Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-27
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER ~. 1884.

| MAKE THE Best OF EVERYTHING. An i'm
| portant lesson to learn, and the earlier in life
1t is learned the better, is TO make the best of
ererythtng. As the old adage says, s'there is
no use in crying over split milk Misfor-
tunes that have already happened, cannot be
prevented; and therefore the wise man, in
stead of wasting his time in regrets, will set
himself to work to recover his LOSSES The
mistakes and follies of the past may teach us
to be more cautious for the future but they
should never be allowed to paralyze our ener-
giles, or surrender us to weak repinings. A
millionaire of this city tells the story, that, at
one period early in his career, he had got al
most to the verge of bankruptcy; "but," says
he, 81 ploughed deep keel, and kept nv
own COUNSEL" and by these means, he soon
recovered. Had this man given way to des-
pair, had he satdown to bewail his apparent
ly impending ruin, he might now have been
old and poor, instead of a capitalist in a lead
ing position. He adds that his characteristic
was, that through life, in all circumstances,
he did the best that he could, whatever that
was, consuming no time in useless regrets
over bad speculations.
The rule holds good, not only in mercantile
affairs, but in the whole conduct of life. The
man who is born to Indifferent circumstances,
will never rise, if, abandoning himself to envy
of those more blessed by fortune, he goes
about sullenly complaining, instead of en-
deavoring to use, to the best of his ability,
what few advantages he has. The patriot,
deploring the decline of public and private
morals, will never succeed in reforming the
commonwealth, if he stickles for visionary or
impracticable measures, rejecting those more
moderate ones which are really attainable.-
The friend will soon have no intimates at all,
if, making no allowance for the infirmities of
human nature, he judges too harshly the con-
duct OF his acquaintance. Many matrimo-
NAL separation might be avoided, if husband
and wife, instead Of taking offence at each
at slight proyocation, would dwell rather on
the good traits their partner displays. There
are not few statesmen, now living in retire.
ment, who might have still gratifed their am
bltion by serving the public, if they had un-
derstood, amid the intrigues and disappoint-
ments of public life, how to make the best of
everything.
Nations, as well as individuals, should cher
ish this principle. The European revolutions
of lS4S would not have ended so disastrouslv
for liberty if the people had understood how
to make more Of the advantages they secured
at first. The ultimate triumph of the mon
archs is to be attributed chiefly to their obey
ing the golden maxim, which their subjects
had neglected, of making the best of every-
thing. When the Emperor of Austria was a
fugitive; when Hungary, Bohemia, and Italy
were free, it would have required nothing
but concert among the people to have estab-
Ished their rights on lasting foundation.
But they suffered jealouses of race to arise,
allowed themselves to be attacked i'll detail,
and even assisted the tyrants to subjugate
each other. Instead of making the best of
things, they made the worst, and naturally,
We had almost said deservedly, lost all.
We never see man bewailing his i'll for
tune without something of contempt for his
weakness. No individual or nation ever rose
to eminence, in any department, which gave
itself up to this childish behavior. Great
ness can onlyb achieved by being superior to
misfortunes, and by returning again and again
to the assault with renewed energy. And
| this it is which is truly making the best of
eoer,ytjsing.-Ph philadelphia Ledger.