We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Samuel Smiles (1891) by George Reid
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Modern History Sourcebook: Samuel Smiles: Self Help, 1882
The object of the book briefly is, to re-inculcate these old-fashioned but wholesome lessons-which perhaps cannot be too often urged, that youth must work in order to enjoy,-that nothing creditable can be accomplished without application and diligence,-that the student must not be daunted by difficulties, but conquer them by patience and perseverance,-and that, above all, he must seek elevation of character, without which capacity is worthless and worldly success is naught. If the author has not succeeded in illustrating these lessons, he can only say that he has failed in his object. . . .
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