The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-09-12
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EeON'E GIVE UP.
By THE EDITOR.

Never say can't, rny-son. II lsn'ta
good W ord"
sBut can't. father. And if I can't L
| can't. Eve tried, and tried, and the an>
swer won't come out right"
"Suppose you try again, Edward -
said Mir. Williams, the father Of the dis
couraged boy.
There's no use in il" replied the lad
! "W hat If you so 10 school tom GROW,
without the correct answer to this sum?'
"PIi be put down in my cluss." re-
turned Edward.
MIR. Williams shook his head, and his
: c0unIenance assumed grave aspect
/ ! here was silence of lew moments,
and then the father said:
Let me relate to you a true story, my
son. IhIrty years ago, two lads about
/ yf2r age, were school companions. Both
! got on very well for time; but. as their
SludIes grew more difficult, both suffered
fdiscourage cement, and each said often to his
I father, as you have just said TO mel
can't One Of thes. boys, whose name
was Charles, had a brighter mind than
/ the Other aud could gel through his tasks
cas.es; blt his father WAS very inIulgen!
( 10 him. and wnen he complained that MS
:
DO tkis, aud can't 10 that he requested
the teacher not 10 be SO hard with him.
BUT it was different with the father Of
the other boy, named Henry. To every
complaint, he answered, Don't give up,
my boy! Try again; and if net success
fuI, try again, and again. You can do
i'll know you can
Thus encouraged, this lad persevered,
and in every case, oFercame the difficult
ties in his way. Soon, although his
m nd was not naturally so active as the
mind of has companion, he was in advance
of him. When they left the shooi. which
was about the same time, he was by far
the best scholar, Why was this! He did
not give up because his task was hard;
for he had learned this important lesson
that We can do almost any thing, If we
try.
We'll, these two boys grew up towards
manhood, and it became necessary for
them TO enter upon some business
Charles was placed by his father IN the
Office of a physician; but he did not stay
there long. He found it diffibut in the
beginning, TO re member the names OF tne
various organs of the BODY, and soon be-
came so much discouraged. that his faith
er thought 1t best 10 alter his Intention re-
gaTding him, and to put him into mer-
chants cOuntingroom, instead OF contlnu-
ing bum as a student Of medicine. Here
Charles remained uat,l he became ofage.
Some few years afterwards, he went into
business for himself, and got on pretty
we'll for a time; but every young man
who enters the world. dependent upon
his own efforts with di fIicuIties that only
courage, confidence, and perseverance.
can overcome He must never think OF
giving Up. Unfortunately for Charles,
these virtues did not make part OF his
character. When trouble aud difficulties
came, he sunk under feeling ofdiscour-
agement; and he gave up at a time when
all that was need ded for final success, was
a spirit OF indomtable perseverance, that
removes all obstacles. He sunk, unhap.
PLY, 10 rise no more. La giving up the
struggle, he let go his hope in the future
and ere he had reached the prime of
life, found himself shattered in fortune,
and without the energy of character ne
cessary 10 repair 1t.
In the same office where Charles was
placed, Henry ives entered as a student
of medicine. Al first, when he looked into
the books of anatomy, and read the names
of bones, muscles, nerves, arteries, &C., it
seemed 10 HIM hat he never could learn
these names, much less their various uses
in the human body. For short time he
gave way TO feeling oil discOuragement,
but thena thought ofthe many hard tasks
he had learned, by application, came over
his mind, and with the words. Don't give
up on his tongue, he would apply him
self with renewed efforts. Liule by little,
he acquired The knowledge he was seek
ing. Daily he learned something. and
It was not long before he could look back
and mark the steps Of hts progress. This
encouraged him greatly. Soonsnew and
greater difficulties presented themselves; /
but encouraged by past triumphs, he en-,
countered them ia a confident spiri. and
come off conqueror.
"Thus Henry went on, while Charles /
gave up quickly. La the end, tae former
graduated with honor, and then entered /
q pom the practice Of the profession he
mad chosen. There was much to discoar-
age him at first. People do not readily
put confdece IN young physician, be