, 1853-07-09
No. A.
Success, ,inLirc.

There are some persons who prOvcrhllliY
" never ahead in the world" Ii they
are born rich they manage to become poor,
and il they begin poor they hav; a knsck of
| always remaining so. In the race for for
tune or fine, they are continually being
/ passed by others, less favored by circum-
stances originally, Or less endowed by ma
/ turc. Yet they never admit that their want
of snccess is the fault Of themselves. They
attribute il totheir hard luck, to the rogucry
Of men they have coufdcd in, or 10 the i'm
! proper organization of society; but never to
their own Incidence, folly, or deficiency of
brains. 70 believe them, no beings were
ever so unfortunate. A constant subject of
! irritation to them is the success Of their
nrighbors. Ia their Judgment, nobody
prospers through merit. If friend makes
a fortune, it is his good luck. If an old
schoo-lelow becomes a man Of mark, they
express their wonder that one, who was
such a stupid boy, has humbugged the world
so completely. Ii an acquaintance moves
into a fine house, or sells up carriage, they
whisper everywhere I" that fool and his
money is soon parted" In short they can
no more forgive others for rising than they
can rise themselves
Yet such persons invariably owe their
want of success 10 some radical defect in
their characters In one man it is indo-
lcncc, in another lack Of shrewdness, in
third, it is some other vice of education or
inheritance. Frequently, failure in life is
to be traced 10 a mistaken calling. A man,
who might have been a good farmer, hap
pens TO be born Of ambitious parents, who
think, erroneously, that il is more honora-
bic TO have their son a doctor: accordingly.
he is sent 10 college, learns Latin, attends
lectures, gets diploma, and then settles
down to kill people till his incapacity is
found out, when he slarves Or lad is
forced, by equally ill-judging parents, 10
become merchant, when he should have
been left to become a lawyer. Or an en-
eineer, instead of an artist. Or farmer.
instead of mechanic. In short, there is
no end to the mistakes which are made, by
ignorant or foolish parents, in starting their
children in life; and the worst of these sort
Of errors is, tkat they are the least easy Of
remedy, because a business, once adopted, is
not easily laid aside. To spend year at
college, in store, or at the plane, and find
at twenty-one that the vocation is a wrong
one, is disheartenng TO all but men of the
hardest stamp. The discovery plunges
even minds of ordinary strength often into
despair. 1t shipwrecks the feeble invaria-
bly,, and, as it were, in sight of the port
they are leaving.
But the great bulk Of those who fail in
life are ruined by their own dement's. Not
that industry, energy, and capacity always
command an immediate return for frequent
and fierce are often the buffets which the
best men have 10 encounter. But, in the
long run, enterprise, economy, knowledge
of business, assiduty, and an honest policy,
will carry the day A man with these
sterling qualities is like cork; he may be z
submerged for awhile, but he cannot be
kept down. Just in proportion to the per-
fiction, in which he enjoys these attributes,
will also be the completeness of his success.
If he joins 10 them unusual fitness for his
pursuit, his triumph will be both earlier and
prouder ; for in every business there are
opportunities which a sagacious mind Of
this sort will see and 10 detect these turns
in the tide, which " leads on 10 fortune"
requires talent peculiar to the particular
profession rather than that which is univer-
sal. So true is this, that, while all know
"geniuses" who never succeed, no one
knows man with a special faculty, and in
position 10 exercise it, who fails in life
while all can point to those who have risen
without general ability, no one can point TO
those who have thus risen, unless they we're
adopts at their trade. 1t would seem 10
require no talent to make candles, yet rich
w-chandler, ifhe has earned bis wealth,
is never a Ounce. An ordinary tailor
stitches all his life a great tailor "cuis his
way TO opulence. And rice rersa fool,
if bred TO a profession, sinks into a pauper.
A brave man will never. give up, however
much fortune, for while, goes against
him 4 hopeful man will never even be
disheanened. A generous man will never
envy his more successful neighbor. Final
ly, wise man will wait patiently for his
turn, sure that it will come some time, and
determined. when it happens, TO be wide
awake, so thai he may avail himself Of it
. Life is too short to waste its moments in
deploring bad luck" said a shrewd thinker,
"we must 60 after success, since it will not
come to US, and we have no time 10 spare
Philadelphia Ledger.
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