1. advice to boys
... and a heavy strain upon his powers of endurance . To a lawyer , a physician , or a merchant , it may be everything to be able to work sixteen hours a day for as long as is needful , without yielding up to weariness . Moreover , the patience , tenacity , and good humour which are among the most important qualifications for dealing with men , are incompatible with an irritable brain , a weak ... , may slowly and surely rise to prosperity and honour , when his more brilliant compeers , for lack of character , have gone down , with all vwho trusted them , to hopeless ruin .Such things do ha...
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