. Self-made uomini. e di poche semplici massime che Sir Wil-liam Jones è stato in grado di compiere ciò che egli ha fatto. Uno dei thesewas, mai trascurare un'opportunità di miglioramento; anotherwas, che qualsiasi cosa fosse stata raggiunta era raggiungibile da lui,e che pertanto le reali o presunte difficoltà di qualsiasi pursuitformed alcun motivo per cui egli non dovrebbe impegnarsi in essa. È stato inoltre,dice Signore Teignmouth, un principio fisso con lui, da whichhe mai volontariamente deviato, a non essere scoraggiato da qualsiasi difficile-ies che erano superabili da perseguire per un successfultermination ciò che aveva una volta deliberatamente intraprese

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. Self-made men. e of a few simple maxims that Sir Wil-liam Jones was able to accomplish what he did. One of thesewas, never to neglect an opportunity of improvement; anotherwas, that whatever had been attained was attainable by him, and that therefore the real or supposed difficulties of any pursuitformed no reason why he should not engage in it. It was also, says Lord Teignmouth, a fixed principle with him, from whichhe never voluntarily deviated, not to be deterred by any difficult-ies which were surmountable from prosecuting to a successfultermination what he had once deliberately undertaken. Likeall great workers, Jones was scrupulously methodical, and had aparticular time for every occupation, thus avoiding interruptionand confusion. The best monument of his fame was raised by his widow, whopublished a splendid edition of his works in 6 vols, quarto, 1799, and also, at her own expense, placed a fine marble statue to hismemory, executed by Flaxman, in the ante-chamber of Universi-ty College, Oxford.. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. This redoubtable hero was born at Willoughby, in Lincoln-shire, in the year 1579. He was descended, he says in his auto-biography, from the family of the ancient Smiths of Crudley, inLancashire, on the fathers side, and from the Rickards, of GreatHeck, in Yorkshire, on the mothers. At an early age, his pa-rents having died, he was placed under the care of guardians, butthese unfaithful stewards ill-treated the youth, squandered hisproperty, and otherwise behaved in a manner highly offensive tohis sensitive nature. In those days, young people considered itan excellent plan to run away, if all things were not quite com-fortable at home. There were no electric telegraphs, rail-roads, orsteam-boats to dart after the truant and bring him back again.If he had a stout heart, a keen wit, or a sharp sword, it wasprobable that he would make a way for himself in the world, andso utterly escape from all his former grievances. Smiths dispo-sition became known t

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