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ors together, when I awoke in the night, 

 and note the effect ahnost as well as by 

 actually laying ihem side by side. Soon 

 after getting out the first issue of the Re- 

 view having the new cover, I visited my 

 mother-in-law; and among the first things 

 that she said to me was: "I admire the 

 Review's new cover. I think that it is a 

 handsome combination of colors. ' ' I felt 

 then that my thoroughness had not been 

 in vain — that I had succeeded. I have 

 been trying other colors again this fall, 

 but I have not found anything that suits 

 me any better. 



I once heard Prof. Beal, of our agricul- 

 tural college, tell of his first experience as 

 a pupil of Agassiz. Agassiz gave him a 

 shell, an oyster shell or something like 

 that, and asked him to examine it thor- 

 oughly and then write a description of it. 

 It seemed a simple thing to do; and the 

 report was soon forthcoming. Agassiz 

 asked: "Is that all you can find? Try 

 again," He went at it again, and soon 

 found something more. He kept on 

 for several hours, and found quite a 

 number of things not seen at first. A 

 second report was then written and sub- 

 mitted. It was commended, but he was 

 urged to still further search. This was 

 kept for one whole iveek before Agassiz 

 was satisfied with the report. In telling 

 of this, Prof. Beal said that after he had 

 been examining the shell for three or four 

 days he could see it just as clearly wheth- 

 er he was looking at it or not. This is 

 thoroughness. 



Enthusiasm must not be overlooked. 

 If the feelings in your breast, as you go 

 to your work, are akin to those of the 

 galley slave, driven to his task, success 

 will never b? yours. If there is not that 

 about your work that fills and thrills you, 

 that leads you to forget fatigue, hunger 

 and even yourself, then you have missed 

 your calling. Enthusiasm over one's 

 work is an absolute necessity. If you 

 can not arouse yourself and take some in- 

 terest in your work for the zcark's sake, 

 then find some work in which you can. 

 Enthusiasm in one begets confidence in 



others. As I heard Mr. Heddon say, the 

 last time I met him, "I have no faith in 

 the man who has no enthusiasm." 



I can not mention all of the points that 

 have a bearing on success, but I must 

 say a few words about courage — 

 I had almost said daring. I think 

 that many men fail because they 

 are afraid — they don't dare to go ahead 

 and take chances. They are afraid that 

 they may make mistakes. Figuratively 

 speaking, they stand on the bank shiver- 

 ing, not daring to brave the dangers of 

 the dark waters, while the more courage- 

 ous plunge in, strike out boldly, and 

 finally reach the promised land. No, I 

 don't advise hastiness nor rashness; go 

 over the ground carefully, thoroughly, 

 and "be sure you are right," or as near 

 right as you can be, then, having fully- 

 decided what is best, go to work earnest- 

 ly, enthusiastically, boldly. There is 

 even a sort of momentum, or rush, gained 

 by this method that actually carries one 

 over rough places and overturns obstacles 

 that would otherwise bar the progress. 



Once more let me refer to myself. -A. 

 year or more ago I saw that if the Review 

 was to become the success that I wished 

 it to be, "something must be done." 

 Weeks passed ere I fully decided exactly 

 what to do. After I had decided what 

 to do, then came the courage to spend 

 money for new type, better paper, more 

 pages, a new cover, more and better en- 

 gravings, better correspondence, and ex- 

 tensive and "pushing" advertising. Every 

 dollar thus spent has come back, bringing 

 -another dollar with it. Suppose I had 

 been lacking in courage — some call it 

 "nerve?" 



Just a word about taking advantage of 

 modern methods, inventions and improve- 

 ments. When I bought a type writer 

 several years ago, it seemed as though I 

 could not possibly afford it. Experience 

 soon showed me that I could not possi- 

 bly aff'ord not to have it. Then came 

 the bicycle that enabled any member 

 of the family to make the trip down 

 town and back in one-third the time 



