Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1883 — How to Succeed. [ARTICLE]

How to Succeed.

There must be a responsive feeling in a man, or he is not an artist. You hear a story, and it stirs you; and you think that in a certain combination of events that would be tremendous. A spark falls out on the carpet. / It 'aqesn’t burn the woolen rug; but if there had been gunpowder there, the whole house would nave been blown up! How did Shakespeare get up his plays? From what he had seen and heard in real life. He was a great observer of what was. He jollified right along, and he sang his song like a bird. He didn’t need to talk about kings all the time. Common people were of just as much importance. Just the same with Moliere and Cervantes. Shakespeare never sat down and said: “Now I’m going to be original.” No. When he opened his eyes in the mornng he didn’t think of looking at things as Tommy Tinker did. He wrote his play just as I would smoke a cigar or read a book. But you had better believe he was a worker! The fellows who have succeeded have sweated more than others. It is a case of open pores. Most people, in their eternal grasping for gain, keep their pores tightly closed —Boston Transcript.