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Ashamed of Ones Business.

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The thoughts that brightly glow.
Ashamed of Ones Business.
1t was 4 blemish on the otherwise noble
character of Sir Walter Scott that lie was at
heart ashamed of his business. Enjoying
reputation in English lecture second only
to that Of Shakespeare, lie yet secretly be-
lievcd duke, aud much the more prince,
to he a better man than himself, and wor-
SHIPPED them accordingly. The ambition of
his life WAS to found n family. For this
purpose he toilcd to acquire acre after acre
for this purpose he became a partner will,
his booksellers; for this purpose lie accept
ed n baronetage; tialtercd royal de-
bauchec, and defended more than ono fagi-
tious public act. Part of this had its ori-
gin in the natural cast Of his mind, and
part was nonrished by his study of medic
val and knightly literature. Alas, lie paid
the penalty for his weakness. His son
learned to blush amidst his arstocratic fel-
Iow-officcrs that his father had Iabored for
his bread rs an author lie himself became
bankrupt in his old age, and now though
scarcely a generation has elapsed since his
death, his name no longer rcigns at Abbott.
sford, his baronetage is extinct, and his
dreams Of country or family destroyed for
ever.
/ There are thousands, even in this coun-
try, ashamed Of their business, and with
less excuse than Scott. For in England
the law recognizes a hereditary landed aris-
tocracy, so that certain social sanction is
given to the prejudice existing against 'new
men," But here we have no governing
class, the descendants of conqserors, to
boast of eight hundred years Of POLITICAL and
social supremacy. 'On the contrary, there
is not millionaire in America WHO is not
either the architect Of bis own wealth or the
SOP Of one who was. Not by nightly ra-
PiHe thank God but by1,onest labor have
tiie4 ithat ezNt here been accunnfaS:
ted. No ma61h the United States can'look
down on another sss beneath him, On
grounds similar to those which induce long
descended English .nobles. To- ldespise, a
parrenu i; for here are "newsMem;" since
even those who have been Wealtbieat j, the
longest differ from the poorest only by. bav~
ing possessed riches fer generation oftw6.
A wise man will laugl, at the folly which in
duces even the oldest families in England
10 claim superiority over others, becaase
all claims a comm06anc in Noals and
because virtue and merit, mot birth orAaltb,
are the true standards by which to Judge a
citizen; but how much the moe absLfl
APPEARS the claim of ono American to be
considered better than another On the score
OF wealth and family, when all alike are Lut
men Of yesterday.
Instead Of being ashamed Of ones bust.
ness one should be proud Of il: "Neves
despiso your bread and butter" says an old
aJage and the words should be adopted as
text by every young. man beginning life.
The first duty Of an adult citiEan is to be in
dependent OF others, aud this nobody Can.
become who does not earn sufficient for 4
livelihood. Whatever work is honest is a.
so honorable. Society demands different
sorts Of hahdicraft and other ,ayocatiohs,
jussas machine requires levers, Beams,
| fulcrums, wheels, &c. and hence a-black,
smith o. piowman is Just rs necessary 10 fl,e
common veal as hwyerf ORR doctor, and,
therefore, need be none the mora = ashamed
Of his calling. To- be idte, indeed, even If
one isricli, is to play the part, Of causeless
appendage to the State, aud is conducive
neither to. the physical, lnteiieetual nor NOR
al health. OF all the sllams of sn6detn So
esety, ono of the greatest isAlie 5worshifs sof
wealthy and titled drones, who have. guilty.
ed their reaI. mission, like the nobles Of Eng
1 land HAs6. But ilaerejsa @ sham still Emigh.
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