How to Make Your Mark in Life (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Durant, E. Elliot

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ISBN 10: 1330607562 ISBN 13: 9781330607565

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Try and of their career and above all a thorough knowledge of himself, if possible, are necessary in determining the life-leap a man should make. How came such men as Roger Bacon, Sir Wal ter Raleigh, Sir Isaac Newton, William Shakes peare, George Chapman, Francis Bacon, and George Herbert? What made these physical and mental giants? It was their parentage. These men are samples of their ancestry; but they are also samples of the race to which they belong. Hence, I assert that it is of some im portance to a man that he ascertain the race, the ancestry, the characteristics of his people before he determines the course in life he should pursue if he would ensure a certain measure of success. This is most strikingly traceable in the offspring of men of musical ability. Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, and a goodly number of Italian professors of the di vine art, sprang from a musical stock, hence their wisdom and safety in pursuing a similar career. An example of this may be found to day in the Gittens' family in Barbados, British West Indies, every member of that family be ing gifted with that celestial art. Some will object to this rule as being too limited in its.

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'Twixt what thou art and what thou wouldst be, let
No "if" arise on which to lay the blame.
Man makes a mountain of that puny word,
But, like a blade of grass before the scythe,
It falls and withers when a human will,
Stirred by creative force, sweeps towards its aim.

Thou wilt be what thou couldst be. Circumstance
Is but the toy of genius. When a Soul
Burns with a God-like purpose to achieve,
All obstacles between it and its goal
Must vanish as the dew before the sun.

"If" is the motto of the dilettante
And idle dreamer: 'tis the poor excuse
Of mediocrity. The truly great
Know not the word, or know it but to scorn;
Else had Joan of Arc a peasant died
Uncrowned by glory and by men unsung.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330607562
• ISBN 13: 9781330607565
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72