The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-08-02
Misfellaneons.
plans of Life and Means of Success
BY G. S. WEAVER.


BY G. S. WEAVER.
Every youth should be educated, whatever
is.to be his trade or profession. There is no
honorable calling in life that may not engage
the interest and attention of awhole mind, and
be adorned and made attractive 10y the prodqc-
tions of a cultivated intellect
SIf7a young man is to follow agricultural pur-
SUITS he should be educated for it. Ibis edu;
cation should be shaped to it. His mind should
he fully trained, and its powers developed IN
the direction of their life pursuit. He should
be made familiar with all the natural sciences,
such as Chemistry, Geology, Minerasogy, Bot
any, ,and,t natural history, character, and
physiology of animals; for their breathing
forms arc all about him, and through his lIte
he must haveqto do with them. His food, his
drink. his dress. his all are within them, and
.heemust draw them out The touchstone o!
his knowledge must be applied to their dead
and liyiug forms, that1he, his wife, aud children,
maybe surrounded with the comforts and lux
.uries of life.
With Astronomy, Physiology, mental and
moral Philosophy. and the rudiments at least
of a thorough mathematical education, he
should ,be made acquainted, for these he needs
every day in the care of his family, and in his
business transactions with the world. His
course of studies, his mental, training, should
be directed with wise reference t" his avocil-
ton. Not only his success. but the happiness
and usefulness Of both himself andfamiN y depend
upon It. ;,
Again. not only ais mind but his hand, should
he educated for his lite's avocation. His phy'
sical powers Should be made not only strong
aud vigorous, bat should be strictly and prac,
ticaly educated for his profession, so that mind
and body will act together for the accomplish,
ment of his end in lite. \ quack tarmHriS like
a auack at any thing else And an agrlcul
tural theorist unsupported by practice, is like Il
tbeorist anywhere, a mere puff of wind.
Similar remarks may be applied TO youth
who have designed to ill any of the honorable
callings in VIII ch meniul Gil their earthly dcs.
TIMES.
First of all, choice of business should be
made, and made early, with Il wise reference to
capacity aud taste Then the youth should
he educated for it, and as much as possible III
it, and when this is done, it should oe pursued
with an industry, energy, and enthusiasm which
will warrant success.
A man or woman with no business, nothing
to do, is an absolute pest to society. lhcy
are thieves, stealing that which is not theirs
beggars, eatir that which they have not earn,
ed ;ldrones, wasting the fruits Of others indus
try; Ieechcs, sucking the blood of others; evil
doors, setting an example o! idleness and dis,
honest living; hypocrtes, shining in stolen aud
false colors; vampires, eating out the lie OF
the community Frown upon them, o youth.
Learn in your heart to despise their course OF
life.
Many of our most interesting youth waste a
great portion of their earl life in truitcss en-
deavors at nothing. They have no trade, no
profession, no object before them, nothing to
do; and yet have great desire to DO some
thing, and something worthy Of themselves.
They try this and that, and the other; offer
themselves to do any thing and every thing,
and yet know, how to do nothing. Educate
themselves they can not, forthey know not wh;'t
they should do it for. They waste their time,
energies, and little earnings in endless changes
and wanderings They have not the stimulus
of fixed object to fasten their attention and
awaken their energies mot a known prize to
win. They wish for good things, but have no
way to attain them; desire to be useful, but
little means for being so. They lay pans, III
vent schemes, form theories. build castles, but
never stop to execute aud realize them.
$ Poor creatures :. All that ails them is the
want ofan object-a single object. lhey LOOK
at hundred, and see nothing. If they should
look steadily at one. they would see 1t distinct
rly. They grasp at random at a hundred things
and catch nothing 1t is like shooting among
scattered flock of pigeons. The chances are
doubtful. This will never do-no, never
Success, respectabity. andhappiness are t"u"o
in permanent business. An early choice oi
some business, devotion to it, and preparation
for it, should be made by every youth.
When the two objects, business and charac'
ter, as the great end of life, are fairly before a
youth, what then! Why, he must attain those
objects. Will wishes and prayers bring them
into his hands! by no means. He must work
as well as wish, labor as well as pray. Ills
hand must be as stout as his heart, his arm us
strong as his head. Purpose must be follow
ed by action, words by blows. And these
must be repeated ''lrom morn TIL night, from
youth till hoary age" "Cont""aI dropping
wears a stone" SO perscverlng labor gains
our objects. Perseverance is the virtue want
ed, a lion hearted purpose Of victory It's this
that builds, constructs, accompi'shes Whatever
is great, good, and valuable.
PERSEVERANCE built the pyramids on Egypts
plains, erected the gorgeous temple at 'eFu>a'
lem, reared the sevenhlcd city, Inaoseo Ill
adamant the Chinese empire, scaled the stormy
cloud.capped Alps, opened hig hway through
the watery wilderness Of the Atlantic, leveleu
the forests of new world, and reared IN lis
Stead community of states and nations 1t