We
see Disraeli, a poor boy and we see Disraeli more powerful than any
other man on earth. We look at Gladstone as a boy starting in life,
determined to be a scholar. We hear his glorious voice, we read his
books, we study the laws he has framed, we watch the empire he governs,
and we feel he succeeded in his boyish ambition. Everywhere--in the
lives of Agassiz, Humboldt, Proctor, Seward, Farragut, Nelson,
Abercrombie, Joseph E. Johnston, Longstreet, Stanton, Aspinwall,
Lorillard, Ayer, Helmbold, Scott, Garrett, Ralston, Garner, Watson,
Howe, Singer, Steinway, McCormick, Morse, Edison, Bell, Gray,
Applegarth, Hoe, Thomas, Wagner, Verdi, Jurgensen, Picard, Stephenson,
Fulton, Rumsey, Fitch, Lamb, Fairbanks, Corliss, Dahlgren, Parrot,
Armstrong, Gatling, Pullman, Alden, Crompton, Faber, Remington, Sharp,
Colt, Daguerre, Bessemer, Goodyear, Yale, Keene, Gould, Villard,--and
IN THE LIVES OF THE THOUSANDS
which my limits exclude me from mentioning, there is the example of the
hard worker, the promise of results that will follow a well-directed
effort. "In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one
was never to die"--that is, pay attention only to the object aimed at.
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