How To Make Your Mark In Life 1917 PDF Download

Excerpt from How to Make Your Mark in Life 'Twixt what thou art and what thou wouldst be, let No "if" arise on which to lay the blame. Man makes a mountain of that puny word, But, like a blade of grass before the scythe, It falls and withers when a human will, Stirred by creative force, sweeps towards its aim. Thou wilt be what thou couldst be. Circumstance Is but the toy of genius. When a Soul Burns with a God-like purpose to achieve, All obstacles between it and its goal Must vanish as the dew before the sun. "If" is the motto of the dilettante And idle dreamer: 'tis the poor excuse Of mediocrity. The truly great Know not the word, or know it but to scorn; Else had Joan of Arc a peasant died Uncrowned by glory and by men unsung. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.