The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-07-22
Fson ne R.isish Register.
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Hope gets The better Or dislrust."
ave must part lhen," said Resale:
sis is sol On. Eugene. / confess /
vemble Cor you. Thrown outunder such
circumstances Al this time Of lie, 10 push
your way in she world. what tolls. uha.
disappoinimenis and sufferings may await
yous What chance can there be Tor he
Young. poor and fneDdless. where pros
perily laughs At misfortune, power tram
pies on weakness, and temptation preys
upon inexperienced"
"a dreadful picture il that YOU have
drawn of The great world, nv dear
Ro alie;" said Eugene smiling. !. Sup
pose we view II in another light. Lei is
consider il - one vast and glorious
amphisheatre; upon whose arena, genius
and industry, exertion and talent, are
striving Tor the rewards which await the
mcrilorious."
And how many hearts, rei0ined
Rosalie sadly, = are broken in The conflict!
How many are sTodden down beneath the
feet Of the aspirantsl II one succeeds,
yethow many fails! Besides, others have
friends 70 help them on-you have none.
None but one, and she can only aid YOU
BY her prayers. Others have wealth; you
are poor; your path Is solitary before you.
Neither influence nor fortune smiles upon
IL"
Is il then under the most favourable
circumstances that the greatest and most
successful characters are formedl' re-
Piled Eugene, proudly. .The oak Of
the mountain or The forest Is not matured
in hot-house, but strikes lis roots, and
rears its branches amid the winds and
storms Of lis native skies. Look around
you, Resale. Is it The nursing OF
wealth, Of fortune, who has handled into
manhood on the lap Of prosperity, who
carries away this worlds honors, or wins
it, inhnencesl o., is il not rather The
man whose earlier years. like mine, were
scarcely checred BY single proier ofaid,
or smile Of appreciation, and who has
drawn from adversely the elements Of
grcainessl You take il for granted that
shall be weak, unsuccessful, unforul-
nate. | have the confidence to believe
shall be neither"
You know not the future, my dear
Eugene. How many misfortunes may
be in store for you! And at the best, how
many anxieiies, how many sorrows, may
cluster around your destined path, and
mnstineyitably attend upon the duties and
difficulties Of The most arduous Of profess
sions!"
"0atupon th.e, Cor bird OF III omen!'
said Eugene, laughing. do you not
know that fortune ever fees The faint
heart! And as TO difficulties, the greater
the conluest--the greater The glory. You
speak Of sorrows they are in a degree the
common LOT to all"
.Bnt most have friends or other bless
ings to aid in bearing them
True"
"But you, il you fail--if your favor
able objects elude yonr grasp-if your
vision Of ambition fees before you, or
yanishes away-if treachery betrays and
wo lnds you; wha. have you then for con-
solation.
/. Hope, Rosalie; hope, and your sweet
self.
"Nonsensc-,his is nonsense, Eu.
gene"
by your leave, no: and so says thai
smile which, pardon me-demands re.
turn. There! I've done the deed.--and
now suffer me TO tell you, Rosalie, that
there is nothing which industry will moi
achieve, when combined with perseyer.
ance and directed with an undivided aim,
to one great object. Think you thai
poverty is a sure prelude Of failurel Dc
you recollect what Regidcau, the coun'
selIor Of Josephine, told her on the eve d
her marriage with Napoleon! "You arc
about to do very foolish thing, Madame;
you are going to marry man who ha:
not second shirt to his hack!"
/ "But you are not exactly a Bonaparte,
| apprehend," said Rosalie smiling.
!. " Iumph! Well never mind, | like
splendid examples ~
"Bonaparte was soldier, and not
lawyer. lie was also aided by con
currence Of accidental circumstances,
continued Rosalie.
" Well, we will talk Of lawyers, then
A wealthy English gentleman once asked
, Lord Kenyon what he thought Of th'
prospects Of his son, in the legal profes
sion. Your son does not want talents
was his reply, but he must first spend hi
own fortune, marry and spend his wife,
fortune; and then there will be some hope.
Of his succeeding at the law!" Nov
{ luckily my dear, have not the prelimina
~ Of spending two fortunes, to go through
before may succeed at the law.
. That's very true, but not very com
Portable, Lord Kenyon to the contrary
Notwithstanding" said Rosalie.
/" What think you. Rosalies Their
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