Neither poverty nor misfortune could keep Linnæus from his botany.
The English and Austrian armies called Napoleon the one-hundred-thousand-man. His presence was considered equal to that force in battle.
The lesson he teaches is that which vigor always teaches—that there is always room for it. To what heaps of cowardly doubts is not that man's life an answer.
CHAPTER X.
TO BE GREAT, CONCENTRATE.
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it. —Franklin.
"He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither."
None sends his arrow to the mark in view,
Whose hand is feeble, or his aim untrue.
—Cowper.
He who wishes to fulfill his mission must be a man of one idea, that is, of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life. —Bate.