Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-01-09

Emerson's "Conduct Of Life" published by
Ticknor & Fields, is rich in thought, angular,
sharp, precise.
Thus, of wealth: "The art of getting rich con-
sists not in industry, much less in saving, but in
a better order, in timeliness in being in the right
spot One man has longer arms or longer legs;
another sees by the course of streams and growth
of markets where land will be wanted, makes a
clearing to the river, goes to sleep, and wakes up
rich. Steam is no stronger now than it was a
hundred years ago, but it is put to better use. A
clever fellow was acquainted with the expansive
force of steam; he also saw the wealth of wheat
and grass rotting in Michigan. Then he cum
ningly screws on the steam-ppe to the wheat
crop. Puff now, 0 steam The steam puffs and
expands as before, but this time it is dragging all
Michigan at its back to hungry New York and
hungry England.
Wealth begins in tight roof that keeps the
rain and wind out; in good pump that yields
you plenty of sweet water; in two suits of clothes
so as to change your dress when YOU are wet; in
dry sticks to burn; in good double wick lamp; in
three meals; in a horse or locomotive to cross
the land; in a boat to cross the sea; in tools to
work with; in books to read; and so in giving, on
all sides, by tools and auxiiares the greatest pos
sible extension to our powers, ifit added feet
and hands and eyes and blood, length to the day
and knowledge and good will.
"Heis the rich man who can avail himself of
all mems faculties. He is the richest man who
knows how to draw benefit from the labors of
the greatest number of men in distant countries
and in past times. The same correspondence
that is between thirst in the stomach and water
| in the sprin Aexists between the whole of men
and the whole of nature"
Nobody but Emerson, perhaps, would have
thought of putting the case thus, and screwing on
| the steam pipes to the wheat crops of Michigan.
Concentration and the virtue of work are
sharply set forth: 1.-The one prudence in life is
concentration; the evil is dissipation; and il
makes no difference whether our designations are
coarse o. fine; property and its cares, friends and
a social habit, or politics, music, or feasting
Everything is good which takes away one play
thing and delusion more, and drives us home to
add one stroke of faithful work. Friends, books
pictures, lower duties, talents, batteries, hopes
all are distractions which cause oscillations in Oul
| giddy balloons, and make good poise and a
straight course impossible You must elect youl
work; you shall take what your brain can, and droI
all the rest. Only so can that amount of vita
force accumulate which can make the step from
knowing to doing"
Here is the philosophy of power: ain ever,
company, there are not only the active and pas
sive sex, but, in both men and women, a deeper
ana more important ser Of mind namely: the in
ventive creative class of both men and women
and the uninventive or accepting class. Eaci
plus man represents his set, and, if he have tn,
accidental advantage of personal ascendency--
which implies neither more less talent, ba
merely the temperamental or tanning eve of
soldier or a school master, (which one has, anC
one has not as one has black moustache anC
one blonde,) then quite easily, and withou
envy or resistance, all his coadjutors and feeder
will admit his right to absorb them. The mer
chant works by book-keeper and cashier; the law
yer's authorities are hunted up by clerks tn
geologist reports the surveys of his subalterns
Commander Wilkes appropriates the results of al
the naturalists attached to the expedition; Thor
waldsen's statue is finished by stone cutters; Du
mas has journeymen; and Shakespeare was theate
manager, and used the labor of MANY young men
as well as the play books.
There is always room for a man Of force, an
he makes room for many. Society is a troop o
thinkers and the best heads among them tax
the best places. feeble man can see the farm
that are fenced and TILED, the houses that ar
built. The strong man sees the possible house
and farms. His eve makes estates as fast as tn
sun breeds clouds.
Success thus goes invariably with certain plu
or positive power: an ounce of power must bal
ance an ounce of weight