A SUBGEON'S MAXIMS.
" The capacity a man has for working when ; work becomes distasteful ■? was de-, scribed by Sir Frederick Treves,, the cel.er, brated surgeon, who distributed the prizes . at the Dartmouth Home for Crippled Boys> as the essential quality for Success in life. , Following are some further aphorisms from his speech:— . If you have, a fault and realise it* . you have done nearly half the work td» remove it. - ' ' ! . '■■'■'■"'•■ Have tyourself ready for opportunity/ when opportunity arises. Officers in business are selected by inerit. * You are not waiting for good ' tune; good fortune is waiting for yoA» ,If you want to do well, keep ing, keep clean —bodily, mentally, andc., morally, —and keep straight. I have no great belief either in. talent or genius. . . . So far aa the hafd work of life is concerned, 1/ have not witnessed in those-'aVound nai* any striking proof of its great valuiw
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 28, 10 March 1914, Page 6
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149A SUBGEON'S MAXIMS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 28, 10 March 1914, Page 6
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