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ENCOURAGEHENr To lorNG Man.
What encouragement 10 Industrious habits
and perseverance is the acquisition ofknaw-
ledge and the Improvement of the mind


As we look back on the past. We read of
hundreds who have risen 10 stations orbo.
nor by their own cxcr;inns. There Is no,
an instance on record, where a man psi,
forth al ais energies and determined 10 be
something, who did not reach the top Of his
ambition. IL is not those who have whq,
is called a liberal education. who are the
IN isi useful men in The world, anl who
allnc can occupy stat ols oftrIst anI honor.
On the contrary the most talented m-n I'm
our country belong TO that cas-. who re-
ccived iheir education ut the work bench.
the plough, the press. ani the anvil. who
are the most prominent men in our Con-
grcssional and Legislative halls-;n the
pulpit and a the bar. Thosr who were
Graded in poverty. and fought their way
through much sorrow and 1trihulaiion-who
met with hard r.Ibs on every side-who
were despiscd and sneered ai by The proud
and the rich. Poor AMI li.ienl less vouDp
men, do YOU ever feel discourarrdl DO
you snmstimas sink to the earth in despairl
suffer not the indulgence of lhese feelings
but renew you energy by pes1lsing the his.
tories and following in the Footsteps of those
who have gone before you. You have not
more to con'enl with than oihcrs--ani the
prospect is bright and glorious in the Car
distant future. Hope IN and pcrsevere.


A few years ago. Luther Severance and
James Harper were bringing water by The
pail fhll, to wash type in a printing Office
-:hcy Were knocked about here and iI.re:
and seo,ded too by the older bays. But
ihey did not sit down and weep AMI declare
they would run away from thair masters.
No-:hcy stuck to their trades. year afier
year, till they became of age. Where arc


hey now! Scveancc is in Congress, and
Harper IS at the head of the largest pub
i;shing house in America, an | was recent
- elected mayor Of the city Of New York.
by n large majority. SO much for energy
and industry.


Simon Green'eaf Professor of Law at
Cambridge University, is an example Of
what man may become by siudious habits.
With limited education, he cn'ered law
yer's Office, and by his industrious habits
and attention TO his books, when he began