The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-10-08
Lave for u Purpose

We take the following excellent arthi4 from
The Ledger, and recommend it 10 the ntt.n,io,
OF the young particularly, who are just Corning
hd'n,s
Perhaps the secret Of all success in life. of all
srea'ness, nay, even Of human haruiness itself
Is. 10 1--we Tor purpose. The man OF ainl.s.
Objects, however rich he NAV be. however,
blessed with health. however favored in Li, do
mestic relations, however generally liked. m, ely
enJoyes existence. Nature seems. in f,,, T.,
avsnge herself on him for his wan, of purpos. in
life. F'P''' ~
There are many persons, always busy. who
YET have u" great purpose in view They fri,ter
away Wr,r energies on a hundred objects, never
accomplishing anything because nev,r giving
Their undivided attention to any ono tbny =
They are ike butterflies that fit from snn, D.,
spot, never gaining wealth, while the an, that
steadily adheres to u certain circuit around ;'s
hole, gradually lays up stores for Winter S,ch
pefsois are doomed to 10 dissatisfied in ia.
ehti, ever u they are not sooner, for thew ~il,
find that, in the race Of life, they have been
passed hy all who had u PURPOSE. Il 10 no,
only the positive dfones, therefore, but the bu,v
'dfe, u we may coin phrase for the occa,i,n
'ha' make blunder Of life for want of pur'
pose. fN'
II is always the boy who las a purpose ,lo.
becomes distinguished at school or college He
makes up his mind to succeed in some nartirn
lar branch, or branches Of KNOWLEDGE h. cn,,.
centrates all his energies to win the goal. anil
he generally triumphs, even over classmates nj
greater ability. So in adult life, the man who
SUCKS 10 hls pursuit nay, devotes his whole soul
to't, is the man Who prospsrs. Few person,
ever shcceed who shift from one thing to another
or who give only divided attention TO busines,
II is havnga definite purpose, and keeping. so
70 speak, the winning post always before the
''ew' that carries man triumphan,Iy over the
race course Of life. No man ever becam. great
without having done this. Newton put bis en-.
tire intellect into mathematics. Milton d,yo,ed
ns ,t,e TO preparation for writing Paradise lost.
Sir Humphrey Divy gave himself to chemistry.
as be has raid. us 10 mistress Blacr .,oro
abandoning poetry, concentrated himself IN law
lhe younger PITT, from his very chilabood train.
ed himself to be great dpbaler, that he m;vh,
become Prime Minister, We might multiply sy.
ampes. Bat these are sufficient to establish our
pont, to show that no uiaiI, without purpose
ever become great
But IT'S not only worldly prosperity. it Is not
even human greatness also, which demand, a
purpose III HE. Without a purpose no man can
ENJOY true happiness Something to live for.
some great battle to ylt seems to be the n,ces
siiy of complete and hatmsniou, existence -
Ihe mind aud soul hunger after such employ
men' AS the palate after food, and il denied il
turn inward and gnaw themselves, rs the EMMY
stomach eorrodes its coats. 1t il not 40 much IN.
victory to be gained as the struggle itself which
ouf natures appear 10 require. Tie man with
some great purpose in vie* un which he tn;,e.
all the resources of his mind carries about with
Inn an antldote agans, the ordinary ils vflifr
But they OF either sex, who have no such putposr
Tall an easy prey to even trivial sorrow. O, #
SORROW passes them BY, become victim. 20 NOR
old iancies. Hehce idle rich r.er, and unmnrri
ed women, with roihihg to engfoss Il cir t.tre
'fs ni~aye the most unhappy OIL their kind
10 he doing some'hng il, in fact, an ordina.
'i"h 81 nature, That something must be definite
'Iso-solid pabulnm for the energies to sc, nm.
nn not mere whIpt cream 1T only h,r children.
!" word, It must embody purpose, which can
become the mans great object IN life With.
'nch purpose even the hunblest may be hap.
Pyv. Without it, the greatest genius will fai,
ni.orably The man with q purpose ia Ink.
ta'lant steamer that drives stragb, on toward.
10 barber IN storm or calm, N d.,kress a. wei
" da' hSht He wins has M purpose i, iit- N
'uddet!e.s ship, dIifIing about the ocean Of life,
"''ne'irs"s, by chance, reaching pert, Lu. vf.
'.her laundering far out Of sight Of land.