Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-04-09
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A LEAF FROM LIFE.

awe must part them" said Rosalie-'fs
|, sol All, Eugene, confess tremble for
sou. Thrown out under such crcumstan.
css, al this time Of life, to push your way
in the world--what tolls, disapponimen,s
and sAiierings may await you! What
chances can there be for tho young, poor
and friendIess, where prosperity laughs a,
misfortune, power tramples upon weakness,
and temp,atlan preys upon inexperienced
"A dreadful picture is that you have
drawn Of the great world, my dear Rosa
lie,' said Eugene, smiling. "Suppose VIC
ciew it another ight3 Let US consider it
as one vast and glorious anpilheatre, upon
whose arena genius, industry cxertion, and
talent, are striving for the rewards which
swat tho mnriiOrious.'
sand how many hearts," rejoined Rosa
lie, sadly, "aro broken III the conflict
How many arc trodden down By the jost-
ling aspirants? Ii one succeeds. yet how
many fall! Besides, others have friends to
help them on--you have none. None but
one, ana she can only aid YOU by her
prayers. Others have weal,h--you are
poor. Your path is solitary before you.-
Neither influence nor fortune smiles upon
it,
ais il then under tho most favorable cir
eumslnnces tina, the greatest and most sue.
eessiui characters are formed!" replied Eu-
gene, proudly. "The oak Of the mountain
icres: is not nur,ured in hot house, but il
strikes its roots and rears its branches amid
the winds and storms of its native skies
. Look around you, Rosalic. Ia it the nurs,
ling Of wealth or fortune, who has been
handled into manhood or the lap of pros per-
ny, who carries away the worlds honors,
or wins is mighticst inAuenccsl Or it
not rather the man whose earlier years.
like mine. were scarcely cheered bv sin.
gle profier Of aid, or smile Of appreciation,
and who has drawn from adversely the Gle
ments Of greatness? You take 1t for gran
ted that | shall be weak, unsuccessful, un
fortunate. have the confidence 10 believe
I,shaIl be neither"
"You know not the future, nv dear Eu-
gene. How many misiortunes many be in
store for you! And at the best, how much
toll, how many anxieties, how many sor-
rows, may cluster around your designed
path, and must inevitably attend upon the
duties and difficulties Of the most arduous
Of professional"
"Out upon thee for bid Of i'll omenr'
said Eugene, LAUGHING. "Do YOU not know
that fortune ever flIees the faint hear! -
And az to difficulties, the greater the OBJ
stacle the greater the conquest--,he glory.
You speak Of sorrows--,hey are,in a de.
gree, the common lot Of all"
"But most have friends, or other 6ies-
sings, to aid in bearing Them"
"Tiue."
"But, you, il YOU faiI--if your favorite
Objecteudes your graSp--if your vision of
ambition fees before you, or vanishes away
If treachery betrays and wounds you--
what have YOU then for consolationr'
slope, Rosaie---hope. and your swee,
self
Nonsense this is nonsense, Eugene"
"Ry your leave, no: and so saws that
smile, which pardon me--demands return.
There! I've done the deed!' and now sui.
fer mo 10 tell you. Resale, that there is
nothing which industry will not achieve.
when combined with perseverance, and
directed with an undivided aim to one great
object.
"Think you that poverty is sure pre-
!ude to failurel Do you recolIect what
Ragideau, the counsellor of Josephine. told
her on ihe eve of her marriage with Napo.
leoni You are about to do a very foolish
,hing, madam--you are going to marry a
man who has not second shir, to his back"
"But you are not exactly a Bonaparte,
spprehend," said Rosaie, smiling.
"HnmPh! well neysr mind; like splen,
did examples
"Bonaparte was soldier, and not law.
ser. lie was also aided By rare occur.
renee Of accidental circumstances" con.
iinued Resale.
"Well We will talk Of lawyers them
A wealthy English gentleman once asked
},rrd Kenyon What he thought Of the pro.
s.,Dle prospects Of his son in the legal pro.
i'ssion.
"Your son does not want talents" was
lis reply; shut he must first spend his own
fortune--marry, and spend hi. wife's for,
;uns--and then there will be some hopes OF
hls succeeding ut the law" Now luckily,
10y dear, have not the preliminary of srcn,