New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-22


States and wins; party bore deea' more iyniui
Iy raao tie party IN this instanesf lAP2aasrl Lop
in imagts;lon 81 the last open grave 10 - fah
Csfhelrsl where tie 6ast Ct Wellington n1w m''sie'
with the sshes % Nelson, AMI read tie lesson there o
roupccd upon Tie chances 81 human he! Iai9A oi
Tnslssr ami s,inatc. If pcs llt wl & might h"e
be- tie efser; il tie bullet ths, track d0wa son
on beard the Victory had BEEN 6rei an Aoar earlier
Think wbst woUld have been the story u W;erloo
had hlUcher been more ts7fv, O. Grcochy more aSe
fcck now France sni AeheA thss strange spectacle.
in whh tie OF josephine ami NaPOlsoa srrned TO
nS.e ther light toe head OF he new hap ror.
for bOm N sht even now nntgiHe W. hcsrt the
shouts of the pcpuisrc cheering him 20 his th~one.
Think Of the mantle mstcsp OF StTSojnrg All DO
lOugne and the scapc goat OF Ham, ffesaeni AID no"
EnPSror- Emperoy, apparently. oy ias sa4. So y no
peOpic and really ~ IL influence ~ The 1en OF pgop.
erty. Think of thsf uron TIE Frccea taroae, and
then niediiste upon the chsnces in The aii.iEs OF
mtn lie might spesk OF tie same thoas az IA eonnes-
Ton with religion and show tast sAe tneo'ossn
was sometimes surpyised .. hni that therr was ZONE.
tins Of what termed luck IN the rise and tai OF
adverse seot But studying MI these isets 9e.orc al
uae1 To- VINO would not allow tho ex.''eace o. sasan
eireui stance IN the Affairs Of E,e-who would not
once mi II then occas for surprtss-s motive for
torc;hou- ht What man prevent could remember his
individual history without admitting that he walked In
the dark who cid not IN the routine OF e make great
allowances for the force OF circanstancest Having dis
roscG Of that branch OF the subject, he would
Spesk OF he influence OF circumstances and The dan
ser of their mastering man IL WAS a. lcsriy reccS-
nized fact that the mad dwels more upon inter.
eats that were AZ stake than those positively
secure The merchant thought more OF his ship Of At
sea than of bis six perhaps better vesses lying
snug at anchor in tie hsrbor Tie poor mothers mind
was more haunted by the face OF her dear boy Jack.
gone 10 sea before the mast than the loved faces OF the
little dear ones Tom Dick and SGzy snugly ensconsced
in their coy cots and while the howled without
the cottage her heart was with the absent one afsr
oil upon the mighty deep. ,,,,
In meeting the chances Of their lot men divided them
selves into three general classes according they
watched those chances, they looked upon them VITA
hone or with fear with an even mind Farsi cafis
the man who a fever at the prospect OF hick-tne
sansune man who believed HE to be lottery in"aich
he Intended 10 win. Such man m his m>St vulgar
shape literally gambler bent on making icr'anc
a. though the his eAertions was tle cardttoo
or the But lie, The gambler pss tor gaming
rsne no active manly energies aad necsassFiy ruined
the and his fortunes. Closely upon tie aeeis OF no
gambler the fsst man o. 01siles-ih aste 10 Do
rloh nYa ient o. labor, and BY hs oxpsn es proving
that lie Old not make his own fortune nc understood
a. well how To spend another mans iostane rs II no
Learn ed the art Ia Common Council Enthusiastic
and protracted sppaus@ Lille 10 sHea %sn vas very
Ike Mssissipp voyage 10 tnoee ON the LOOKOUT Tor
race consolng themselves with the rejection that tho
chances their rivals BOILER bursting and Oowing them
to atoms would be ~ great ~ their own Inc last
man thouaht the locomotive but u 80" coa;h AMI
tost tie telegraph did very well Tor beginning"
Laughter The fast man" Of business also looked or
ward confident expectation tor tue arrival u the
period when ali dass OF receipt would DO osOas very
near ana all days OF payment indefinitely POstPOned
Look 1T a higher chss OF sansuine men-tne schs'ner
who erected in the clouds the ar.drawn cas-
ties OF his fancy. Sometimes his schemes n was
true opened up fields upon which VI greater
prudence entered and improved TO their own ana
the public advantage, though generally disastrous
results attended his Wild tanchu specustons; tat
this iunctuge the hight Of the gas became noay ex'
tneisied 20 that The building was IN almost complete
dsIkness The Lecturer Joc0sey remark inis u
surely one OF the chances OF lte great lsughter) let
us wait i'm hope and with good rpirik Ihs hght,
however was coon restored aud the Lecturer resumed.
and speaking me tai her lenth M reference 10
the speculative class OF men, and Observed
that the gGea, stumbling block in the way OF such men
coused in their totally forgetting the great law %.
prohsbier, making the exception ihe rule ami = re
memberlng that wuen men played LOT crown dsep-
ponlmen, likely to be INST WITH than success
In this connection the Lecturer Cautioned men oil hus.
neps or hos about enter upon the exciting hustle OF
commercial or professional ie from beng dazxled ny
the glare OF the great fortunes anassed ~ the hunih
qaoks OF the day. Hyoung men were apt TO LOOK upon
auackery.show or displey as sure mode OF ATTAINING
let recolect that cheats de
tected Ia the end and that the mass OF hunbug woudex-
plode to the makers own damage we were as people
loo m and too hopesl nowhere in the world ws mod
Grafton So much needed IN this land OF 0OunessopPor-
tunty with s nervous restless, impatient, out inShy
ana ndomIiable race. But whiie we prl[ed inoefaon
we should specially guard against tnldity. limiiiiy
produ ed many varieties OF "the nope among men la
one vsrety he slumbered his life away lazy sluggard.
doing away his existence whether asleep or awake tor
Did thoush no, lean woodchuck IN winter. Again
we found him Il c0nE0issU in everything lanentabe-an
epicuIo bsnquelting upon iniseues--a dealer IN Dug
bears keeping carayhnseral fuH Oh tncm An incubus
upon the hopeful expectations the young sch man
was always iu OF the goomest antcipatioas Tor tho
future
lie Mr. o. did not believe In croahing man must
march through rough places-et him march then ~
music and not by groaus The lecturer after touching
In eloquent terms upon the incentives that exit 10 MATS
prcsenng bold front asinst AL the rowns OF fortune.
proceeded to Of the duty of to master tho
Chances of life by energy Man should IN the rst place.
consider thet be sOmethngthat God senthitn into
Tie world to be fact lie should then plant himself upon
hi poson and not from Il he was called upon 10
use hs force and TO bring power OF his judy
ent into the hed From whatever quarter contingencies
cane he was to inerrogee them sterny gathering tho
treasured wisdom of hs race he was 10 choose the way
Of lie best fitted for him. preferrng 70 be efficient
somebody with hands little rough than mIlksop
boIy with fingers soft girls. He was TO study
the rcience OF probabltics not like the gambler but
sdent OF practical le he would look before helesped,
and while prepared for mishsps. he would not add him
self as one more the number Of those who began fo
IN presuntion ard ended in despair
The lecturer closed LIS discourse by brilliant perora-
ton In which sllusion made 10 the examples Of
men mastering the chances of life Ms displayed In tho
lives OF Demosthenes, Webster. Columbus and shak-
spere We regret that extreme pressure our space
ccmpe curai report Of the latter part OF tho
lecturers remarks.