奥里森·马登

OrisonMarden

"Icant!Itisimossible!

"saidalieutenanttoAlexander，afterfailingtotakearock-crestedfortress.

"Begone!

"thunderedthegreatMacedonian，

"thereisnothingimossibletohimwhowilltry.

"andattheheadofahalanxheswetthefoefromthestronghold.

"Youcanonlyhalfwill，

"Suvorovwouldsaytoeolewhofailed.

"Idontknow，

"

"Icant，

"and

"imossible

"hewouldnotlistento.

"Learn!

"

"Do!

"

"Try!

"hewouldexclai

ProfessorGeorgeWilson，ofEdinburghUniversity，wassofragilethatnoonethoughtheevercouldamounttomuch;buthebecameanotedscholarinsiteofdiscouragementswhichwouldhavedauntedmostmenofthestrongestconstitutions.Disaster，amutationofonefoot，consumtion—no，thingcouldshakehisimeriouswill.Deathitselfseemedtostandaghastbeforethatmightyresolution，hesitatingtotakeossessionofthebodyafterallelsehadfled.

Atfifty-fiveyearsofage，SirWalterScottowedmorethansixhundredthousanddollars.Hedeterminedthateverydollarshouldbeaid.Thisironresolutiongaveconfidenceandinsirationtotheotherfacultiesandfunctionsofthebodyandbrain.EverynerveandFibresaid:

"Thedebtmustbeaid!

"Everydroofbloodcaughttheinsirationandrushedtothebraintoadditsweightofforcetotheowerwhichwieldedtheen.Andthedebtwasaid.Inhisdiaryhewrote:

"IhavesufferedterriblyandoftenwishedthatIcouldliedownandsleewithoutwaking.ButIwillfightitoutifIcan.

"

"Isthereonewhomdifficultiesdishearten?

"askedJohnHunter.

"Hewilldolittle.Isthereonewhowillconquer?Thatkindofamanneverfails.