Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-29
Luck and Pluck.

/ LhNh Nhu
Rev. Samuel Osgood delivered lecture on
this subject on the evening of the 2lsi, in the
| tabernacle, before Il numerous audlencc.-
The lecturer commenced by stating that cvey
mans life was drama IN which the plot
depended upon the play, between his will
aud his fate, OH between his character aud
his circumstances. The interest OF the play
rirnh upon The hero, and our Oeis aud sio-
ry-lelers have found favor only us they illus
| trHted 10y iervid purtrailnres the trials aud
triumphs of our common lot. Every true
sketch Of life is read with pleasure, bo it n
biography or n novel, in which the hero was
either II statesman or an apprentice hoy, and
the heroine n city belle or factory girl
We care not nnw 80 much how Cesai fought
or Louis rcignpd. MS how n uian would get
along in the ordinary routine of life III either
! FInhce or Rome.
The chances OF life nrc, continued Mr.
OSgo0d, cnsual instead of being certain
they defy all the powers of human foresight
or knowledge. We are required to hu watch
ing the probabilities of events TO guide us in
our everyday worldly affairs Every years
| experience has inadc startling devclopeuenis
Let amy practical man phylosophcaly study
the price current of his own busincss-let
affecting his community, cotton, wool or iron
let it bc studied WE'LL aud whit a view
would then flash upon him at once of the
vastly complex condition Of things IN the
relations and business OF men Let the pol
ltciau truce the effects of single act OF
popular will upon Our political condition.
| Could the statesman tell us what conscqucn-
ces were to follow to our country from the
march of that determined soldier who made
the Rio Grandc the Ruhicon of our empire,
and found upon the shore of the far Pacific
domains Of gold aud future so full of ro
mantic hopes. How strangely the chances
connected with that event had borne upon
the substantial history of our country. What
mnn was more surprised with the high honor
conferred upon him, and who ever received
an honor with more uuoltrusivo humility
thun tue President elect of the United States!
and wnt party ever bore defeat more lnan-
fully tllan the puriy in this instance? lap.
plsuse'
Look in Imagination ut the last open grave
in 81. Pauls Cathedral, where the dust ol
Wellington now ringlcs with the uses o
Nelson, aud read the lesson there pronounc.
cd upon the chances of human lite. Think
Of Trafalgar, and estimate it possible, what
might have been the effect il the bullet that
struck down Nelson on hoard the Victory
had beeu fired nu hour earlier. Think wlml
what would have been the story of Waterloo
had Blucicr been more tardy, or GrouchS
more agile Look now at France aud be
bold that strange spectacle in which the
sturs OF Josephine aud Napoleon seemed Il
mluglc their light over the head of the Elm
peror, for whom we mi ight even now nint
ine we heard the shouts of the poptlac,
cheering him to the throne. Think of lh'
man-the nmd-cap OF SirawsburglI ani
Bologne, aud the scapc-gont of Ham, Prcsi
dcni aud now Emperor--Emperor, appar
emily, 10y the sufirages OF the people, and re
ally hy the influence Of lie men of property
Think of that man upon the French throne
aud then mediate upon the chances in III
affairs of men.
In meeting the chances Of their lot, mel
divided themselves into three general class
es according ms they watched these Chanc
es, they looked upon them with hope, O
with ieGr, or with AN even mind. First cam
the man who was i'll fever al the prospec
of luck-the sanguine man who belieyc
life TO ho lottery, in which he intended L
Yin. Such u Inan in lis most vulgar slap
was literally gauIher, bent on making
fortune as though the scene of lis eXerli0n
was the card table or the race. course. Bu
let the gambler pass, for gaming trimmed u
active, manly energies, and necessarily rIh
ed the man and his fortunes. Closely upo
ne the hnelH of the gambler came the fast
in mnn of hnsiness-in haste TO he rich, mpa
IL iient of labor, and by his expenses, pruyin
ed that il he did not mike his fortune, he up
he dersiood as well howto spend another nan
of fortune as ii he learned the art in our Con
e- mon Council
Il This happy hit 0t the notorious prodigaiit
ho OF the Common Council was received vii
ed the most enthusiastic appreciation.
he The lecturer concluded by speakng {
10 the duty OF man 10 master The chances {
life by energy, and referred to the example
ng presented in the lives Of Demoslhenes,
,pt Webster, Columbus aud Shakespeare.
,ar "Man," said he, " should, in the first placl
IN consider that he was sonlet!ing-that Go
for sent him into the world to be fact; h
ed should then plant himself upon his positio
as and not move from H. he was called mpon I
~, use his force of thought ard To bring tl
his power Of his judgement into the field. Frol
n.y. whatever quarter contingencies came ho wa
ess TO lnterrOgute them slery; gathering nj,
Jre treasured wisdom of his race, he WINS ;
ess choose the way ID life hest ilttod for hin
yht preierring TO he an efficient somebody. vii
of hands li.ile rough, than nlilksop nobod
all with fingers as soft us grl's lie was
Ihe study the science OF probabilities not lill
les the gambler hut a student of practical life
use he would look before ne leaped, and Will
prepared for nishaps, le would not add hin
Ide self rs one more to the number of those viii
The began life in presumption and ended in d,
DIN spair.-Iribune