What Inspired Me

Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up every thing else for - something which absorbs him - which may be regarded by others as being useless - yet it is his dream, it is his lodestar, it is his master. That, whatever it is, seized upon me made me its servant, slave - induce me to set aside the other ambitions - a trail of glory in the heavens, which I followed with a full heart .... When once I am convinced, I never let go . . .