Lesson 1
Man should not be blinded to whatsoever merit exists in the opportunity which he hath in hand, remembering that a thousand promises for the future should weigh as naught against the possession of a single piece of silver.
Lesson 2
Fortune is ever elusive, and can only be retained by force. Deal with her tenderly and she will forsake you for a stronger man.
Lesson 3
Failure exists only in the grave. Man, being alive, hath not yet failed; always he may turn about and ascend by the same path he descended by; and there may be one that is less abrupt(albeit longer of achievement), and more adaptable to his condition.
Lesson 4
Seek comrades among the industrious, for those who are idle will sap your energies from you
Lesson 5
The Ishmaelite (which I understand to be a man whose hand is against everybody, and who thinks that the hands of every other man are against him) and the leper are the same, since both are abominations in the sight of man, – albeit they differ much, in that the former may be restored to perfect health. The former is entirely the result of imagination; the latter has poison in his blood. There is a plus-entity and minus-entity in every human body that is born into the world. Whichever one of these is favored by the flesh becomes dominant.
Lesson 6
Whatsoever you desire of good is yours. You have but to stretch forth your hand and take it
Have no fear of any sort of shape, for fear is an adjunct of the minus-entity. Start tonight; start now upon this new journey. Be always on your guard. Whichever entity controls you, the other hovers at your side; beware lest the evil enter, even for a moment. The recipe of “success” is written. If followed, it cannot fail. Wherein I may not be entirely comprehended, the plus-entity of whosoever reads will supply the deficiency; and upon that Better Self of mine, I place the burden of imparting to generations that are to come, the secret of this all-pervading good – the secret of being what you have it within you to be.
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Lovely Blog.
I fit for whom the blog is designed!
I had just read this story and I too wondered what an ishmaelite was. My dictionary. A delightful old English one, described it thus: a social outcast, a hater of humanity.
Both definitions are thought provoking.
Keep sharing. You have read some different sources. Seems that this information is ‘new’ for every generation, yet found when sought
Cheers from Oz
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