Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-03-27

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, to him. Learn his history, his hal
a its, inclinations and propepsities; hi
reputation for honesty. industry, frr
lgaIity and punctuality; his prospect:
resources, supports, advantages an
: disadvantages; his intentions an,
D motives Of action; who are his friend
: and enemies. and what are his GOO
D or bad qualities. You may learn |
: mans good qualities and advan ia
/. ges from his friends-his bad Quail
+ ties and Disadvantages from his enc
mics. Make due allowance for ex
aggefaiion in both. Finally examin,
carefully beibre1 engaging in any
, thing, and act with energy after
. wards. Have the hundred eyes o
Argus before hand and the hundred
hands Of Briarius afterwards.
9 Order and system in the manage
ment OF business mutt not be 'neglec
ted. Nothing contributes more tC
dispatch. Have a place for every
thing, and every thing in its placei
a time Tor every thing, and every
thing in its time. Do first what
presses most, and having determin-
ed what is to be done, lose no time
in doing it. Without this method,
all is hurry and confusion, little or
nothing is accomplished, and busi-
ness is attended to with neither
pleasure nor profit.
A polite, affable department is re-
commended. Agreeable manners
contribute powerfully 10 a mans sue
cess. Take two men, possessing
equal advantages in every other re-
spect, but let one be gentlemanly,
kind, obliging and conciliating in his
manners; the other harsh, disobli-
ging, and the one will become rich,
where the other will starve.
We are now to consider a very
important principle in the business
Of money-getting, namely.--indus-
try-persevering, indelatigable at
tention TO business. Persevering dil-
igence is the philosophers stone,
which turns. every thing TO gold.-
Constant, regular, habitual and sys-
fanatic application 10 business must,
in time, if properly directed, pro-
duce great results. II must lead to
wealth with the same certainty that
poverty follows in the train Of idle
ness and inattention. II has been
truly remarked, that he who fol-
lows his amusements instead OF his
business, will in short time have no
business TO follow. --,--~. t-t, .--
r. The art Of money-saving is an inn
portant part of the art Of money.
getting. Without frugality no one
can become rich; with it few would
be poo-.r Those who consume as
fast as they produce, are on the
road to ruin. As most OF the pow
erty we meet with, grows out OF
idleness and extravaganza, so most
large fortunes have been the result
of habilual industry and frugality.-
The practice Of economy is as neces-
sary in the expenditure of time as of
money! They say that if "we take
care Of the pence the pounds will
take care of themselves" /" n So, i'll
we take care Of the minutes, the
days will take care OF themselves.
The acquisition of wealth demands
as much sef-denial and as many
sacrifices Of present qualification, as
the practice Of virtue itself. Vice
and poverty proceed, in some degree,
from the same sources, namely-the
disposition 10 sacrifice the future TO
the present; the inability to forego a
small present pleasure for great fu-
ture advantages. Men fail Of for
tune in this world, as they fail OF
happiness in the world TO come; SIM
ply because thev are unwilling to
deny themselves momentary enjoy
ments for the sake ofpermanent hap
piness.f slf lC s1slilf sdl i .suo.
Every large city is filled with
persons, who, in order to support
the appearance Of wealth, constant
" live beyond their income, and
makeup the deficiency by contracting
debts which are never paid. Others
there are, the mere drones Of socie- ?
ty, who pass their days in idleness,
and subsist by pirating on the hives
Of the industrious, Many who run
a short-lived career of splendid
beggary, could they be but persua-
ded to adopt a system Of rigid, econ
omy for F; few years, might pass the
remainder Of their days in aff1uence.
But mol They must keep up appear
ances, they must live ike other folks.
Their debts accumulate; their credit
fails; they are harrassed BY duns, and
besieged by constables and sberiffs.
In, this, extremity as "a last resort,
they often submit to a shameful de-
pendance, or engage in criminal ,prac-
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