that his distress was very noticeable when he was compelled to wait in
idleness for three days. Never allow obstacles to stop you. When the
waters meet an obstacle they run around it. So do the ants. Read the
lives of successful men. Watch successful men. "We are less convinced by
what we hear than what we see," said Herodotus thousands of years ago.
Said Seneca, nineteen hundred years ago: "Men trust rather to their eyes
than to their ears; the effect of precepts, is, therefore, slow and
tedious, while that of example is summary and effectual." Says Franklin:
"None teaches better than the ant, and she says nothing." "Not the cry"
say the Chinese, "but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to
fly and follow."
"CHRIST NEVER WROTE A TRACT,"
says Horace Mann. "The people look at their pastor six days in the
week," says Cecil, "to see what he means on the seventh." Says Dr.
Johnson: "Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one
common pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier grounds,"
and the examples of a majority of the successful men will show this to
be true. It seems to me, in conclusion, that