Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-02-10
A CHAPTER FOR YOUNG MEN.


mercaI Institute in Boston, that is very
full of merit. We find it in Hunts
Merchant Magazine.
The SELECTION OF BusrNEss.-Men
have physical, moral and mental gifts
that peculiarly fit them for some put'
suits, and peculiarly unf. them for 9TH
ers; and the taste for, and the attrac'
tion of, certain pursuits should incline
each young man to look we'll at his cho-
sen occupation. aud when once chosen,
to fi,llow it to the end; aud his earlier
training should have special reference to
his position and occupation.
Before this choice is made, he should
consider the obstacles in his path, and
his fitness to remove or overcome them.
Law. medicine, divinity, mechanics, pre-.
sent an inviting field. One may shine
in the law who would be driveler in
the pulpit; and many man has attenP-
ted 10 mend broken limb with not tai
Ell, enough to repair the leg of STOOL
Young men have marked character
is,ics and talents these all are well
known as their faces. better known of
ten 10 others than to themselves. One
is quick in figures another would make
a capital salesman. One has a legal
mind and would .nfyel in the intricaces
of the law; another can only general
ize. and is happy only in active employ
ment. Some have great dispatches; !;
Others are cautious, careful aud trust
worthy in minute matters. The bent
of each mind, the taste and the talent
must be- consulted in the selection OF
business. r.
All business has settled price or
market value. Success is to be won by
obeying the laws of the calling select
ed; aud who would be eminent in any
pursuit, must pay the market price for
success. Two kinds Of business may
bc found, to one of which the aspirant
for employment must address himself.
The one is bad and the other good; the
.o, h., c,u,,d !, /, bov the oihar NAV
D". L, Ga" W c'r % I;i;nan,Iv anJ ofien "wi,b
patience" The one pays at once; for
the other money must often be paid.
BUSINESS PRrNclpLEs.-Principle and
integrity are g"od capital to begin and
continue for life with. In many large
houses men en'er as patlnel' M"o a'e
des,ta5s " ot %eai.n aha san on'y pus g.
y '',e RED ,as y! 8,
Eacn man mas ', 1us',1ss hs ,pa ,;,tIs ,h;uns a
MS Gnaraclet 10 juusea .oy 'I..'e ~ '"ss'
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;ar ;a, ,,,;,h ~ n man of business to know
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,on ,o" ,,',h I tnnv his means. the sal.
.uU orv % i nav him w;,l not admit of spcb
s.,srre:n a., The yopnr man though, he
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