Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-12-02
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/ We cory the following truth or and eyeeleHt iT
Gle from Hant.' Asrahants' Aagasias.s Lot the
young men read it and profit byit It is true every
word Of it. Genius is dazzling and attractive; BIZ:
judgment, will, Aqd the power Of endur,qfa are bet
ter than genius Hardly any thing is Impossible to
. young man who is temperate, economical an9E
honorable, and who la6ess constantly and PeFseveE
ingly. Try IT, young marty II for just ten years.
and then say if it is not true. Resolve to succeed
labor, and you will succeed But you must choose
your calling and stick to it. 81 rolling stone gath
ers no moss" Better to be at the head in the most
ordinary calling than to be at the foot in four or five
Of the most important and influential. But We will
not detain you from the article referred to- which
advances many wholesome truths with much more
force than We could give to them: - ~ ..<,4.;,4gu
BUSINESS ENDuRANcE.-Men of genius, withouts
endurance, cannot succeed Men who start in one
kind Of business may find it impossible to continue
therein all their days. III health may demand
change. New and wider fields of enterprise and
success may be opened to them: new elements OF
character may be developed. Men may have posi-
tive dstaste for some pursuits and success mary de-
mand change None of these cases fall within the
general rue-Men may have talents, but il they are
everything by turns and nothing long, they must
not expect to prosper No form Of business is free
frem vexations; each man know sths spot on whic
his own harness chafes; but he cannot know how
much bis own neighbor suffers. 1t is said Yankee
can splice rope in many different ways; an English
sailor knows but one method, but in that method he
does his work we'll. Life is not long enough to ai-
low any one to be really master of but one pursuit
The history of eminent men, in all professions and
calngs proves this. The great statesman. Daniel
Webster, was great lawyer. His boyhood was
marked by uncommon industry As speaker, he
did not excel in early life. With great deberation
he selected the law as his profession, could he
be deferred from his chosen'pursuits While a poor
student, and the tempting prize Of fifteen hundred
dollars year Clerk Of the Courts, then large
sum- gained with great difficulty for him by the zeal
and influence of his father, could all the persua-
sions Of the father turn him from the mark he had
set before him; and his great eulogst the Attorney
General of Massachusetts,, is another marked illus
tration of resoute endurance and indomitable in
dustry-hfe long-centering in profession, ma
king him one of the chief ornaments Of that pro-
fession if not its head in the United States.
Our late distinguished Ambassador at the Court
Of St. James, the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, whose
wealth was poured out for all benevolent purposes
in donations as large as the sea, could recall the
time when he had his profession to select and the
first dollar of his splendid fortune 10 He chose
deliberately calling: he pursued that occupation
with integrity ard endurance, through dark days
and trying seasons and the result is before the
world. This affords apt illustration of the
ploverb of the wise man, that man diligent in
his business shall stand before kings, and not be-
fore mean men," .-
Thesate John Jacob Astor, as he left his native
Germany, passed beneath linden tree not far from
the line that separated his native land from another
and made three resolutions. which he intended
should guide him through life Ell. He would be
honest g. He would be Industrious 8. He would
never gamble" He was on foot; his wealth was in
the small bundle that swung from his stick laid on
his shoulder. The world was before him. He was
able to carry them out His success is the best
comment on his endurance. Stephen Girard at the
age of forty years, was in quite moderate circum-
stances being the captain of small coasting vessel
on the Delaware, and part owner of the same No
trait in his character more marked than his en-
durance, and the element gave him fortune.
All men who have succeeded well in life, have
famed William Pitt was, in early life, fond of gam.
ing. The passion increased with his years; he
knew that he must at once master the passion,
the passion would master him. He made firm re-
solve that he would never again play at game Of
hazard. He could make such a resolution; he could
keep it. His subsequent eminence was the fruit of
that power. William Wherefore, in his earlier
days, like most men of his rank and age loved the
excitement of games Of hazard. He saw the ruin Of
the vice of gaming as he never saw it before; he
was appalled, with what he beheld. Sitting amid
gaming, ruin, and despair, he took the resolution
He changed his company with the change of his
conduct, and subsequently became one of the most
distinguished Engishmen of his age. F,t z
Dr. Samuel johnson was once requested to drink
with friend The doctor proposed tea. II But
drink little wine," said his host. At cannot" was
the reply. ~ know abstnence-I know excess !;
but know no medium. Long since l resolved as
conld not drink little wine would drink none
at ALL" man who could thus support his ,esolu.
ton by action, was man of endurance, ard that
element is as well displayed in this incident as in
the compilation Of his great work. When Richard
Brinsey Sheridan made his first speech in parlia.
ment, it was rega' ded on all hands most morti-
flying failure. He was urged to abandon parlia-
mentary career. and enter upon some field better
suited to his ability "No," said Sheridan, mo, it
is in me- and it shall come out!" And it did and
he became one of the most splendid debators in
England. Loyola, the founder of the Order of Jesr.
its, the courtier, the man of gaantry and disspa.
tion obtained such mastery over himself by labor
and endurance that, to illustrate the fact be stood
several hours, apparently uhmoved, in pond of ice
and muddy water up to his chin. Perhaps no other
nation in Europe at that time could have won the
battle Of Waterloo, except the British, because no
other could have brought to that conflict that amount
Of endurance needed to win. For many hours that
army stood manfully before the murderous fire Of
the French; column after column fell, while not .
gun was discharged on their part One suIen word
Of command ran along the line as thousands fell
File up! file up!" mot yet! not yeti" was the
Iron Dukes reply earnest requests made to charge
and fight the foe. At length the time of action
came The charge was given, and victory perched
upon the standard Of England" ~.' d
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CoURr.-This Court is in
session here this week, his Honor Judge Wayne
presiding. The charge of the Judge 20 the GRAND
Jury. On Monday was brisf, but abe and comprehen
sive. s-e..r --. s.'-.a r.t.s
The case ofhe United States rs Lee, Of Elizabeth
City, charged with robbing the mail, was continued
on account of the absence of Gen. Mcclure, mate