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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 274, 18 November 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)

Several notable people contribute to a discussion on "Luck" in the first number of "The Gem." Dr. Gordon Stables-is not very decided, and says that "there may be luck, and,there may not be"; but Annie Swan declares: "I am not a believer in luck. I believe that success springs from native ability, and also, perhaps, in a greater degree from honest aud continuous labour. At the same time, however, even the most hard-headed and practical among us are apt to be influenced by a superstitious idea, especially in dealing with their own fortune. Hall Came believes in luck; and here is Wilson Barrett's letter ■from the Lyceum Theatre: "An unsuccessful man once said to me, 'Wil;son Barrett, I wish I had your luck.' He worked three hours a day—sometimes. I work sixteen invariably." llrs Marie Connor Leighton, the brilliant authoress, who writes "The Way of Sinners,*' "The Gem's" new serial, says: "I believe in luck; but chiefly I believe in the belief. Get once into .your head the idea that you are lucky, and all will go well with you. On the other hand, convince yourself Oj^ your ill-hick, end nothing that you undertake will -succeed. In actuality, luck is not the prime mover in either case. It is the heart and the energy which are put into the work that determine whether or not li shall achieve success."