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...Jonas Chickering, then a mere lad, a blacksmith's son in New Hampshire, set to work in his own name as a maker of pianos. There were at his disposal very limited financial means and but a few simple tools, but there were also at his disposal pluck, resourcefulness, persistency, love of his work and inventive genius. With these he wrought a great and lasting American achievement. His was the brain from which sprang the conception, his was the hand that laid the foundation of the splendid American piano of today and of its triumph throughout the world...
...fine gentlemen, it is not we who should object to their "foot-loose, devil-may-care attitude". If they took an example from us they would throw up their jobs and loaf all day instead of a few hours. How does the bible put it? Pluck the mote out of your own eye first, or something like that. I don't know. I have been too busy furthering civilization to give much thought to it. EDWIN SEAVER...
...have been amazed, not only at this, but at the courage, resiliency and recuperative power of these Armenians and at their resourcefulness. I have listened to story after story of the siege that is just over, telling of their pluck and ability and self-control. Their persistence and their religiousness, too, have impressed...
...answer may now be found in the parallel of a pitiful story dealing with Russia, Queen Catharine and an innocent little violet. It seems that one evening, Her Highness discovered the flower in the strange process of growing in the Royal park, and deciding not to pluck it until the following dawn, caused a sentry to be stationed near at hand to indicate the spot. The incident promptly escaped the Queen's memory, with the result that the devoted sentinel spent the rest of his days loyally guarding the sacred precinct...
Yale has not shown all her strength; her bag of tricks is not empty. Next Saturday's game means as much to her as to us. And "Yale pluck" is proverbial...