If I Rest,I Rust

如果我休息，我就会生锈

　　The significant inscription found on an old key---―If I rest, I rust---would be an excellent　motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness.　Even the most　industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows　his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and,　ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.

　　Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their　faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the　gate　that　guard　the entrances　to the professions,to science,　art,　literature,　agriculture---every department of human endeavor.

　　Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, after　toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never　have become a famous geologist. The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would　never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of　mathematics,　if he had given his spare moments　to idleness, had the little Scotch lad,　Ferguson, allowed　the busy brain to go　to sleep while he tended sheep　on the hillside　instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have　become a famous astronomer.　Labor vanquishes　all---not inconstant,　spasmodic,　or ill-directed　labor; but faithful,　unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as eternal vigilance is　the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.

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