Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-10-22
Always Begin Right.


We once knew an old Friend who
had but one piece Of advice 10 Young be.
ginners: it was, "If thee'll only begin
right. all will go well." We have often
thought that there was more in the re-
commentator ,han even the good Quaker
saw, for there is scarcely anv thing 10 be
done in life TO which the adage, begin
right" will not apply. Success is but a
synonym for beginning right.
Who, for example, is the healthiest,
the early riser or the sluggard! 1t is the
man who begins the day right, by leay-
ing his bed with the sun. and inhaiine ths
fresh air of the morning, not The one who
remains till eight or nine o'clock in a
close chamber, sleeping dull, supplying
sleep. Who gets through his days work
the easiest? The early riser The man
of business, who is at his store soonest.
is always best prepared for the customers
of the day, and often, indeed, has sold
many bill before his laggard neighbors
are about. Sir Walter Scott used to
have half his days writing finis ned be. :
fore breakfast. A shrewd observer has
said Il at Int riser consumes the day
in trying to recover the hours he lost in
the morning. Mind and BODY are both
freshest early in the day. The LAWYER
should think, the minister study, the au.
thor write, the valetudinarian walk or
riJe, and the mechanic or farmer be at
work as early as possible.
Nor is this all. The great bulk Of en-
terprises that fall owe their ruin To- not
having been begun right. A. business is
undertaken without sufficient cspital, con-
nection or knowledge. 1t ends unfavora.
bly,. Why? Because it was not begun
right. A young professional man, whose
probationary peried Of study has been
spent n pleasure rather than in bard
reading, complains that lie cannot sue.
ceed. Why, again Because he has
not begun right either! A stock compa-
ny blows up. Still why! Ten to one,
the means employed are not adequate to
the end, or else it was started Nth ineffi-
cient officers, and in either case j. was
not begun right. Two young house
keepers break up in their gay establish
ment, the lady going home, perhaps, to
her fathers, taking her husband with her.
Why? They did not begin right, for
they commenced on loo largesa scale, for
getting that the expenses Of family in
crease every year. and that in no event,
is it safe for man to live up 70 his in
come. An inventor starts manufacto
ry, in which his improvements in machin
cry are brought into play but after while
he fnds himself insolvent; his factory is
sold; another reaps where he has sown.
Why : Alas! like too many others, he
has undertaken more than he has means
to carry through: he did not begin right
and his ruin was the consequence.
But above oil things, life should be be-
gun right. Young men rarely know how
much their conduct, during the first few
years., affect their subsequent success II
is not only that older persons, in the same
business, form their opinions Of them at
this time, but that every beginner ac-
quires, during these years, habits for good
or i'll, which color his hi, whole future
career. We have seen some OF the
ablest Young men, with every advantage
, of for une and friends, sow the seeds Of
ruin and early death, by INDUCING too
(. freely in the first year Of manhood. We
have seen some others, with less capaei /,
ty, and without any backing but industry
and energy. rise gradually to fortune and
, influence. Franklin lis familiar illue-
,ration Of wha, ma can do who begins
right. If he bad been too proud TO ca,
rolls in the street whenl he was a poor
boz, he never would have been Minister
!, Plenipotentiary to the Court Of France.
Always begin right Survey the
whole ground before you cot Nnenes any
: undertaking. and you will III IN be pre-
pared to 60 forward successfully. Neg
lect this, however, and you are almost
sure to fail. In other words. begin right.
= A gooi commencement half the battle.
A false step is almost certain to defeat.
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