The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-21
Elements of Success I'm Business.

What are they knowledge to plan, enterprise
to execute, and honesty and ruthluIness to govern
all. Without these elements-whoutt them deeply
Impregnated on his nature, no man can conduct
any business successfully. Without them, he Ia
like ship that has lost its rudder, an engine q
that has no regulator. With them, success is
certain--as sure as the DEGREES OF destiny. But
with them, there other qualities which must be
considered. A man must not waste his life away
in small things, il he would achieve honor or
renown. Eie must strike boldly, lay out gigantic
pans follow great thoughts and drive them, ,curbed
by reason, to succcssful issue, ne would drive
noble steeds to the end of journey. He must
have the bodness to grasp, the vigor and ntelli-
gencc to execute. He must look above the Or
binary ideas of those IN The same business as him
self, aud attain an cminence far above them-one
they may nave observed, but had not courage and
resolution 10 ascend. .l- .a.
1t is trite saying that some men are gre at be-
cause their associates are little. A Dragging
captain OF country militia, a spouling demngogue,
and The chief OF a half extermlnaed horde OF
savages, are all examples of the truth Of the OBJ
servaton. None Of these must be emulated; mono
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 future. He must not only
be thinking man, but working machine-know
how 10 form great plans, and how to put them into
force. Mind must he the monarch OF matter, and
annhilate time and space. Man should not be an
animal, nor a mere machine Of flesh and blood
he is child OF God, and should copy from his
Maker lie should not be a mere earth. worm "a,
but live as BELTS being with highly gifted and
immortal soul .... . u.
There are men who peddle sand to gain their
bread-there others who just as easily build
cities, create kingdoms, and revoIu:ionize one
world nj he frat drive
an old horse and cart before your door, unloads
his sand, carries it into the cellar and deposits il
IN bin, pointed out by greasy looking servant
girl, and chaIks the number of measures down
with a 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 of the Baltic, and give him clear
profit OF fifty thousand dollars Both are men
nothing more less. Each has bones, flesh and
muscle; eyes TO see, and ears to hear; and per-,
haPs in all physical respects one is just as well
provided for as the other. Where, then. lies the
Not in the body, but in the mind.
1lInd rules matter. One lives by a sort OF an
animal instinct and is n sort Of living automa-
on-the other lives by calling into exercise the all
powerful faculties Of an immortal soul, and 10 A.
possessor, in an humble degree, OF the power aud
magnitude that characterizes his God T. T..
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woman was giving evidence 10 a certain case,
when she was asked by the lawyer
+" Was tho young woman vlrtuOus previous 10.