“Dependonyourself”iswhatnaturesaystoeveryman.Parentscanhelpyou.Teacherscanhelpyou.Othersstillcanhelpyou.Butallthesepeopleonlyhelpyoutohelpyourself.
Therehavebeenmanygreatmeninhistory.Manyofthemwereverypoorinchildhood,andhadnouncles,auntsorfriendstohelpthem.Schoolswerefewandnotverygood.Theycouldnotdependonthemforeducation.Theysawhowitwas,andsettoworkwiththeirstrengthtoknowsomething.①Theyworkedtheirownwaytilltheybecamewell-known.②OneofthemostfamousteachersinEnglandusedtotellhispupils,“Icannotmakeworthymenofyou,butIcanhelpyoumakemenofyourselves.”
Someyoungmendon’ttrytheirbesttomakethemselvesvaluabletohumanbeings.Theycannotgainachievementsunlesstheyseetheirweaknessandchangetheircourse.Theyarenothingnow,andwillbenothingaslongastheylive,unlesstheyaccepttheadviceoftheirparentsandteachers,anddependontheirownefforts.