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Paley says – Frame yourselves to
habits of observation – you will have
one of t. [the] chief sources of hum [human] hap [happiness] ~
Newton – Davy &c. [etc.] Examples of this habit.

Conanti nihil [nil] arduum [clumsy Latin for "Nothing is achieved without trying"] ~
Read – meditate; persist, you will
become a great man. Agitate.

Pin & needle artillery.

Cultivate poetry – reading, reciting &c. [etc.]
Never speak till you are sure.
Sentences sh'd [should] be short sharp & decisive –
if long much articulated ~
Finish (in reading) every sentence, or
division of it in a breath ~ Begin Smartly.

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To speak well – must have –
Readiness, self-control, confidence, acuteness,
discrimination, & real Kn. [Knowledge] – kn. [knowledge] of
things, relations – principles ~