The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-06-16
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DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
BY 7. s. ARTHUR.

BY t. $. ARTHUR.
"Don't be discouraged, my young
friend !" said an elderly man to his
companion, whose youthful appearance
indicated that few more than twenty,
five years had passed over his head
"But l am discouraged, Mr.. Linton
Haven't been disappointed in every.
thing that l have yet undertaken
Success is word the meaning of which
| shall never realize"
You are young, Henry :"
"Quite old enough to have proved
beyond doubt, that, try, as l will, !
shall never rise in the world. | am
doomed to struggle on, like swimmer
against strong current. Instead OF
advancing at all, l shall be gradually
borne down the stream"
eff you cease to struggle, you will,
unquestionably."
" And will, whether struggle or
not -
"No--that cannot be Vigorous and
long continued effort will gradually
strengthen and mature your thoughts.
Rough contact with the world, in which
you are made to suffer keenly, will bring
out the latent energies of your mind.
Bear on manfully for few years-falter
not, though everything looks dark, and
success will certainly crown your efforts
as an effect follows its producing cause"
81 wish l could think So" the young
man replied, shaking his head despond-
ingly. "But l am fully convinced that
for Inc, at least, the door of success is
closed"
"How old are you, Henry ?"
"Just twenty-seven."
Sand have you already failed in
three business efforts :"
"Yes, and what is worse, have be-
come involved in debt"
{" But you mean to pay all you owe,
if it is ever in your power :"
"Can you doubt for a moment, Mr..
Linton 7" the young man said in a
quick tone, while flush passed over his
face. 81 will pay it all if l die in the
struggle"
"And yet you were just now talking
of giving up in despair
"True. And | do feel utterly dis
couraged. For the last five years no
man has labored more earnestly than |
have done. Early and late have | been
at my business, sometimes even until
midnight, and yet all has been in vain.
Like man in a quagmire, every strug-
gle to extricate myself from difficulties
has only had tire effect to sink me deep
er. And now, with honest intentions
towards all men, | am looked upon by
many as little better than swindler."
You are wrong in regard to that,
Henry. Such is not the estimation in
which you are held"
"Yes, but it is. have been told to
my teeth that l was not an honest man. I"
"By whom"
by one OF my creditors"
"This is the solitary case of a man
whose inordinate love of self showing
itself in love of money, has made him
forget the first principles of the law of
human kindness.
"No matter what prompted the un-
kind remark, its effect is none the less
painful, especially as he fully believed
what he said"
"You cannot tell, Henry, whether
he fully believed it or not. But sup
pose that his words did but express his
real thought-what then' Does his
opinion make you different from what
you really are 7"
"Of course not. But it is very pain
full to have such things said"
mo doubt Of it. But conscious in
tegrity Of purpose should be sufficient to
sustain any man."
"It might in my case, if I were not
thoroughly crushed down. My mind is
like an inaamed body-the slightest
touch is felt far moro sensibly than