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Iron Tue INDEPENDENT PRESS.
ENERGY.

ENERGY.
"See the issue of your sloth:
OF cloth comes pleasure, of pleasure comes
riot,
OF riot comes disease, of disease comes spend.
ing,
OF spending comes want, of want comes theft.
And OF theft comes hanging"
Young man! There lies hidden in ma
ny noble heart, as dormant. and infcxibIe
as the serpent in mid winter, this one thing,
energy. Energy is the only true road to
SUCCESS, - it yields the master pen
it shows its bright lurninaries in the col
lege HALT cbases the Comet in the heav-
ems, amidst the dazzling stars, and watch
es the terrific thunder bolt as it drives
asunder the sturdy oak-it converses with
nations and sways the sceptre over empires
it portrays man more beautiful than Ma
ture and paints heaven on earth, and last
not least, overcomes any obstacle that may
chance to obstruct your way.
Why, then, young man, linger behind,
and let the monsters. idleness, luxury and
dissiPation-and then ruin supersede ener-
gy. Every man Of ordinary talents has
mind susceptible Of achievements nature
endows him with these faculties and did not
intend for them to lay dormant His in
nate nature intended that he should cult
'vate them and expand them as long as life
would permit him. There is no man living
but that his nature has in time, suggested
to him particular occupation or science,
for which his talent is peculiarly adapted, and
which prompted him to take hold Of it.
But how many in these days Of idleness lay
hold of it, with indefa,igable energy and
accomplish desired end.
'Tis true we can boast of living in an age
of progress, but to whom does it belong
to MIGHTY FEW! Luxuries steal away
our energy in its bud, and only short
while can man enjoy tbem-for he only
can enjoy q luxury who is not used to it.
Luxury introduces idieness. i,leness dssipa.
ton and dissipation ruin. Then you are
at the wall {; nothing grand and sublime
looms up before your vision in the distant
arena of hope to cheer your torpid nature.
No the elasticity Of soul, mind and BODY
have fled like smoke from burning crater
Longevity belongs to a man who en-
ploys his innate functions. and holds him
self aloof from the now -so-common viola
tions of bis nature. And to such a man is
blessed with long life that he may arrive to
some perfection in his pursuits. Wealth
does not pave the way to Game-it only
affords opportunities-but how often does it
prove a hIessiuga The most useful men,
both practical and scientific. that the world
has ever produced, were men of poor par
entage. They were first reared TO labor
and learned to love 1t 1T built up for
them constitution, that would bear up
under powerful mind. They would per.
ce;ve the world as it moved along bright
visions would present themselves, and look
beyond their reach-,heir energy would
burst out in full vigor and their love of la
Dor would soon watt them on the winos Of
energy to fame. The poor plough. boy,
whose copperas pants afforded his Sunday
t'"b'iments, to 60 to church in-and who
has been scoffed at by his little juvenile
comPanions-is soon forgotten when lie
stands at the helm Of science or moves a
whole nation at his voice.
Men Of genius are rare and few; tbev
como sing!y, and are like large stalk Of
corn in rich soil-only one to family
the rest are all suckers-the large stalk,
only, arrives to perfection. Then do not
conceive that you are genius, if you do,
you may, in the end. blot out your exist
ence with large bag fsmut.
WIERI