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"MAKE THE Best OF EvERYTHrNo."-
We once knew man whom neither care
nor sorrow seemed to affect; who at sixty
had the digestion and flow of spirits of twen-
ty-one; who had acquired large fortune ap-
parently without an effort; who, in short,
was the happiest Of men, and the envy of all
who knew, him. "How is it," we said to
him, "that you are so fortunate? What
talisman secures to you all these advanta-
ges?" He smiled as he answered, 81 have
no talisman, unless it is TO make the best of
everythmg."
To make the best Of everything! Like a
key 10 problem, the answer unlocked for
us, at once, the whole of the great mystery.
Life is too short and happiness to precious
to consume the one or throw away the 9TH
er, in idle, unavailing regrets. Even if i'll
fortune swells into flood, threatening to un-
dermine the very ground on which we stand,
is it not wiser to strive TO bridge the tor
rent than to wait, bewailing our fate, till
the waters swallow us? The weak and un-
stable succumb to destiny, and are washed
into oblivion. The wise and brave, accept
ing circumstances as they present them
selves, plunge boldly, like Horatio of old,
into tho stream win the further shore in
safety, and earn immortal guerdon and re-
noWn.
Few men, if any, ever succeed in life
who have not learned 10 make the best of
everything; and generally, their success is
in exact proportion to their adherence TO the
rule. Does debtor fail? Every mer-
chant knows that it is the best course, if
the debtor is honest, to accept his first Of
fer oi composition, and not squander money
in useless litigation. Have you become in
solvent yourself? The worst thing you can
do is to give up to despair, and say it is fol-
ly trying to redeem yourself. Has friend
misjudged you or an enemy done you secret
harm? Don't lose precious moments in
sentimental grief over ingratitude, or pas
sionate threats at your wrong-doer, but go to
work on the instant, to shame your friend
or dsarm your foe. Had Astor, when he
was poor German emigrant, made up his
mind that the attempt to be millionaire was
absurd, he might have died beggar in the
almshouse. Had Washington, when Corn
wallis pursued him across New Jersey with
their thirty thousand troops said it was
hopeless to save America with his fragment
of an army, his three thousand tattered conti-
nentals, we might all this day have been in
slavery to Great Britain; but he said, "If the
British cross the DelawareI will retire to the
Alleghanies, and if they are victorious there
l will fly to the wilderness beyond;" and
this resolution never 10 give up, but always
to make the best of everything, led to the
victory of Trenton and the freedom Of the
Republic.
We are familiar with people who whine
continually at fate. To believe them, new
er was lot SO hard as theirs; yet those who
know their history will generally tell you
that their life has been one long tale of op-
portunities disregarded, or misfortunes 9TH
erwise deserved Perhaps they were born
poor. In this case they hate the rich, and
have always hated them, but without ever
having emulated their prudence or energy.
Perhaps they have seen their rivals more
favored by accident. In this event they
forgot how many have been less lucky than
themselves; SO they squandered their little,
because, as they say, they cannot save as
much as others. Irritated at life, they grow
old prematurely. Dissatisfied with every
thing, they never permit themselves to be
happy. Because they are not born at the
top OF the wheel of fortune, they refuse to
take hold of the spokes as the latter come
around, but lie stubborn in the dirt crying
like spoiled children, neither doing any
thing themselves, nor permitting others to
do it for them.
Make the best Of everythingl AT home,
il wife or husband is cross, if servants are
careless, if children are irritating, don't fly
into passion, for that will do no. good, but
make the best of the circumstances, fulfill
your duty, and wait for happier times
Abroad, if things look unprOmising, pre-
serve stout heart, keep cool, and play your
} hand to the best of your ability. Even il
fate has the first move, which is not always
the case, you have the second; and the gam'
may still be yours, if you play skillIully anC
hopefully.