Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-04-09
FIRST AMBITION.
BIZ TX. MARVEL.

! | believe that sooner or later, there comes t.
I every man. dreams of ambition They may be
, covered with the sloth of habit, or with pre-.
tence of humility; they may come only in dim
f shaduWy visions. that feed the eve, Ike the rI0-
a ries of an ocean sunrise bat you may be sure
they will come; even before one is aware the
bold adventurous goddess. whose name is Ambi-
ton, and whose dover IS Fame, will be toying
with the feeble heart. And she pushes her ad-
ventures with bold hand she makes timidity
strong, and weakness valiant.
The way of mans heart will De foyeshadow-
ed by what lies in hm--coming IRON above and
from around ; but way foresAatoWclis not d
way made. And the making of a mans way
comes only from that resolve, which we coll
Ambition. Il is the spur that makes man strug-
gle with Destiny; it is Heavens own incentive,
to make Purpose great and Achievement great
er.
1t would be strange if you, in that cloister life
OF college, did not sometimes feel a dawning OF
resolve. They graPple you indeed, oltener than
you dare to speak Of Here, you dream first Of
that very sweet, but very shadowy success cal
led reputation.
You think of the delight and establishment it
would give your father and mother and most of
all, little Nelly, If you We're winning such hon
ors as now escape you. You measure your
( CaloI4'lCS W tIOSc dU1It ADu ana NjtlCl lICIF
habit OF study; you gaze for half an hour to-
getAer upon some successful man who has won
his prizes, and wonder by what secret action he
has done IT, And when in time, You come to
be competitor yourself, your anxiety is i'm
mense.
lou spend hours upon hours al your theme.
You write and re-write and when il is at length
complete, and out Of your hands you are harras-
sed by thousand doubts At times as you re-
call your hours of toll, YOU questionif 50 much
has been spent upon any other; you feel almost
certain OF success. \ on repeat to yourself some
passages of especial o04ucnce, at night. You
fancy the admiration Of the Professors at meet
ing with such wonderful performance. You
have slight fear that It's superior goodness may
awaken the suspicion that some one out Of the
coltege-some superior man may have written
II. But this fear dies away.
The eveuttul day is great one in your cal
endag; you hardly sleep the night previous -
You tremble as the chape-bellis runE; You pro-
Tess TO be very Indifferent as the reading and
prayer close; you even stoop to pick up your
hat-as if you had entirely overlooked the fact,
that the old president vas in the desk for the cx-
press purpose of declaring the successful names
You listen dreamily to his remulous 'yet fearful
ly distinct enuncation. Your head sWims
strangely.
They all pass ont with harsh murmur along
the aloles AMI thro3gh the doorWays. 1t would
be well if there We're no disappontmnnts in life
more terrible than this. 1t is consong to ex-
press very depreciadng opinions Of the Faculty
n, stne[at -a''1 rlFI cohe4P'No"s ones O i'aL
,hn 'rr ;1 r--,,, ''o '-,',, ' VIC ~, 81
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DojDtnent. and-ifit must ba sab --,og,arJ ,'a.
/ dcrailng the heat Of your ambition.
Won GROW nm however nrf,ytnnatoI,- ~ tLo
colIa,,a wear. fl b.. INTO = rary ,,,,ra,J 80
Of your own propensitirs. Eyan the GOOD cid
( white-hairgd squire. for whom Won one ontar.
. tanned 50 much respect, seems 10 Won crazv
classic fancy very humlrum sort Of parson
age Frank, although as noble fellow a. ever
sat horse, is vet Won cannot helm thinking
very IGNORANT Of t;riripides: even the Fnglisb
master at Dr. B.!!ows school. Won feel sure
would ba,k Of . dozen problems Won could riro
! him.
You get an exalted idea of that uncor,aiD anal
. itv. which turns the heads of a vast mo7,, If.
vour fellows. called-renius. An odd notion
seems to be inherent in the atmosphere Of those
/ college chambers, that there is certain fa,uI
/ " OF mind first dara,ogoJ rs woun seem in
/ collares--which accomoIi,hes whatever !.
chooses, without any special painstaklng For
a time, y0u fall yourself into this yary untor;u-
I nate hai4Hclnatlon; You cultivate after the
usual college fashion, hy drinking vas; deal Of
strong coffee, and whiskey-toidy-by writing
a little poor verse, In the Byronlc temper aud by
studying verJ late at night, wiki closed blinds, /.
Ii costs Won, however. more anxiety and nv. .
+ pocrisy thanyo could possibly have believed (
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