Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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VALEDICTORY irritable, impatient of application, and scornful of the dullness of people who are not geniusesg it loves a short work, a large rcward, and a conspicuous place, it hates toil, and the cares and burdens of life. l'erseverance is of a hrmer weave. and is less annoyed by delays and repulses. What genius can do at a single stroke, persever- ance accomplishes by a succession of blows. Genius sees the statue in the rough block of marble, but only perseverance can bring it forth to the eyes of the world. This era is one of invention, and there have been many prominent geniuses in that line during the last few years. Take for example, Edison, Morse, or Bell. The pro- ducts of their genius would have been merely toys, curiositiesg but it has taken days and months and even years of per- sistent endeavor to produce the wonderful appliances without which it would now be impossible to carry on modern business. Gui' attention has recently been attracted AL' o, ' 9,7 bl 5 X R 0, 44 to another example of what determination can accomplish: namely, the efficiency which is one of the leading characteristics of the Germans. XYliichever way our sympathies lie in the present conflict, we have to admit that in this respect the Germans excel. Their efficiency is the result of many, many years of persistent effort directed to this one enidiand but for the perseverance and the thoroughness which has accompanied it, German efficiency would not have reached its present stage of perfection. 'And so, fellow-members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, let us bear in mind, as we follow our various pursuits in life, that while we may not be geniuses, the way is always open to us to press for- ward in what we undertake with a deter- mination to succeed. lf we do this, it may resultuin greater benefit to the community in which we live than might be the case were we gifted with genius, yet lacking in the perseverance necessary for success. Q ., G K cs,-A 2 4 4 x 1 ! H1 2 I 44 be all M' ' 64 NTNQ gl' ea ivan at

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