g. It is better to deserve success than to
have it; few deserve it who do not attain it._"

"_There is no failure in this country for those whose personal habits
are good, and who follow some honest calling industriously, unselfishly,
and purely. If one desires to succeed, he must pay the price_--WORK!"

_In order to succeed, a man must have a purpose fixed, then let his
motto be_ VICTORY OR DEATH.

--HENRY CLAY.

"_Be liberal but cautious; enterprising but careful._"

"_Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we
fall._"

_Fail!--Fail?_
_In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood,
there is no such word_
_As--fail!_--"RICHELIEU."

_Benjamin Franklin has truly said: The road to wealth is as plain as the
road to mill._

DANIEL DREW.

Here is a great financier. A man of unusual ability; but who is no
exception to the rule, born poor. His success came by hard work and a
thorough mastery of his business. It is surprising how many Wall Street
operators began life on the farm. In the case of Daniel Drew, at the age
of only fifteen, matters were made worse by the death of his father.

At eighteen, he concluded to go to New York; but, after a discouraging
time of it, his money giving out, he was obliged to return to his home.
However, his trip did not prove a total failure, as subsequent events
show. While in the metropolis he heard that fat cattle could be sold
there at a profit over what he knew they could be bought for, at his
country home. He therefore resolved to go into the cattle business.
True, he had no money, he was a poor country lad, but this made little
difference with Drew's determination. As he had no money with which to
buy a drove for himself, he did the next best thing; this was to induce
the neighboring farmers to allow him to drive their cattle to market on
a commission plan. By this one act the reader can understand the
difference between Daniel Drew and the neighboring farm boys, many of
whom were better situated, doubtless, than was he.

Another characteristic he developed was economy; his money was saved and
with these small savings he added cattle to his drove which were his
own, hence, increased his profits; first one at a time, then two, when
at last he abandoned the commission business, becoming a drover on his
own account. Later, he took a partner and the firm of Drew & Co. becam