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prerequisite to the triumph; and every one 

 should remember that in a new country, which 

 opens a chance of success to the settler, there 

 always goes with this the chance of heart-break 

 ing failure. Brazil offers remarkable openings 

 for settlers who have the toughness of the born 

 pioneer, and for certain business men and en 

 gineers who have the mixture of daring enter 

 prise and sound common sense needed by those 

 who push the industrial development of new 

 countries. Both classes have great opportuni 

 ties, and both need to be perpetually on their 

 guard against the swindlers and the crack- 

 brained enthusiasts who are always sure to turn 

 up in connection with any country of large 

 developmental possibilities. On the frontier, 

 more than anywhere else, a man needs to be 

 able to rely on himself and to remember that 

 on every frontier there are innumerable failures. 

 No man can be guaranteed success. Men 

 who are not prepared for labor and effort and 

 rough living, for persistence and self-denial, are 

 out of place in a new country; and foolish peo 

 ple who will probably fail anywhere are more 

 certain to fail badly in a new country than any 

 where else. During the whole period of the 

 marvellous growth of the United States there 

 has been a constant and uninterrupted stream 



