Chapter 5

EXAMPLES OF THRIFT.

Spirit of order--Examples of economy--David Hume--Rev. Robert Walker--Self-application--Distinguished miners--Geo. Stephenson--James Watt--Working for independence--Working for higher things--Work and culture--Richardson and Gregory--Results of application--Distinguished artists--Canova and Lough--John Lough--Lough's success--Words of Lord Derby--James Nasmyth--Bridgewater foundry--Advice to young men. Pages 65--88