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Illustration★★★Knowledge and, There is a man in Berkshire, England, who was in Australia when the first discoveries of gold were made. The miners brought in their nuggets, and took them to the local banks. The bankers were a little nervous about the business, uncertain about the quality of the gold, and waited to see its character established. ‘This man had a taste for natural sciences, and knew something about metallurgy.
He tried each test, solid and fluid, satisfied himself of the quality of the gold, and then, with all the money he had or could borrow, he bought as much gold as might be, and showed as profit a hundred thousand pounds in the course of a day or two. His “luck” was observation and knowledge, and a happy tact in applying them. F. Arnold.
The point
A miner's knowledge of metallurgy let him verify gold quality and profit greatly, showing that observation and knowledge, not mere luck, bring reward.