The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-11-16

While we pursue our wav on the Jour
ney OF life, it would be well for US to paus,
and see what others have done in order Il
gather strength and resolution to battl,
against impending perils. TO the aspiring
mind this is truly beneficial We are en-
couraged and depressed TO great degrec
by the smiles and .jeers OF others, anC
therefore when we undertake ANYTHING
we naturally look for the appreciation o.
our friends, and the hatred Of our enc
mics; that Is, when any great object IS 10
/ be achieved. thus Byron, having pub
lisied his first attempt at poetry, was
severely criticised by the literary writs Of
the day, but instead of giving up. in des-
pair when the sages of Grub-strcet and
Paternosterrow predicted that he would
never be heard trOiu again, !Ie was aroused
and replied III way that at once estab-
lIshed his reputation and secured him III
the future from the malicious attacks OF
his enemies. In studying the history Of
our race we are impressed with the great
ness OF the difficulties which those who
achieved eminence have had to overcome
The poor boy has arisen to power and
wealth only after years of struggle and
toll. and yet, men say when they hear Of
the success Of such an one, lie is luckv-it
labor it had cost him 20 acquire it, Sam
ucl johnson struggled for years in the
poverty and obscurity of a London 9arret,
before he bccai.e the tayorite Of the pub
nc. One CI the best of his works, "Iius-
scIas. was written to pay the expenses Of
his mother imeral The many reverses
he met with soured his temper and put
hiIa out Of Auinor with his fellow men, yet
he never yielded 10 opposition, aud rode
down everything that came in his way.
Lord Chief Justice Campbell was poor and
unknown when he entered al Office as
printer devil, but where there IS VIII
there IS u way, and he worked slowly up,
until at last he sat upon the wOoisack,
and became worth million dollars The
examples Of such men teach Us that what
has been done, Can be dons again;
Tie ieigits by great men reached and kept,
We're not attained by sudden fuht;
But hoy "h!e tEe4T COMPANIONS sleyi,
Were ;o!.i:.s upwards IL the night.
The reply Of Euclid 70 the King" there .
Is no royal road TO Geometry, Is Just as
true now a. two thousand years ago, and .
Just as applicable 10 any other art or .
science. LlJor oHi.sa ginct, Is u motto ,
" h!cL las led thousands 10 success. Lit .
tie did Saiiust, the Roman historian,
think that one single sentence from his
pen" Governments are easily preserved
by those arts by which they were ob.aiaed
in the Leginning," would afterwards lie
quoted and adopted "a 4 political maxim
by the nations II the world Neither did
the artiicer who discovered the ant OF
making glass, know the benefit he ?Yas
about to confer on mankind by creating a
substance which should gather the rays
Jt the sun, protect agaiu-t the wind, and
act as a subsidiary 10 old age. and thus
1rolOng the enjoyment Of light, enlarge
he field OF sciences, and confer the most
a-timg pleasure. Thus we see that every
nan from the highest to the lowest sta
ION, may be useful 10 the world and send
iown lis example to cheer and encourage
'thcIs. one may sow and another reap
md all contribute TO the general stock @:
human happiness. Then, let Us not hesi-
ate or waver but, looking to The example
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teadily Oh and success shall crown our
ifuTts. Niyo.