Many have worked more constantly, but few have
worked more intensely. I found kindness on every hand always,
but had I failed in a single instance I should have met with
entire bankruptcy. The failure would have been ruinous.... I
thank God for the struggle, but would not like to see a dog try
it again. There are droves of lads in Wales that would creep up
but they cannot. Poverty has too heavy a hand for them.'"
The gentleman whose brief history is thus summarily given by Mr.
Davies, is now well known as a professor of philosophy; and, if
his health be spared, he will become still better known. He is
the author of several important works on 'Moral Philosophy,'
published by a leading London firm; and more works are announced
from his pen. The victorious struggle for knowledge which we
have recounted might possibly be equalled, but it could not
possibly be surpassed. There are, however, as Mr. Davies related
to the Parliamentary Committee, many instances of Welsh students
--most of them originally quarrymen--who keep themselves at
school by means of the savings effected from manual labour, "in
frequent cases eked out and helped by the kindness of friends and
neighbours," who struggle up through many difficulties, and
eventually achieve success in the best sense of the term. "One
young man"--as the teacher of a grammar-school, within two miles
of Bangor, related to Mr.
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