The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-08-24
Elements ofsuccess in business.

What are they! knowledge TO plan, ed
terprise to execute, and honesty and truth.
fulness to govern all. Without these ele-
ments, without them deeply impregnated on
his nature, no man can conduct any busi-
ness successfully. Without them, he is like
a ship that has lost its rudder, or an engine
that has no regulator. With them, success
is certain-as sure as the DEGREES of destiny.
But with them, there are other qualities
which must be considered. A man must
not waste his life away in small things, if
he would achieve honor or renown. He must
strike boldly, lay out gigantic plans, follow
great thoughts, and drive them, curbed by
reason, to a successful issue, as he would
drive noble steeds to the end of ofjourney. He
must have the boldness to grasp, the vigor
and intelligence to execute. He must look
above the ordinary ideas of those in the same
business as himself, and attain an emnence
far above them-one they may have observ-
ed, but had not courage and resolution to
ascend. 1t is trite saying that some men
are great because their associates are little.
A Dragging captain of country militia, a
spouting demagogue, and the chief of half
exterminated horde of savages, are all ex-
amples of the truth of the observation
None of these must be emulated; none of
the traits of their characters must be held up
as models. A man who would acquire fame
in the present age of social and political
progression must not be behind the times
He must not live in the past, but in the flu
ture. He must not only be thinking man,
but working machine-know how to form
great plans, and how to put them into force.
Mind must be the monarch of matter, and
annihilate time and space. Man should moi
be an animal, nor mere machine of flesh
and blood; he is a child of God, and should
copy from his Maker. He should not be a
mere eQth-worm; but live as BELTS being
with highly-gifted and Immortal soul!
There are men who peddle sand to gain
their bread; there are others who just as ca
silly build cities, create kingdoms, and revo-
lutionze one-fourth of the world. One of
the first sect drives an old horse and cart be-
fore your door, unloads his sand, carries it
into the cellar and deposits it in bin, point
ed out by greasy looking servant girl, and
and chalks the number Of measures down
with smile of satisfaction, as he wipes the
sweat from his brow. A member of the
other sits by his fireside, reads the news
and sends vessel with valuable cargo UP
the Mediterranean to run the blockade o
the Baltic, and give him clear profit of fit.
ty thousand dollars! Both are men; moth
ing more or less. Each has bones, flesh
and muscle; eyes to see, aud ears to hear
and perhaps in all physical respects, one
is just as well provided for as the other
Where, then, lies the difference! Not in
the body, but in the mind; mind rules mat
ter. One lives by sort of animal instin ct
and is sort of a living automaton; the 9TH
er lives by calling into exercise the all-pow'
erful faculties of an immortal soul, and is Q
possessor, in a humble degree, of the pow
er and magnitude that characterizes hi
God!-Hunt's Merchants Magazine.