Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-01-26
BusiAess Enauranes.


may demand u ,hauge. New and wider
feds Of ents.p..s5 and success may BE-
opened to them new elements OF chaac- .
ter may be Developed. Men may have a
positive distaSte ior some pursuits, anu to
succeed may demand change. Nome OF
these .ses. fall within the general rule.
Men may have rare ta!ents, but If they are
every thing by turns. and nothing long
they must not expect to prosper.
No form of business is free from vexa-
tionS; each man knows the spot on which
his harness chates bit he cannot know
how much his own neis h or suffers. l, IS
said that a Yankee can splice rope in
many different ways; an English sailor
knows but one method, but in that meth
od he does his work well. Life is not long
enough to allow any one to become real
master of m IRE than one pursuit.
The history of eminent men in all pro-
fessions and callings proves this. The
great statesman, Daniel Webster, was
great lawyer. His boyhood was marked
with uncommon industry; as aspeaker he
did not excel in early life. With great
deibcration he selected the Law as his
profession, nor could he be deferred from
his chosen pursuit. While poor stu
dent, not the tempting prize of fifteen
hundred dollars a year, as clerk OF the
courts, then large sum, gained with
great difficulty for him by the zeal and
influence of his father; nor corld all the
persuasions of his father turn him from
! The mark he had set for himself. And his
great eulogist, the Attorney Gene al of
:, Massachusetts,, is another marked illustra-
ton of resolute endurance and indomita-
ble industry-life long-centering in one
u profession, making him one Of its chief or
naments: if not its head in the United
Stntes.
;. Our late distinguished ambassador at
c the Court of st. James, Hon Abbot Law
5. renee, whose wealth has been poured out
for all benevolent purposes in donations
like unto the sea, can recall the time when
he had his profession to select and the
first dollar Of his splendid fortune to earn
He chose deliberately calling; he pur
sued the occupation with integrity ant
endurance, through dark days and trying
seasons, and the result is before th'
world. The case affords an apt illustration
e, of Sthe proverb OF the wise man, tina
u man diligent in business shall stant
before kings, and not become mean among
men,
The late John Jacob Astor, as he lef
his native Germany, paused beneath
g., la In not ~
arated his native country flom another
and made three resolutions which ho in
tended should guide him through life
l. He would be strictly honest z. ii
would be Industrious. 3. He would neve
gamble. He was on foot--his wealth wa
in small bundle that swung from tn
stick laid on his shoulder. The worl
was before him He was able to carry OF
his resolves His success is the best com
ment on his endurance.
- Stephen Girar at the age of 20 yeal
was in quite moderate C: icumstances; bein
II but captain OF small coasting vessel o
y the river Delaware, and part owner Oft
= same. No sing lie trait in his cha racter W;
more marked than his endurance, and tn
X III. gave him fortune.
-, All men wi 10 have succeeded well
-, lie, save ieen men of high 'eSolvc all
-. .sa.u.ancs The famed iiliam Pix ";
H.. etHy ta ton OF gaming; the pasa!I
..'l increase. with HIS aSe; be knew that
~, lutsc 1t onte master the passion, OF u
- passion would master him. Eio made
firm resolve that he would never aga
,n, play u game Of hazard. He could n Il
u.s. ~ such resolurion--he could keep il, Il
20. subsequent emincnce was the fruit OF tn
M. poWe.
~ ." Within Wilhcrforce in his early day
teJ TO- like mo tycuns men OF his rank AMI az
an an loved the excitement of plays OF hazar
III; He was one night persuaded to keep t
D'.s faro bank. He saw the ruin Of the vice
e rn,v gaming as he never saw it before; he W
's1 'o1 a paled at what he b,le'd. Sitting amo1
r""' : gaming, ruin, and despair, he took the
'eo solve that he would never enter gam
h;' house again. He changed his compa
,4a ..' with the change of Iii, con u:t and beeal
a'o a'', one of the most distinguished EngliShm
and I of his age.
,,o+ DR.. Samuel johnson was once reqrest
.aJ l,J' to drink wine with friend. The |
'oI,' proposed tea. But drink little win
~" said his host. i know abstinence
Co.,, know excess-but know no melium.
WV ',m Long since resolved as l could not tax
,h.. hs little wine, l would take none at all
,'t !, - man who thus supports his resolution
49, W action, is a man of endurance, and tt
,,;t , element is well displayed in this incident
M 81 in the compilation Of his great work.
,od When Richard Brinsley Sheridan me-
.,s or his first speech in Parliament, it was
81 " garded on all hands as most mortiiyi
;, ~ failure. His friends urged him to aba
'phlv don parliamentary career. and enter
'D'' some field better suited to his ability
r,,, No said Sheridan, mot is in me, q
"'' aslaN come o,u!' and it did and he beca
/, one of the most splendid debaters
ahl. England. u
QUO Loyola the founder Of the order Of J
uits, the courtier, the man Of gallantry 9
dissipation, obtained such mastery o
rish- himself by labor and endurance, that,
,od? illustrate the fact, he stood several no
nder apparently unmoved, in a pond Of ice
Sng- muddy water up to his chin. ss
roed Perhaps no other nation in Europe
ony. that time, could have Won the battle