Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-12
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER Il. 1859

pcnurS ana absolute Whit ac bch''''"i,
but that 10 be 50 far relatively poor AS 10 feel
that ones circumstances do not come up TO
ones wants and expectations and desires,
while IL has its Obvious disadvantages. Is
also HIGHLY useful and advantageous to most
men ia several respects. y to h"H""rS%,
for instance. Take two young men u equal
health aud education, one VIGOROUSLY rich
and the o;hcr not worth cent. and the poor
man will. in more than hail the number OF
instances, lie the most cheerful and happy
man Of the two. lie will have fewer indul-
ccncts and excuses {" react upon his system,
fever sources Of anxiety and dread, fewer
unemployed hours 10 let the mind turn IN
brooainglv upon itself lie is compelled to
h. at work regularly, lives carefully, sleeps
soundly, and is happy. There is many a
Young man who begins life cheerful and
happy. but who increases regularly III riches
and in size, in the comforts oi home and the
luxurics and retinements OF all advancing
position. and vet as he does this, will con
less that he is not 50 happy now, rolling IN
wealth. rs twenty years ago when worth
nothing but 4 clear head. i brisk par OF
hands and the conviction that the world was
before HIM.
A. To the prospect even OF becoming
wealthy, the poor man II starting i, ON the
whole. we believe better of than the young
man who receives an Inheritance to begin
with. Facts show this. True, money grows
and raves the way finely TO success. The
Gift Of the wise man maketh room Tor hlm.
But the ways Of getting rid OF money alse
crow. and much faster III every young man
who has more money in his purse than he
knows what 10 do with. We have known
yuun. men not spending more than two
Hundred dollars Il year, Vet moving always
IN The best society. aud we have known
Young men to .ct through nearer twenty
thousand without being really respectable or
i.air 80 happy. Habits 81 frusality. fore
thought aud patient calculation Is 70 where
the means were to come from tor anything
wanted are the necessary foundations OF
enduring wealth Without these, no mat
Ter how rich Il man NAV be to day; either
le or his children will set through It all IN
a very short time. So lar from capital
10 begin with being necessary 10 operate
upon, the want OF capital often teaches the
poor man superior financial wisdom and econ
oinv.
l. /, fame, few rich men, at the heginn-
ing Of life, ever win II III any pursuit tiat
requires labor or peril. Ii is the children
1u.,rug AT the lawyers gown that makes hinl
an eloquent piraier 1T the bar. In iact'
strong necessities and pressing wants do
,uurr IA elicit genius aud deNei"pc greatness
than can we'll be described. \ nan rolling
in wealth and luxury has too many eutlce-
ments to ease, to climb the rugged path oil
lofty achievement As to care, there is no
comparisnn. The poor man has nothing to
lose, while the rich live in perpetual dread
IN. abundance Of the r:ch will not suffer
linn 10 sleep. They are not So sure that their
friends are true and d,>intcre>tcd. II has
often been said that prosperity makes friends
and adversely tries them. But tiereaI tact Is
exactly the other way IL Is adversely that
make, ,.u friends and prosperity that tries
them.
And now, as to the next generation Are
the children Of wealthy or OF poor parents
uhosc parents being of equal intelligence
and character) most likely to prosper
The strongest, healthiest, finest men, grow
,lr from bays who lure to do all they can for
a living. It is possible, no doubt. for the
children of the wealthy to be thus brought
m Yet not one child in q hundred Is:
most al them are pampered and puny. with
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without the same mental strength and for
t,ude which those Of more hardy train
ING exhibit The habit Of sri-relance
is the foundation Of all independence oil
character, and this is closely connected with
every virtue. Yet none are 50 scl'-reiant aS
the poor.
So far, then, the chief advantage Of wealth
j. the means it affords OF superior mental
cultivation, superior books and apparatus
of learning Of all kinds. This IL the CHEF
advantage of it. Where wealth is only re-
garded as capitai the principal OF winch IS
only to make the posscssor more wise ana
powerful for good-ihere II Is blessing ana
one Of the greatest Of blessings. But directly
any man feels wealthy-that IS, that he has
more money than he knows how and needs Ia
use. as capital for higher good and more eN-
tended usetulnes>-then his money becomes
an injury to him and not i blessing.
Many. with little assistance. surm"unt
the evils Of poverty in obtaining an education.
and every thing else-tew that OF too much
wealth. In one State ut least, even Uni
yersity education is without charge. Many
work their way through and those who do,
almost ALWAYS make the best scholars. IN
deed some of those now among the highest
literary men in the land, have worked their
way through college from the carpenter
bench or by personal labor. Facts like
these should remove the discomfort OF those
whose lives are spent in visions OF what they
they r"nH accomplish had they only the pc
cuniarv advantages Of cthcrsa around them.
BrNYAx'S ,GlARlSH(? The cream "r all
the criticisms, late and early, on " The Pil-
grm's Progress" may be found in "Aliihonc
Dictionary Of Authors" and there may be
found notice Of the idle guess that the ale
CORY was suggested by, or stolen from. a work
published by Caxton in l4S3; and it is about
as probable that Bunyan never saw OF heard
of that volume. rs that he saw Caxton ghost.
Quoting the conjecture from the Retrospec-
tive Review. l.2250 Mr.. Allibonc, with his
usual excellent Judgment, says I'VE shall
only remark that, if a supposed or even real
similarity between the productions OF the
human mind is to be accepted a> proof OF
derivation. then-to use a avorl,e phrase 81
Or. J hnson--,f such conjecture. there
will be no end" Mr.. AlliboncS admirable
view, as clear and complete aS II Is concise,
Of Bunyan's life and work, will enable any
one to note ut glance the absurd. however
ingenious, speculation that Bunyan's allie
l.