El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12
Poverty Is Aid To Work
Many Of the Greatest Achievements
Have Been Carried oct
by hungry Men.
By Nadfs,r r.
= By Madison {. Peter Z,

M BEEN d doa ae' gS SS5i'i a. " 05ss. a.
Of poverty. DR.. Johnson
wIote "Easselas,' in order to raise
money to bury his mother. Lee in
vented the spinning jenny 10 earn
bread fo- his children.
Walter Raleigh was a man who gave
the impression Of achieving things
with ease, yet it was of Raleigh that
queen Elizabeth said: He could toll
terribly"
Carlyle was a good example OF the
pains and gains Of drudgcry. He al
ways spoke Of literature as an IN
congenial trade. for he obtained its
prize only at the expense OF incon-
ceiyable labor; his books were liter
afaLly Wrung out Of MIN, he went 20
times over the confused records Of the
patlle Of Naseoy 20 be quite sure as
TO the topography.
Dante wrote mis- Inferno" under in
t. nse strain, taking no rest from the
time ne conceived the work and every
waxing moment was devoted to eVOlV-
ing situations 50 that before the "Di-
vine 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 ne found
time 10 perform all the tasks to
which he set himself. answered 4
find time by never losing it." This
reply is ever the secret Of success.
Succeed Through Work.
Richard Burke, listening TO one OF
his brothers magnificent OratiOns In
the house Of commons, said: I have
been wondering how Ned has cOntriVed
TO mOnOpOliZe all the talents of the
family; but now 1 remember that when
We were at play he was always at
work" The natural talents of Rich
ard Burke were pronounced by excel
lent judges equal to those OF his IL
lustrlous brother But while the mem
or OF Edmund Burke IS dear to every
lover Of genius. patriotism, and prin-
cIple, that Of Richard Burlk has passed
into oblivion. because he was deficient
in the power 10 work, he had failed
10 cultivate the habit of industry and
neglected that asSiduOus and unfaiHng
application which alone can develop
the mental faculties and train them 70
the successful performance of their al
lOtted tasks Edmund Burke rose By
Industrious valOr. Lord BrOugham by
his genius, for few men were more
brilliantly endowed by nature than he,
and yet though he achieved many sue
.cesseS he failed to make a very per-
naneut mark in the history of his
country. He lacked perseverance, He
seemed incapable OF pursuing a fixed
thing. He was what Pope chara cter-
lied in another brilliant profound
man. everything by fits and nothing
long"
JOhnsOn's Philosophy.
Ben Johnson. in one Of his plays,
makes q character say, When l take
the humor Of the thing once. am like
Your tailOr's needle, L 90 through
Let repeated failure spur you 10 re-
peated effort Refuse TO finch before
any Ob staclc. Never turn aside before
any difficulty
Charles Dickens ascribed his great
literary success 10 his persistent hab-
its OF application He said. Nv hat
ever invention or Imagination I have
served me, as it has, but for my habit
OF daily, tOiling drudging, attention.
and while I cannot asCribe to the the
Cry that the sole difference between
of application, this much is certain,
that ability without application accom-
pllSheSf very little
Steadfast application to a fixed aim
is the law OF a Well-Spent life When
Giardini was asked how long IL would
Twelve hours a day for 20 years,
Bayle said Of Mayerbeer, He has
some talent, but no genius; he lives
solitary, working Is hours a day at
music" Years passed, Meyerbeer's
work brought out his genius
NeWtOn's mind was OF the very high
est order his philosophy sought with
al cOmprehending grasp to eucircle
asked by what means he had worked
out his extraordinary discoveries he
mOdestly answered By always think
ing upon them
study the lives Of successful men in
every line and you will find that the
their name with. imperishable honor
were wrought GUY by the most wonder
ful cOnstancy of labor and the most
heroic energy. Of patience