El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-10

- IE4EfEAL En- 0AAG 1880
success, unmindful Of the fact
that the worlds best work has always
been done under pressure OF pOFsI1 -
and the stress Of sickness.
The romance Of rlcues IS the stoIy
Of poor boys. John JACOB AsLOl,
Americas first millionaire slAI 80
life as cake peddler. John u h'0C51e-
Teller worked up from three uo.laL
a week bookkeeper to the world
richest man.
Our railway kings were poor boys.
Cornelius Vanderbilt ferrled ms own
boat. Moses Taylor was store cleEA'
John ]. Blair a musk rat trapper anu
James J. Hill arose from pillow boy
The Wall street kings Russell sage
stepped from grocer store Jane Jane
r. keene was an animal suaru anu
Jay Gould sold rat traps
Our city railway kings AhtHOlls
n. Brady started life as neWsDoy anu
Thomas +. Ryan was a penniless lad
starts As Messenger Boy.
D. o. Mills. the millionaire pnllan-
thrOpist, arose from a grocery cLeIA-
ship, while Andrew Carnegie began
life in Pittsburg as messenger boy.
Marshall Field, the greatest genius OF
the mercantile world, began lie as a
drvEoods clerk; Frederick Weyer-
haeuser. Americas lumber king, a
German immigrant boy, began me as
day labOrer in a brewery
The stories of successful men IL
lustrate the truth Of Edgar Allan
Poe's philosophy that Man dieth not
wholly save by the death Of his VIII
Mozart the worlds greatest mu-
sician, was not only so poor InAl ne
suffered for the necessities but was
subject TO fainting fits and nervous
headaches; Beethoven, the founder OF
modern orchestral music, was stone
deaf. while the immortal Handel was
the victim Of asthma all his life and
became blind.
NapOIean an Epileptie.
Lord Byron, the splendid genius
was an epileptic; Alexander, Caesar
and Napolean were what We should
now call epilepucs-
Moliere, the father OF French com
edy, never knew what it was TO have
days good health, Edward Glhbon, the
immortal historian. was a chronic IN
valid; Descartes, the originator OF the
science Of analytical geometry, was
troubled with headaches so violent
that he would scream and roll on the
floor in agony OF suffering
CarlyI was a good example OF the
pains and gains Of drudgery- he al
ways spoke of literature as an IN
conEenial trade, for he obtained It's
prizes only at the expense OF incon-
ceivable labor. His books were lit
orally wrung out OF him: he went 20
times over the confused records OF
! the battle Of Naseby to be quite sure
as 10 the topography. He did not
know what it was to enjoy an hours
good health.
Dante Wanderer.
Dante wrote his Inferno" under
! intense strain, taking no rest from the
/ time he conceived the work and every
waking moment was devoted TO evolY-
| ing situations so that before the '-Di-
vine Comedy" was completed he had
grown old and lean He was an exile,
l a homeless Wanderer, sick and suffer
| ing in mind and body
! Heine half blind and paralyzed. lay
for years on his mattress grave" un-
/ subdued in the activity Of his mind.
] a soldier in the intellectual war Of
Z liberation, which has freed European
I thought from its medieval snackles-
/ Robert Louis Stevenson in a letter
/ TO George Meredith said For Il
years I have not had q day OF real
health. 1 have written in hemorr-
I hayes written in sickness. written
I torn by coughing, written when my
head swan from weakness Was ever
work so fine done under conditions so
/ disastrous?
Blindness Handicap
/ Milton proved the truth OF his say
/ ing who best can suffer best can
( do" by writing his immortal work
| when he was blind.
Henry Fawcett, England's most
/ famous postmaster general and pro-
l fessor at Cambridge, became a greater
I man after an unfortunate accident de-
L prived him Of his sight
/ Prescott. compelled at 25 to abandon
/ his chosen profession Of law because
i OF his failing eyesighL- and with no
I accurate knowledge OF the modern
/ languages, chose as his life work one
/ which above ali required eyesight. and
4 taking up a branch Of history which
/ demanded the constant use Of the
i language Of southern Europe and with
| the use OF only one impaired eye, he
/ produced the History OF Ferdinand
| and Isabella" Conquest Of Mexico.
l the Conquest OF Peru" and the His
Z tory Of Philip IL" The impairment OF
his sight induced that earnesness of
! endeavor and concentration Of pursuit
I which won for him world wide fame
! Francis Parkman, the most pictur-
/ esque Of American historians. had eye
! sight so poor ne could read only an
! hour a day
HerreshOff, designer OF the victor
iOus racing yachts. became totally
| blind at Is Undaunted by difficulties,
| not abating one jot, he steered right
Z on Carlyle says: He can who thinks
] he can"
/ Let repeated failures spur you to re-
! peated effort. Refuse to finch before
/ any obstacle Never turn aside before
/ any difficulty
| ANY man can do what any other man
/ has done; at least you can accomplish
&C much as the majority Of your Eel
/ lows. Emerson says; Nobody car
cheat you out Of ultimate success but
| yourself
that range seventeen inches OF solid
aHs. Hafr farnH Ia