The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-12-22

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49, msa % ~. Ltncoln's veraatile and fsrtil
n'no, ana snis nosrty Of professional ascent
eocEm0us gall II 70 everything 70 him. L
II Asneotn we have mot yoar man Of oAs talent
xoIr man o. one talent may posses it 70 net
1890, o9s ne may spare himself the labOs Q
s"0'uon, p may 30 sure that he y born to be !,
drudge. Ar Lincoln can do anything he sets BIZ
mina TO- partly from natural pliAbility, partly b,
az Immense power Of fxing his astsntioo on
unatever 70 before him. he starts without ever
sae common education Of village school-boy
a4 weeks N log school house, when he was le
vas nm nfst and last experience Of school
msstef, out No y seen Afterwards giving City
mlnutes OF nxed and absorbed attention out Of
nis midday hour OF relaxation, after some hasti
y swallowed mouthfuls, TO his book The con-
scaousness Of this power gives him confidence.
ne knows be can get up anything he likes. 1.-THE
boys catch him By the arm" and make him Z
militia captain ont Of . momentary freak, be-
cause he 10 the most popular and pleasant fellow
in The "New Salsm;" an ordinary man would ben
70 be excused . campaign against the .sBlack
Hawks" but the storekeeper in an instant ac-
cepts the command. Il 10 with the came self.
confidence that when his storehousr. owing to
fraudulent partner, fails him, and leaves him
eleven hundred dollars In debt, be follows the
hint which m accidental look into book on
surveying gives him. He knows he can make
himself . surveyor In NO time. Again, he knows
No can make himself lawyer, and accordingly
lawyer he becomea We must add to this q
striking countenance, . commanding person, q
good manner, properly combining selfpossession
and heartiness, and we zee at once a man who
has pfodiglous powess Of making his way.
Now, we Say, 1t 10 obvious what . clear gain
American institutions" are to man Of this
aspiring mould Of mind joined to such antece.
dents. Such antecedents must have been . fatal
drag upon Mr.. Lincoln in any country of the
Old World, ct least in it, normal condition. and
without . revolution TO disturb it, Would the
profession Of the Law, for example, ex-bareemsn.
u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS surveyor existintheir
country? It would not Nave been. The idea
would never have entered into Mr.. Lincoln's
head. The venerable looks Of the sages of the
law. their wigs, their ermine, the divinity which
hedges in judge, the proud traditions of the
profession, would have forbidden the aspiration.
Al certain time 1t 10 too late to begin.
A V1an does not leap into practice at once with
10, however clever be may be. Tradition dictates
he patronage of solicitors, and vctoes expcri.
nents In country, however, where q success
ul professional ascent 10 open to . man after
'rying ever % many previous lines, where there
. no barrier to keep out sudden visitors where
Is not necessary to make your choice before |
'ou are twenty, but where you have the option |
# farming experience and growth of intellect,
trough whatever previous channels derived turns |
t once, when you like, into the most digniied and
ievatlng channel, where all this is sanctioned |
no encouraged BY public opinion, and q man |
no prejudice against himself as pushing |
No presumPtous aspirant BY such course, but |
amer leeling IN his favor 10 man of proper |
pirit, VINO Is turning to account the advantages |
u a Swaa vEz.o
n.s ID the oroer OF tnngs IN country, power. |
" ara extraordinary stlmulous to exertion is Of.
area 70 one class OF men which is not offered
lsewnere-we mean 70 that class which is con-
clous OF great powers, but has the drawback of |
untavorable start and bad introduction to |
fe. These men do not hear the words "Too
tic +" sounding in their ears within moderate
ompass it il never = too late" for them They
re in time long after the clock Of older iustitu.
ons has struck. Time and tide wait for them.
hey have their chance when it would have zone
nder another sun. The prospect, then. il an
normOus impulse to them, because. if il is never
70 late to succeed, it is never to late to axert
This, indeed, produces q restlessness in the nc.
witty Of American society which We have not in |
ur own. Society with us il active. but with the
,nsciousnoss at the same time of certain bounda
hlch cannot be passed. There in a tendency IN
EN- resting ON their oars in all professions. in
lie way-that inasmuch a. there is no way out
profession when man is once in. he coa.
nts himself with an advance in the arts and
cilitles Of that one profession. It 10 hard work.
frat, because every new material is dif6cult
, being new; hut a. soon as aptitude is acoui.
d, the professional man has tolerabIy straight
Hing, and then comes the disposition TO renose
the pleasant exercise and command Of 49,
ID knowledge already acquired. The real ac-
vity of mind ia more on the surface than he.
Y. because the main struggle with the ohstruc.
We matter is over. But Imericsn active life h
stless. because. a. new material TO he mastered
,mes in with every new profession. where q
an can 60 on changing from one profession to
lother he multiplies the necessity for conquest.
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