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41 man of the soul. He preferred the blessing to pottage; he had a Godward slope to his mind; he was interested in moral questions, and back of his timidity, craft, and many weaknesses there were a resolute will, a steady purpose, and a fixed aim—the senses second to the soul. And he got it, and became one of the fathers of that chosen people out of whom have come the religion and morality of the world. Then let all the young people who read these stories lay it to heart that men of spirit beat men of the senses; that to succeed in life, carve out a career, make a good finish, and get into any Promised Land requires more than good-nature, reckless courage, and brilliant parts. For solid faculties are better than erratic genius, and steady, plodding industry, backed on conscience, wins more than wit, charming manners, and jolly good-fellowship in any quest in life; for Esau—the man of impulses—is always beaten by the Jacobs of fixed aims and steady principles, who

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