Years ago, I read of an interview once conducted by a reporter who was interviewing Mark Twain, (aka Samuel Clemens.) During the interview, the man said, "Mr. Clemens, you have certainly been lucky in life, haven't you?"

Clemens looked at him and said, "I have always found that the harder I work, the luckier I get."

I saw almost nothing in that Italian study addressing "hard work."

L.W.


"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)