Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-10-09
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Make the Dcst OF Everything.

We once knew a man whom neither
care nor sorrow seemed to affect; VIII"
NJ sixty had the digestion and flow OF
spirits of twenty-onc who had acquired
large fortune apparently without an
effort: who, i'll short. was the happcst OF
men and the envy Of all who knew him"
" How is it, we said to him, "that yon
are so fortunate What talisman secures
toyou all these advantages 2" lie smiled
os he answered, II have no ta!isman: un.
less it is to make the best OF everything.
To make the best OF everything Like
kew to a problem, the answer unlocked
for us, at once, the whole OF the great
mystery. Life is too short and happiness
too precious to consume the one or throw
away the other, in idle, unavailns regrets.
Even if ill-fortune swells into Hood,
threatening to undermine the very ground
on which we stand, is not wiser to strive
TO bridge the torrent, than to wait, be-
wailing our fate, till the waters swallow
us? The weak and unstable succomb to
destiny, and are washed into obllvlon.-
The wise and brave, accepting crcum,
stances as they present themselves, plunge
boldly. like Horatius of old, into the
stream, win the further shore in safety,
and earn immortal guerdon and renown.
Few men, if any. ever succeeded IN llte,
who have not learned to make the best OF
everything; and generally, their success
is al exact proportion to their adherence
to the rule. Does a debtor fail? Every
merchant knows that it is the best course,
if the debtor is honest, 10 accept his ilrst
offer OF compromition, and not squander
money in useless litigation. Have You
become insolvent yonrsclf9 The worst
thing YOU can do is 10 give up to despair,
and saw that it is folly trying to redeem
Yourself. las friend nIiSludgcd you,
~ IN enemy dnae you secret harm
Don't lose precious moments in scntl'
mental grief over ingratitnde, or passion
ate threats at your wrong dner; but g
60 word on the instant. to Shame your
friend or dis.r,n your foe. Had Astor
when he was q poor German emsrant,
mad, M his mind that the attempt to be
m;lIin,aire was absurd, he might have
a;r.] bcggar in the almshouse. Had
Washington, when Cornwall. pursued him
across New Jersey with thirty thousand
trnons said that it was hopeless to save
a,n'.r;ca with his fragment OF an army
Ii. ,br.. thousand tattcrcd c"ntincntlals,
wr MIGHT all this day have been in SLAYER.
e. Gr.at Britain; b;l: he said. : If the brl,
t;sh cross the Delaware, will cross the
.ha AllcohauicS. and they are victorious
,hrr, will ily 70 the wilderness beyond:
an1 ,hi.; resolution never to give up, but
'',v.,y. | to maize the best of everything
iII 1 - the victory of Trenton and the
freedom Of The Republic.
We are familiar witIlpcople who whine
continually at fate. ,r"h"'cve them never
,.as lot SO hard as theirs; yet those who
,.Mow their history will generally tell you
,hat thrjr litt has been but one long tale
''r',r ,'r n.nortnnitics iisrcgar'lcd, or misfor-
,,nn; Otherwise deserved. Perhaps they
were born poor. In this case they haze
,bn rich, ami have always hated them, but
w;,hont cv.,r having cmu'atcd their pr'l-
dsns.orrnrrgy. Pcrhapsthcy have seen
.l..:r ri.a!s more favored by accident. In
mi: event they t;1r5nt how many have
:,s.a less lucky than themselves; 80 they
.,,,n,;ered their little because, as they
~ .Lny cannot save as much as Others.
nj life. they grow old prema-
,....... Dissatisfied with everything, they
,..y,... ,rs..ni5 themselves t" be happy.
p,..,,s,, tic, are 10: born at the top of
.hn Wi, G, of fortune, they refuse to take
bhi1 t''I Of the spoke as the latter comes
r,uYd. ry, but lie stubborn in the dirt, crying
1i:'a n,''t spoiled children, neither doing any
thug themselves nor permitting others to
ao Make e lu the best of everything! Athomc