The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-17
From the Elevator.
"REMINISCENCES FOR BOYS.

REMaNISCENC CES FOR BOYS.
The celebrated Napoleon, when pre-
sented with hauering genealogy Of his
family, made this wise reply. !" "Erery
man IN this ,rorld. is the child Of his orn
acsiOns.n , g ga
We make few references 10 history
10 verict the ruth of the remark. 'o
vClean.hes, the author Of tho most sub
lime lBwn 10 the Deity which has reached
us from the heather world, procured his
education by assisting a washer'wdman
at Athena. 81 a ems,
The immortal Shakespeare was a SER
want alta Theatre. 4,3s7a'.
DR.. Franklin, the first philosopher Of
the lastcenrury, on account Of his power
" a. well as to keep his mind clear, lived
lor months on bread and water. oas
DR.. Riusnhouse, equally distinguished
for his mechanical genius as for science,
formed diagrams upon the fences and his
plow. His days were spent at his me-
chanical occupations, and his nights only
devoted 10 the pursuit Of science,
Clifford, the profound scholar and crit.-
DC, worked out hin problems in Algebra
with an awl, upon leather rendered smooth
by hammering. Ho served an apprentices
ship 10 sloe-maker. 0 y
Burns composed some ofhis most beau
tiful poems at the plow tail. He had only
evenings for study. o3. f'i
Our immortal Washington was farm
eY and, like many yin our own day, added
enough of mathematics TO his defective
education TO enable bin TO become an
accurate Surveyor. "IIe was the child
Of ifis own actions" and they immortal
Med hiFn.
Our own Powers, the great Sculptor
and Hugh Miller, the renowned Geolog
isi--were both stone-masons.
Bowdiich, the first Mathematician Of
th;s country, was laborious clerk in an
Insurance Office. We could ELL news
paper, and others better informed could
iii q folio with similar instances of great
learning and other vas, requirements by
mere industry and perseverance,.
Now do you think, dear boys, II any
ur them in their youth had spent their
time in prcwling upon the s.reets-hur-
raining al political night meetings, encor.
ing al concerts. they would have become
ornaments Of their age, or imtnoitalzed
their namess Mention, If you can, any
youth who took such course OF dissipa--
tion who ever became permanently disiln-
Vuiabed among bis contemporaries for pro-
spari,y. Whether nature has been so
boun,ilul 10 you as 10 those we have re-
fefsed 10, you can never know without
making the trial as they did. The with
drawai from idleness and places Of irivo-
lous amuse ment will a, first appear TO be
salisfac,ion---a happiness which nobody
can ever, imagine unless they make the
trial. Make the experiment, young
ftiends--make the experiment and lay
the blame 10 US II you have cause 10 re-
pen,. Remember that happiness mot
10 he attained without virtue, nor wisdom
wi,hou, mental labor--and that il is our
own fault if we are deprived Of a reasona-
Bic potion OF either. Never forget the
maxim-that virtue is its own reward,
and vice its own punishment 10 Gods
moral government il is as impossible TO
deprive Us of the firstas tits for 10 escape
the consequences Of the other. II ia a
great deal more certain that vice will be
punished and virtue rewarded, than that
she sun will rise and SET Tomorrow. Nor
Isit less certain that idleness and great
deal Of time lost in mere amusement, will
make you grow up in ignorance, and rem.
der YOU worthless soyourself and the
community. On tho contrary, You are
honest, moral, and make the most Of your
spare time to cultivate your minds, you
will be certain 10 receive your reward
sooner OF later, in the consciousness Of
having performed your daiy, and in the
respect Of oil who know you. 'aa
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