Samuel Smiles：Thrift, Excerpt 180

At length Lough went from Newcastle to London, to push his way in the world of art. He obtained a passage in a collier, the skipper of which he knew. When he reached London, he slept on board the collier as long as it remained in the Thames. He was so great a favourite with the men, that they all urged him to go back. He had no friends, no patronage, no money; What could he do with everything against him? But, having already gone so far, he determined to proceed. He would not go back--at least, not yet. The men all wept when he took farewell of them. He was alone in London; under the shadow of St. Paul's.

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