Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-26
SMALL BEGINNINGS.

ls tslspd n the GtnIieman's Magazine, Of
rsss,ry DE c,leb'a,td sculptor, that when
,., be- Nos ohsrrvcd by a gentleman IN the
20 hotd 81 Sheffield very niuntiy,ly cngsg
4, cutting sick wnh pcn-knie. lie asked
III what he WAS doing when whh great
-,'cfy ri manner, bet whh great courtesy be
td 1 am cutting old Fox's head" Fox was
s,hoomoser d The village On lhi. the gen
an asked 20 Sc wha, be had doht, and pro-
| s5clng ITO BE- an excellent Likeness, gave the
.s6a siKpcnce, And this may be reckonci
40 6ssa tneaey Chamry ever received for The
g,iic,ion u his art
1h, anrcdo,e is bot one Of thousand that might
q end o. as inJny dlfier,n, mrn who from small
-.uu,s rise 10 stations aud Iuiiucuce aud shows
lHpouAnce OF not dcsplsing the day Of small
1-s IA any condition or Circumstance Of life
41uliufc ~ fact IS foil of instructive lessons on
IS fon, which it would be wall for us more
'a9u4shly to study AMI appreciate
The river rolling onwafd its accumulated wa
glo The ocean. was ~ lis small b. ginning but an
,rng rail- trckliug down some mosscovered
va. AIT winding like silver thread between the
,c,u banks 10 whch II impaired ve,dure The
1c ,hal swept the ar with ITS bundled branches
.nd monks nj the howlitcs Of the ttmpast was in
g small beginning bet a llI'e se,d uodIcn under
aI hare might forever crush.
Every hing around us tells US no, to desp.e
snail beginnings for they are the lower rounds Of
O ladder that reaches to great fosuls and we must
b upon these before wc can ascend higher.
D,spjs: not small beginnings Of wealth
The Rohsrhills Girard As,or, aud IN osi of
tr richest men, began wrh small means from
OF. they Proceeded TO dnlurs from hundreds 10
aorslnds from thousands 10 millions. Had thew
g,c,,d these hrst earnings had they said within
u,ee ,.iv,s what IS the use Of these few cents :?
tty a,r not 81 much value and viii just spend
lb.r aud enjoy myself as ! go--,hey would new.
70 have riscu to be the welu ,his, among their fl-
0AS II is only by the economical hushondng
o. sm III means that they increase TO large sums
Il is he hai 81 pat Of the success TO gain liz.
DO. this h!Lie once gained. more will easily fol-
l5w
Dspse no, the small beginnings Of education
Franklin had hut little emily education yet
look Al what be became and how he was fevercnc.
3D. Fucgcrson frrding his sheep on the hills of
Scolnl, picked IN merely the rudmenis Of learn
ag hot subsequently, rose 10 he one ofthc fist as
uonomers Of Europe iIerschel, the great astron.
oncr was IN his youth drummerboy TO a march
ag regn.nt and received but n little more than
drmmer.boy's education huthis name is now nsso-
catd with hcbrightes discoveries of science and
Is borne bv the planet which his zeal discovered.
host of instances rise upto testify that by prop
oly improving the sral and perhaps the impe7-
td beginnings Of knowledge, they may become as
foundation stones Of temple Of learning, which
the future shall gaze upon and admire.
A man can scarcely be too nvarcious in the &C
Qnision If knowledge: he should hoard up his IN
iaieciunl gain with the utmost assiduiy and dlli
cence hu unlike the lucre-seekng miser, mus
r9t out his knowledge at usnry, and by lending
on, his stock 10 others increase hv the commerce
ofhs Thoughts his capital, until bis one talent
shall have becomc fce and this five shall have
gained to them other five
Despise not the small beginnings offame or hon
or
The fame which springs up on sudden like q
mushroom plau, is seldom lasting. True fame
and honor nc n slow growth ascending by de-
gfecs from the loves, offices 10 the hiqhcs, station
from tho rccard rf = Gw In ,he applause of =
nation Br he who d,spsts The lower sters n
honor because ihcy are low will seldom reach
,he higher and ne WHO spurns ut tho comm'nda
ton Of his Own circle as too small thing To se'l
slrr, viii ucv"r secure the esteem and ronown o
gate or kingdom
u spse no, The small beginnings Of error.
The wills Of n castle have heen undermine
by ne The horoughnr Of small and dcsri.cd ani
m1ls; and tho hreining of error though nj frs
unhecdcd nnl will SION II not checked arp M
iannisions nj truth and hnila np ia own wreirh"'
dogmas on It's rims All irsi errors are small
drspise them not ihev will 5000 increase 10 grea
ones, and perhaps dcvasate society.