The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-28

hAEE THE BEsT or EvEBFfHIE6.-An
important lesson 70 learn, and fbs earlier
IN lise It is learned the beftef. q 90 make dc
Cesf Of fsvsryzhing. As theold adage says,
there is no use IN crying over spill milk
Misiortunes that have already happened
Cannot be prevented, and, therefore. the
wise man, instead ofBasting his time IN re-
grets, VIII set himself TO work 10 recover
bis losses. The mistakes and follies Of the
lPast may teach Us 70 be more cautious for
the fatuto: but they should never be allow
ed to paralyze our energies or surrender
us TO weak repinings. A. millionaire Of
this city tells the story that, at one period.
early in his career, be had got almost to
The verge Of bankruptcy; but, says he. i
Iplougheda deep keel and kept my own
COUNSEL and BY these means be soon recov-
cred. Had this man given way to despair.
had he sat down to bewail bis apparently
Impending ruin. he might now have been
old and poor, instead Of a capitalist in a
leading position. He adds that his char
acteristic was that through life in all cir
cumstances, be did the best that he could,
whatever that was. consuming no time in
useless regrets over bad specuiaiions.
The rule holds good, not only in mercan-
tile affairs, but in the whole conduct Of
life. The man who is born to indifferent
circumstances, win neYerrise, il, abandon
ing himself 10 envy Of those more blessed
by fortune, he goes about sullenly COM
planning instead Of endeayoring to use TO
the best Of his ability what few advantages
he has. The patriot, dcploring the de-
cline of public and private morals, will
never succeed in reforming the common
wealth, II he stickles for visionary or i'm /.
practicable measures, rejecting those more
moderate ones which are really attainable.
The friend win soon have no intimates at
all, il, making no allowance for theinfrm-
tiles Of human nature, he judges tooharsh-
ly the conduct Of his acquaintances. Many
a matrimonial separation might be avoided,
lifhusband and wife, instead Of taking Of
fence ateach other at slight provoca!ion,
would dwell rather ON the good traits their
partner displays. There are nots few
statesmen, now living in retirement, who
might have still gratiied their ambition
by serving the public, II they had under
stood, amid the iutrigues and disappoint-
ments Of public, how to make the best Of
everything.
Nations, as well as individuals, should
cherish this principle. The European
revelations Of f848 would not have ended
so disastrously for liberty ifthe people had
understood how to make more of the ad-
vantage tiny secured at first. The ulti-
mate triumph ofthe monarchs to be attrib-
uted chiefly to THEFT obeying the goldcn
maxim, which their subjects had neglect
ed, Of making The bestof everything
When the Emperor of Austria was a fugi-
tive; when Hungary, Bohemia and Italy
were free, it would have required nothing
but concert among the people to have es,
tablished their rights on lasting founda-
tion. But they suffered jealousies of race
to arise, allowed themselves to be attacked
in detail, aud even assisted the tyrant:
to subjuga.e each other. Instead io
making the best of things, they made the
worst, and naturally, we had almost said
deservedly, lost all.
i We never sec man bewailing his i'll
fortune without something of contemp
for his weakness. No individual or ma.
ton ever rose to eminence in any depart
ment, which gave itselfupto this childisl
behavior Greatness can only be achiev,
led by being superior to misfortunes, ant
by returning again and again to the assaul
with renewed energy And this tits which
is, truly making the best Of e6erything.- =
PHILADELPHIA Ledger. s,s 5@
Il ONE GLASS OF WISr,--A very inter