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...school, after all; that before very long we shall be placed in a position where earnestness is almost indispensable to success, and indifference a thing to be fought against, instead of cherished. This estimate of the value of earnestness is not exactly new; it certainly must have occurred to Noah when he set about building the ark, - to say nothing of Adam or the pre-Adamite, - and it has been handed down to us in a great many old adages, which are often neglected just because they are so old and tiresome...
...NOAH. Look here, sir! Don't you know it's against the rule to take those cards from the drawer...
...NOAH (excited). Yes, but it is! You will incense Sibley, if you are not careful...