New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-07

The effect Of the poetry, or Of the thought to
which it gave rise, was that of an overstrong
opiate Instead Of sending us into the dominion
of sleep accompanied with the melodious meas
ures, the bright fancies and pleasant dreams Of
rhyme, it troubled our sleeping hours with wake
fulness and haunted our memory with an itera-
ton that could not be overcome. We were COM
PEELED to think Of it whether we would or no,
and to repeat constantly the necessity Of labor
1t is undoubtedly true that labor is the nev
liable inheritance Of us ALL Labor, sometimes
pleasant sometimes painful, sometimes profitable
and sometimes unproluctive depending just as
much upon the disposition Of the individual for
its character as upon the individuals com
mon sense for its results. The style Of labor
and the amount performed may be widely diff,
ferent in different cases There are as few who
g toll not, neither do they spin But ny fir
the greater portion of mankind, either with
their hands or their brains physically or intel.
lectually, labor for their daily bread, Life it.
self is, in fact, only prolonged, ceaseless and
unsatisfactory struggled great work, with
much to do and short time in which to accom-
plish it. or the necessity Of labor we are not
inclined to complain In its own way it cont
pensates for all the exerton al the fatigue, all
the pain and vexation to which il gives birth
| Youth, plunging with untried energies and I'M
developed resources into the hustle and business
the stern rivalry and competition Of daily life
| finds pleasure in the very rigor Of the conflict
| AMI rejoices in the growing evidences Of its
own powers Manhood, with tAews and snews
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BY exertion-mindful Of past victories and pre-
sent rank, and DESTROYS Of further plulits and
higher honors-goes into the fight like race
horse into the battle, or like strong man pre-
pared to run a race There is an incentive and
reward to all toll which lghtens its severity,
requites its endurance and mitigatcs the pain
| ful failures by which it is sometimes attended
" Learn to labor" is good advice, but why
should we wait For what-for rest: Have we
not, as old Arnauld of the Port Royal instuc-
ted his disciple-have we not all eternity to rest
in Are we to wait for pleasure have ~.
the time, and, if we have, will the end follow the
means Are We to wait for the fruit and re-
ward Of our labors is it clear that the stop.
page will not prevent the realization OF our
desires, and that the object will not be frustra-
ted and farever lost by the means used to attain
it Indeed, we do believe in the philosophy or
the common sense Of waiting for anything.
LABOR and its rewards run side by side-thc
| result trends hard upon the heels Of the cause
| We have known a great many valuable objects
won by severe, continuous persistent labor but
We never knew anything of moment accom-
plished by aziness. The mastery inactivity p"
| Of which Mr. Calhoun was wont to speak-thc
Fabian policy recorded in history, sayored more
Of the testiHi leate than the positive cessation
and rest included in waiting.
.7rS i0Hgo, rita breris est is an old but true
apothegm, and one which deserves to be remem-
hered Its inference is laborious one, but full
Of comfort and consolation 1t teaches the pro-
ductiyeness and profit of labor-its pleasure and
its ultimate success--a success that rises surc-
rior to defeat and is victorious in the very mo-
ments Of rout. But it says nothing Of waiting
In fact we have nothing to DO with Waiting
we have neither time nor occasion for it. All
our energies arc required for labor. Except in
the performance Of our duty there is neither
profit nor pleasure and the duty Of ALL as well
as the necessity Of most, is to labor.
Let Us then Ia up and doing
Nlth'a heart for any fate -
conscious that whether successful or NOT in the
objects Of our labors we have deserved success
Let us alter the text of the poet, and at the
risk OF spelling the rhyme enleayor t. increase
the sense and practical merit Let us
Learn 10 labor ana to we1k