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If I were a boy again

If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagleand the snail.”

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come

between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two

directions at once.

The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up

people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the

reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I

would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little

hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little

trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.