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Show What Patience Will Do. . "Patience and perseverance will accomplish ac-complish all things," was a favorite saying of an old farmer. He had just made this remark In a train one day on the way to market, mar-ket, when a pompous individual iu the next seat turned to him. and said: "Nonsense, sir. I can tell you a great many things which neither patience pa-tience nor perseverance can accomplish." accom-plish." "Perhaps you can," said the farmer, far-mer, "but I have never yet come across one thing." "Well, then, I'll tell you one. Will 'patience and perseverance enable you to carry water in a sieve?" "Certainly." "I would like to know how." "Simply by waiting for the water to freeze." |