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Show I' t- rttt- vcruiH't'. A iiiiTiturluUf Ci.iuiM.sitimi l.v M.'linnl.- Ihm sukiT, nf tlie H. K .S. Acti(iemy.l 1 ''Perseverance com piers all things." I and imlliintr is accomplished without il. I "Continual dropping wears n stone," I niiil s'm itnceasin; labor overcomes ditti-! ditti-! cullies. ' Liy perseverance the jrreat pyramids j ef Egypt were built, ami the magnili-I magnili-I cent temple of Jerusalem wns const ruct- fil, P.y searching inn! exploring, tliis I continent was discovered, and its dis-' dis-' t'i vei ers did nut succeed tlie lirst time, or tlie second, but they (Md not ive ii until they had itccmuplishcd tlie end tliey desired. Hy perseverance Pulton invented his tirst steam hour ; when his friends called him ioolish fur undertaking undertak-ing sncl a thin:, lie did imi yive up. j hnt finally succeeded in making a vessel 1 of min i iise to the world. Hy constant observation the great scientists of the : day obtain their knowledge; in facl. all j of the jrreHt men, men whose names are honori'd and revered today, were perse- , verin'. We also see this principle illus- I trated in nature; little hy little the' mountains tire wearing away, and the: sea." are lillinjr up with sediment from j the rivers, and hv the work of small i illM'Cts. Who does not admiie a youth who will not give tip and falter hy ihe wayside, (iililiongh ditHciilties may beset him) until he may gain ,the prize he was in search of? lie will make the great j mini. Any one who would succeed in life has only one path, the path of perseverance. To fullow this, many hardliips will he encountered, and many obstacles overcome before the end is reached. HciijaiMn Franklin wasone I of the poorest of men. yet hy his persever- auce lie grew to be one of the greatest. . Nearly all the great men wlm llverl be- j fore ns hail no riches to begin with. ; "If at lirst you don't succeed. Lrv j again," should lie our motto during all l our school days, and not only then, hut durinsjour whole Hie it should be kept ; in view; ever reniem heri n that we build our own characters, and that they live fin-ever filler lis. j |
