The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-04-10
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"lhry VINO wait lot dead mons shoes, gene
rally go bsrefoo,"---and one which eve,y body
repeats and scarcely any body believes, VI wo
TAKE peoples practice as the test of ,heir
faith, Hence u Is, that we see the children
of wealthy parents so often MAKE a sorry hg-
ure IN life, and drag Out . useless existence,
year sfer year, i0 abject dependence, II not
In sbjeci want, worthless me- mbess ot society,
and buubeps to themselves. Richard III,
peiulsnny a,ked, Why laws were made, IL
men were not roguss by nature land II msy
be asked, with equal ront, why the Aohor
of our being, made labor necessary, as tho
means OF sus aiming liic, il we We not no,u-
rally indolent In sooer truth, gentle reeders
and without any philosophical chicsne about IL,
You are not naturally less fond OF ease Ihan
myself; and IL you ace more industrious then
your ncighbors, give the credit TO those who
supeiinlended your education, rather than 10
your own disposition. But TO you have
Dolhing 10 say. idler bark ye--bc op and
doing--fos you is the lessoo--rcad, read
never see young man living upon ex-
peciation, but my eye ios'incuvely wonders
first To his elbows, and then TO his shoes and
If they be whole, l am led TO doub, his homes
~, opd would, IL was not afraid of giving Of
iencc, advise him 10 be up and DONG some-
thing before the bail IT comes along. and want
overtskes him. The fortune, which hope
whispers he sball .psr,ake some day, may not
come time enough to afford him decent
burying. Mono among the whole host Of for
tuoe.seekers, arc more in need OF patience,
and moro in danger o! waiting patiently Ia
vain, than those who depend on death for
deed or . luncheon. That baughty tyrant is
apt to strike first where nobody wishes he
shou!d--so conuary is his disposition, so care-
less is ho OF human wants and wishes.
An honest trade II great bless'ng--and
ihiS parents osye 10 their children--DoIhing
more. With en- honest trade, any industri-
Gus msn can live aud rave money, ii he is
saving, into the bargain. Then II il should
happen that in the course o! eyenis, fortune
luckily comes 10 him, Who all his life has
been up and dciog, it will sssarediy no, come
amiss and 1t he has been befoF ehahd with
business, and is al'ssdy rich--my word ior
il, il will be easier TO keep wo'esia,ea, than
il would be 20 keep one, after feeding the fsn-
cy on IL for years, and, perhaps thc mou h
upon the prospect OF II, fo' q, leasl as long u
time.
IT any, therefore, would be wise, let them
be up and doing, wbatsocvcr theis prospects
be. To young man who expects money,
would say, u is veiy certsin thet riches some
times take wings aud fly away, ios,cad Of
coming 10 US. To those who-do rot, | would
say, The grain g'ows not where il Is noe
sown and charity is cold as win,or. To one,
to both, to all, Say, BE up and doing while
y,t i, is day Tor The laboter will receive his
reward. Mother earth is kind and ii her
sons want, II Is their own tsult.
will tell you story, gentle rcsdcr, before
we part. Two ou,hs (lt was many centuries
ago,) embarked in their Iitls skIfts upon
large river, bound 10 a port many miles a.
bove. Tbi, suesm, (said Neptune, their
patron,) flows more and more rapidly, tho
lower you 90 down il; while, the higher you
ascend, the more calm ond tranquil hs wa
ters become. Your oars ate small, bur they
will enable you gradually to sscend.--Go,
make good use of them, and shortly will
furnish you with others infinitely better"
They both pu, out into the middle oi the
stream +; and Thescu:, who wss the elder, o.
beyed the iniunciiops Of his patron, by imme-
diateiy applying himself TO the means he had
Of s,emming the current, and soon began to
make considerable progress. Isis, on the
contrary, threw himself down on the bottom
Of his boat TO sleep, resolved TO make no ex-
eftioB until the promised oars were put in,o
his hands end down he went fouf times os
fast ss his brother went up. After while,
Neptune went out TO seek his young friends,
end took the oars he had promised on bis
shouldcf. He found Tbeseus already moro
thaa half way 10 his journeys end, end gave
| him the present, for winch ho thanked him and
easily reached the place OF his Destination
bu. Isis was found far, far below, AMID tho
rapids, and the oars and ell his. excrtions
wc,e tnen in yain.-He could not gain su
ioch sgsins, the current, which socn carried
| him TO Destruction.
| have done. A word to the wise is suf-
fcien,. OAKWOOD.
The imp,udsnce, the want Of judgment,