The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . ut this too rude an exercise they find, Then straight on the couch their limbs they throw, Where hours and hours they, sighing, lie : eclined, And court the vapory god soft-breathing in the wind. JIME and labor are the two oars by whicha man propels his life-boat toward the dis-tant shores of achievement and fruition. It is astonishing to think how much timeis thrown away and wasted each year, andhow much could be learned by those whofelt disposed to u
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . ut this too rude an exercise they find, Then straight on the couch their limbs they throw, Where hours and hours they, sighing, lie : eclined, And court the vapory god soft-breathing in the wind. JIME and labor are the two oars by whicha man propels his life-boat toward the dis-tant shores of achievement and fruition. It is astonishing to think how much timeis thrown away and wasted each year, andhow much could be learned by those whofelt disposed to use these spare moments in further-ing the objects of their ambition. Purpose and per-sistent industry make a man sharp to discern oppor-tunities, and turn them to account. To the feeble,the sluggish, and the indolent, the happiest opportu-nities avail nothing; but with perseverance the very-odds and ends of time may be worked up into resultsof the greatest value. An hour every day withdrawnfrom frivolous pursuits, and profitably employed,would enable a person of ordinary capacity to go farin mastering a complete science. It would make an. 268 ODD MOMENTS. ignorant man well-informed in ten years. Stephensontaught himself arithmetic and mensuration whileworking in an engine-room during the night shifts,and he studied mechanics during his spare hours athome; thus preparing himself for his great work, theinvention of the passenger locomotive. Watt taughthimself chemistry and mechanics while working at histrade. Daltons industry began from boyhood, and attwelve years of age he taught a little village school inthe winter, and worked on his fathers farm in thesummer. This early habit of industry was continueduntil a day or two before he died. Dr. Mason Goodtranslated Lucretius while riding in his carriage inthe streets of London, going his rounds among hispatients. Dr. Darwin composed nearly all his worksin the same way, while driving about in his sulky,from house to house in the coun
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