William Chambers : an address delivered at the celebration of the jubilee of the Chambers Institution, Peebles, October 19, 1909 / by Andrew Carnegie.
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
- Date:
- [1909]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: William Chambers : an address delivered at the celebration of the jubilee of the Chambers Institution, Peebles, October 19, 1909 / by Andrew Carnegie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Here again appeared the Fairy Fortune. The goddess has a habit of appearing to a certain class of young men, but she is not blind, as is supposed. No keener eye ever beamed than that of this so- called blind and fickle goddess. She has the inner vision, and beams keen upon merit, ever helping those who first help themselves, thus proving them- selves worthy of her guardianship. Chambers borrowed the hotel truck, and wheeled his entire stock-in-trade to the small shop in Leith Walk. I hope it still exists, and has a tablet upon it. This incident, which gave him capital on credit, our hero declares to be ‘ the turning point in my life.’ ‘ I never regard trifles,’ says the so-caUed practical man. Neither would the philosopher, if he were not so wise as to know that mortals have no means of divining what is a trifle in the mysteri- ous drama of life; but this is always to be kept in mind, though a flash reveals the angel of destiny, there must lie the needful qualities in the man she shines upon to reflect the rays and assure her that the virtues are there—that she has found the ]3ure gold. Chambers’s long years of self-denial, faithful service, the indomitable will, all lay within him and left their mark, which created the favourable im- pression upon the agent, just as the jmunger brother’s interview with the Great Magician im- pressed Scott, and gave him deserved recognition at last. The right hand of fellowship is ever](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22430945_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
