Success in any undertaking comes of patient, unremitting effort. You cannot have it, unless you resolutely concentrate your energies upon your work; and resolutely refuse to be diverted by other subjects, no matter how important or interesting. When something else thrusts itself in, and demands notice, you must be ready to say: “I pass that by. I am going ahead.”

Thermometer
c. 1888
This table top bronze thermometer has two two saints under intricate Gothic arches. William H. Sewardy II possibly acquired this during his trip to Europe in 1888.
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