The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-07-07
From ,he New York Mercantile Guide.
THE ART or INSPIRING C0NFl-
DENCE.

be-, If bei wHvering IN his ways, he ine-
vitality creairs disIrns --and eihen, }the
most strenuous oxsriinus are rendered
laboftiyc. Discrimination 70 will aud OK
rcple all that necessity demands, under
every 4 tfieuly, clicls admiration sod .
calm phIosoFhieal ipdiyidual who eyer
cises uHifwm ensfgy vii dways find
fnonds ready ia faeiliIaiehjs entefmiang
tforls. W6o eouid beglow, y cent on
ho p1lrow-miaded clmlwbo bid his
tale0t il a nrpGi4! ForlUq and sOid
! Niek mAst thaye saasS rg3eEs q half
al Iha, sbifjess lmorlpls lay on tbcm.7-
Ask veteran who has endured haTd SCR
! vice, how the greatest battles have been
won, end he will repIy-"by ptlien, en-
dufance, fo.ced matches, plivatens, and
fearlessness." There Is vast dscrep>
ancy between tGmeriy oad jrue courage.
The only Place We kLow Of 10 avoid dan.
ger is in tie grave, therefore the Hrs,
hing a yonng traveller las TO do in lh's
short journey is to. esche @-iear, for il
that SHADOW haunts his Imagination, he
will shy like an i'll trained horse al every
little obslacle,and bcing destitute OF self
rclianco, fail to inspire confidence.
The caravans have continued !her te.
dious journeys, through The desert, for
where there's will lhere's way."-
This is moral Hutb; how else could
poor pilgrims hayo surmouu'ed the clouds
Of sand which are so dense as 10 spread
darkness al noon day, and suf!ocaie the
unwary. To ase from snch danger would
be vain --but, falling on their faces and
rising by working their bands and feet,
they gradually emerge from the accumu.
lated dust, which Otherwise would bury
them, almost nslantaneously, and so ii is
in every business transaction, the inlel>
lect aud hands must act in unison like
the main spring and indicators Of good
cbronometer, which never goes OUT OF
order in The luulesi weather, One of ,he
most successful a'li6ces pfactised by
Stock Jobbets on Change, is 10 create a
panic; but firm character is Got TO be
caught, and his unshnken steadiness of
purpose enables him TO stand his grGund.
Like an experienced ariillefynan,he qni>
etly faces the danger instead OF fleeing.
Il is well known when bhmb>shell falls,
the only safe mude is TO fall beside it,fot
when il bursIs n shower Of combusliJles
i@isI situse th6 dc sutec ficSti If d ttfcitse.
Craven officers have been shot by their
sergean,s lest their cowardce should
spread through the ranks, and many a
pusilsn'mons lruflicer is spotted by his
neighbors, until, ike one buried alive, he
dies in obscnriIy. He cannot inspire con.
6dence in others who has none in him
self.
| One admirable stroke Of policy observ>
ed by all good tacicians is never 10 ac-
knowledge having been shaved, and il
known, to treat every loss with noncha>
lance. A imid creature whenever he IS
vicTimizcd seeks as eagerly TO recount
his disaster, as q scared fanatic runs 10
The confessional: TINS What might remain
a secret 10 the world, is published, and
poor pilgarlc makes h'mseli target fol
the shafts Of ariani knaves. "a still
tongue makes a wise head" and nomat-
ter how often you may be duped, the
great All is not TO acknowledge it. Mo
er hare anything to do NTH an mnlucks
man, was one OF Roihschild's rematks -
Be cautious and bold, was another "ll
'equires," he added, "a great deal oI
boIdness and great deal of caution tc
make great fornne; and when you have
got II, it requires ten times as uuch wi
to keep Il"
David Ricardo, IN esteemed lsraellc
cf London, Stephen Gerard, Jacob AS
tor, Nicholas Loneworlb, j ,hn Freedey
P. T. Balnum, and hosl Of others, hav,
published their successes; but all stcl
Leroes Of Fortune never refer TO lhei
losses, shrewdly convinced that thel
would forever desloy that copiial whcI
has proved inexhaus'able--puble conf
dencc. What more does it require to b,
1 a great man, than boldly to pat on M,
appearance III The world is ap, tc
crave after mirncles--and Wizard, ap,
patenily as impepeirable az tbinoceros
10 bullets, is more likely 10 bo estcemc"
than one who rtconnts lhe pnmbet 81 bis
!. wounds--a man wlih n charmed life Is
the favorite OF Fortune, who owes all het
prospeIity--hy inspiring confidence.