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Fortune Has Often Been Blamed For Her Blindness; But Fortune Is Not So Blind As Men Are. Those Who Look Into Practical Life Will Find That Fortune Is Usually On The Side Of The Industrious, As The Winds And Waves Are On The Side Of The Best Navigators.

The Highest Culture Is Not Obtained From The Teacher When At School Or College, So Much As By Our Ever Diligent Self-education When We Become Men.

The Experience Gathered From Books, Though Often Valuable, Is But The Nature Of Learning; Whereas The Experience Gained From Actual Life Is One Of The Nature Of Wisdom.

Labor Is Still, And Ever Will Be, The Inevitable Price Set Upon Everything Which Is Valuable.

Men Must Necessarily Be The Active Agents Of Their Own Well-being And Well-doing They Themselves Must In The Very Nature Of Things Be Their Own Best Helpers.