. Hardware merchandising March-June 1915 . stead ofmuch needed money, thirty-three acresof barren Ohio land, on which nothinghad ever been made to stow. But hecouldnt sell it. and he couldnt paytaxes on it unless it could be made self-supporting. In his dilemma he set to work and experimented until he foundsthat a certain variety of grapes — theeatawba—would grow just in that sortof soil. He planted all of the land incatawbas and started the great industryof grape culture in Ohio and the begin-ning of his own colossal fortune. We must use the means that we haveto accomplish our ends. And we wi
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1915 . stead ofmuch needed money, thirty-three acresof barren Ohio land, on which nothinghad ever been made to stow. But hecouldnt sell it. and he couldnt paytaxes on it unless it could be made self-supporting. In his dilemma he set to work and experimented until he foundsthat a certain variety of grapes — theeatawba—would grow just in that sortof soil. He planted all of the land incatawbas and started the great industryof grape culture in Ohio and the begin-ning of his own colossal fortune. We must use the means that we haveto accomplish our ends. And we willwin the battle in spite of defects in our,armor; we will succeed with the toolsalready at hand, if we are built of the,sturdy, self-reliant stuff that does notbalk at obstacles, nor cry out for as-sistance at every little difficulty thatrises on the horizon. Time and again, when in London, Ihave been taken to the ParliamentHouses, or to Westminster Abbey by afriend, but whenever I undertook to goalone I was sure to lose my way. When. Uncle Sam in the Trenches. depending on my friends guidance Inever tried to fix in my mind the pointswhich one naturally observes to guidethe eye in finding the way for himself. It is just the same with the young manor woman who follows somebody else inlife, who always leans upon others. Ex-perience is of no practical use to such 3one, for he never acquires power whichis developed only through self-help. There is one very important point inthis connection which must not be over-looked. The ability to stand by onespurposes through thick and thin, throughhard times and all sorts of discourage-ment, requires a great deal of that sortof staying power which depends no littleon ones health. Physical vigor is in acertain sense the basis of all achieve-ment that is worth while. The dyspep-tic, anaemic man is rarely the sake of the moral force you ex-(tt by means of it. keep yourself in a good physical condition. You cannotafford to g
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