Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-23

l diSproporiion between the result of single efforts aud the magnitude of the obstacle 10 be encountered. Nothing good nor great Is to be obtained without courage and in- dusliy, but courage and industry must have : sunk in despair, and the world must have remained unornamehed and unimproved if men had not nicely compared the effect of a single stroke of the chiSel with the pyra- mid to be raised, or of a single impression of the spade with the mountain to be ievel- lei:s Ali cXcrtion, too, is in itself delight iul, and active ainus"ments seldom tire us.
 Heloet.us oAns that he could hardly listen 10 d concert for two hou.S, though he could play on an instrument all day long. The chase, we kuow, has always been the favo- rite amusement ut kings and noblcs. Not only fame and fortune, but pleasure is to be earned. Efforts, it must not be forgot ten, are as indispensable as desires. The elnbe is not to be circumnavigated by one wind. ... We should never do nothing. 1t is better 10 wear out than to rust out,' says Bishop Cumberland. 'There will be time enough for rcpose in the grave,' said Nicole to Pascal. ..e.
 As q young man, you should be mindful of the unspeakable importance of early in- dustrys since in youth habits alc easily for med, and there is time to recover from de- tea,s. An Italian sonnet justly, as we'll as elegantly, compares procrastination to the folly of d traveller who pursues brook till it widens into a river, and is lost in the sea. The tolls as well as risks of an active life are commonly Overrated, so much may be done by the diligent use of ordinary oppor- tunities but they must not always be wait- ed for. We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike it till it is made hot. Herschel, the great astronomer, de- clares, that 90 or 100 hours, clear enough for observations, cannot be called an un- productive year. The lazy, the dissipa,cd, and the fearful, should patiently See the ac- tive and the bold pass them in the course. They must bring down their pretensions to the level of their talents. Those who have not energy to work must learn to be hum- ble, and should not vainly hope to unite the incompatible enjoyments of indolence and enterprise, of ambition and scll-induigence.
 l trust that my young friends will uot at- tempt to reconcile them.-Foster's Es.
 Commencing Busiaess too early.-Let 1000 young men, at the age of 30 years, enter into business with given capital, all acquired by their own hard earnings, and let them pursue their business thirty years faithfully, that is, till they are 60 years of age. Let 1000 more commence at tEc age of 70, with ,isrcc times the amount of cap- ital possessed by the former,but at the same time either inherited or loaned by their friends, and let them pursue their calling till they are GO years of age, or a period of 40 years. We will suppose the natural talents, capacity for doing business, and outgoes- in fact, every thing the same in both cases. Now it requires no gift of prophecy to fore tell, with certainty, that at 60 years of age, far greater number of the 1000 who de- pended solely on their own exertions will be men of wealth than those who began at 1 20, with three times the amount of capital.
 The reason of these results is found in the very nature of things. But am sus-
 tained by facts. Go into any city in the U.
 States, and learn the history of the men
 who are engaged in the active and profita-
 bl- business, and are thriving in the world,
 and my word for it, you will find the great
 CT part began life with nothing, and had no
 other resources whatever but their own
 head and hands; and in no city is this fact
 more strikingly verified than in Boston,
 On the other hand, if you make a list oi those who fail from year to year, and learn their history, you will find that very large proportion of their number relied on inhe- rilances, credit, or some kind of foreign aid in early life; and not few begun very ! young. .-BOStOn Gag.
 Blessing the wh0le Barrel!-A Collar youth of the name of Powell, at the Re- gency Convention, junior, at Herkimer, offered resolution, approving, in lump, all the 0cts and measures ot Gen. Jdck- son's political ife." Another delegate sta- ted that, whole animal man as he was, he
 mus. take one exception to the resolution. If the mover would except the appointment of William J. Duane as Secretary of the
 Treasury, he would go the resolution !- ! Another delegate said that while he beliey- 1 ed Gen. Jackson was as nearly perfect as possible, he thought he erred in recommen- ding President Monroe to take two Re- publicans aud two FederGliSts into his Ca bine, A third rose to make an objection.
 when it was discovered that this kind of
 brush fight would break the charm of Jack
 son infallibility, and the resolution. at the suggestion of Senior officc-holder, was l r.: .l. l