“So you expect my place,” said Dawkins, glancing about him.
“We'll talk about that three months hence,” said Paul.
“Don't hurt yourself studying,” sneered Dawkins, scornfully.
To this Paul did not deign a reply, but the same day he rose one in his class.
Our hero had a large stock of energy and determination. When he had once set his mind upon a thing, he kept steadily at work till he accomplished it. This is the great secret of success. It sometimes happens that a man who has done nothing will at once accomplish a brilliant success by one spasmodic effort, but such cases are extremely rare.
“Slow and sure wins the race,” is an old proverb that has a great deal of truth in it.
Paul worked industriously.
The kind sexton and his wife, who noticed his assiduity, strove to dissuade him from working so steadily.
“You are working too hard, Paul,” they said.
“Do I look pale?” asked Paul, pointing with a smile to his red cheeks.