And even now I keep asking myself whether this, too, is only a moment of idealism, which will go by and leave me with less practical energy than ever.

Every such project undertaken and abandoned is a weight upon a man's will.

If I fail in perseverance my fate will be decided.' 'I feel assured that you will not fail.

You could not speak as you did last night and yet allow yourself to falter in purpose when the task was once begun.

What success may await you we cannot say; the work will certainly be very difficult.