickens ascribed his q
great literary success to his per- Q
iistent habits of application. He +
said: Whatever invention of i'm q
igination | have been blessed with, \
{ would never have served me, as Y
{ has, but for my habit of daily a
oiling, drudging attention. And
while | cannot ascribe to the the a
)ry that the sole difference be- ,
.Ween genius and mediOcrity lies n
n the habit of application, this r
much is certain, that ability with O
nut application accOmplishes very
title"
Steadfast application to a fixed
Tim is the law of a well spent life.
When Giardini was asked how long n
/ would take to learn the violin e
he replied twelve hours day for n
U years n
Bayle said of Meyerbeer: He n
las some talent but no genius, and h
e lives solitary, working IS hours i
day al music Years passed. II
leyerbeer's hard work brought out Il
is genius. y. ~
Newion's mind was of the very a,
ighest order; his philosophy NJ
ought with all comprehending ~ ~,
rasp to eneircle the universe of 4,
cd and yet. when asked by what -;
leans he had worked out his ex- -
discoveries he modest a,
answered. by always thinking is
pom them" 80,
Study the lives of successful men ~ -,
every line and you will find that vi
Re great results which have sur :,
unded their name with imperish- ~
lie honor were wrought out by
e most wonderful constancy Of
hor and the most heroic energy -
patience. J
Any man can do what any other ne,
an has done. at least YOU can &C Ian
mpliSh as much as the majority Mo
your fellows. The world does tiv,
I require that we should all be
eat, only that we should all do -
r best in whatever position we uvz
E placed and by SO doing con-
butte TO swell the sum of hui
m happiness and human good.
@ can do our duty as good citiz-
:, aud live truthful. honorable q
q generous lives and this is
'cess worth while Madison C. 3
ans in, fl. h,1...r.f Nf.,.-r