I know that if your mind is made up, you are bound to go.

Only, years hence you will think of my warning." "At any rate," said Garfield, cordially, "I shall bear in mind the interest you have shown in me.

You may be right--I admit that--but I feel that it is my duty to go." I doubt whether any man of great powers can permanently bury himself, no matter how obscure the position which he chooses.

Sooner or later the world will find him out, and he will be lifted to his rightful place.
When General Grant occupied a desk in the office of a lawyer in St.
Louis, and made a precarious living by collecting bills, it didn't look as if Fame had a niche for him; but occasion came, and lifted him to distinction.

So I must confess that the young graduate seemed to be making a mistake when, turning his back upon Williams College, he sought the humble institution where he had taught, as a pupil-teacher, two years before, and occupied a place as instructor, with an humble salary.
But even here there was promotion for him.