Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-07-27
BE Something.
BY NELL TRUTHWooD,

\ 60, be something. Begin this hour. You
have been just no where and nobody long enough.
Cast aside that 'dent care'' spirit that you pos
ses, and stand before the world as man!-as
such act. You can do it--be something if YOU
choose. You were not placed here to be a tax
on mankind-a do-nothng-far from It'll Each
one has task allotted to us-a task which should
be, if it is not performed. = So -.,s q -
Suppose our predecessors ambitious spirit had
been kept in the back ground, just because of
some trivial disappointment or failure attending
its first appearance-some little encouragement
at the onset; what then? America had not been
discovered. Invention, that which has awaken
ed the dormant powers and nerved the soul of
man for some great undertaking the
spell which was thrown over inanirnate nature,
endearing it a ';thing of life, ,"-he remained DOR
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II will be something! spoke the brave perse:
vering spirits of the-past- and they became some
thing. Obstacles, it is true were in the way, but
they overcame them. Poverty stared them in the
face-they met undaunted its fierce gaze
Friends, when most needed forsook them-still
| they remained unshaken in their purpose, The
spirit of perseverance had been awakened, and
despite of all distractions it would 60 and on
ward until the goal for which it had started was
obtained. ~s,7 &-- s7s.,
| There are few, at the present day, who are
imbued with a spirit of the past-who have said
E-ssI will be something and are fast fulfilling
their promise. - - =
To such as have made this resolved, would
say-on, on my friends in the course commen-
| ced. Yes, on! though the very bolts of HEAVIER
should threaten to consume you. On through the
hurricane of strife-the wild sea Of passionate
storm Of treachery! On through all, until you
arrive at the summit for which you started
Would that this world contained greater mum.
Der of these abe something spirits.
Young man young woman-ye who have
just launched your bark upon the waves ofs.life's
uncertain sea- listen entreat you, to what / an
about to remark, - @< ste@ 80
Would you be happy and useful in this life-be
something; be not afraid to undertake great
things, you can accomplish them. The summit
of Fame can be attained; the road that leads to il
may, at times, be intricate and almost inaccessi-
ble-you may lose sight of the far off and dimly-
lignteu NIT; eboi K.
ness may surround you; you may lose. your way
yet you should not despair. Commence anew in
the chase, and then on--en, with the desperation
of wrecked seaman, while swimming towards
the distant. yet obtained ashore. s-l s'i.
As the ambition of the mariner urges him ove1
the waves that threaten to engulph him, so lei
! your ambition urge you over the stormy billows
ofthe sea of life, until the pont--the point for
which you have started, is reached. -
One word in conclusion. Arise, ye that have
become discouraged at trides-bestir, yourself;
the spirit. of ambition is in yOu, throw it forth to
the world. God did not design for it to become
dormant-useless; therefore he sent the spirit OF
adversely to bring it to. light and action. You
have ce insured him for SO doing, instead of being
thankful and profting, you should, by the same.
Yes-you have said san unwise Providence has
laid upon me greater burden than can bear
and T must sink beneath its oppressive yoke."-
Now, this were wrong. Trials should be con.
sidered as blessings-regarded as necessary re.
quistes to bring forth the ennobling qualities o.
the inner man.-Star Spangled Banner. s<
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