Part One.
“_There are many fingers pointing to the value of a training in
science, as the one thing needful to make the man, who shall rise above
his fellows._”—FRANK ALLEN.
[Illustration: Elephant]
“_The motto marked upon our foreheads, written upon our door-posts,
channeled in the earth, and wafted upon the waves is and must be,
‘Labour is honorable and Idleness is dishonorable.’_”—CARLYLE.
This work is respectfully dedicated to
MAJ. ABRAM B. GARNER,
of Newark, N. J.,
—AND—
ALBERTO H. CAFFEE, ESQ.,
of New York City.
‘Gentlemen without fear and without reproach.’
[Illustration: _Henry R. Worthington_]
“_Thought is the principal factor in all mechanical work; the
mechanical effort is an incident rather than the principal equipment
in any trade or occupation._”
“_Any trade is easily learned by an apt scholar who uses his
reasoning faculties and makes a study of cause and effect._”—CHAS. J.
MASON.