The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-11-01
A Young Mans First Lesson,
By TIMOTHY TITooNB.

take IL that the INST grea''cSSo" young
man nus 10 learn Is 'na' he ' a'' a''' LUZ
earlier this lesson is learned inc oe''er
Will y be Tor his peace o' mlna anu n'S sue.
cess in life. Some never learn IL, ana descend
into the evening OF existence 'neir ears
lengthening with shadowsas they 80. some
learn 1t carly, get thsir cars croppcd' ana
say nothing about 1t while others sensioly
retire into modest employments' whero they
they will not be noticed. A young man.
pred at nome, ana growing up !" 'ne isn'
OF parentai admiration ana ira'erhai Pr'uc'
cannot readily understand now any ONO e'Se
can be rs smart as he Is. lie goes town,
puts on airs, gets snubbed, wonders what 1t
means, goes into society and finds himself
tongue-tied, undertakes to speak in debat-
ing club and breaks down, or gets laughed
at, pays attention to nice young woman,
and finds n very large nitten on his hands,
and, in state of mind "bordcring on dis
traction" sits down to reason about it.
This Isl critical period in his history. The
result of his reasoning decides his fate. If
he thoroughly comprehends the fact that he
doesn't know anything, andaccepts the con-
vction that all tho world around him knows
good deal more than he does, that he is
but cipher, and whatever he gets must be
won by hard work, there is hope for him
He will 90 to work and learn how to live.
On the contrary, II huge self conceit holds
possession of him, il he gets cross and sour.
il hc turns mp hls nose, or sneaks, he will be
cut. The world has no use Tor him. a
young man who is not tractable and placablc'
and who refuses to admit to bimselr that he
does not know anything to speak OF, ana 10
do it good naturedly, might as well retire to
private liic first as last.
After ayoung man has thorouShiycomprc-
hendod the lact that he Is an ass the mex.
thing Tor him TO learn 49, that inc WORM
docs not care anything about h'm--'nas no
Is the subject otnoooays adn'racon OF over
whclming eeteem' tnas nc mas got W iooA
out ior himself n ie'.er OF ro0omhe"u"'''n
VIII procure ah ih'i'a'ioh 70 'e"' ho "'a''
sood n"'' 'ne 'eA''n viii '"o" "'", "
PHEASANT scat III onu''", anu eAPeo' nun "
contribute noerahy ""'n 'ao p'A.v 80
rouna' Ii ho Is u '''""s', nO'O' W. '0o~
a,'er MN. f,o'y ma" 10 '. WV. .', '
a''a'r'' iio wiz HUI W "0''V,' .,' '"'', "o ~
comes no''ccaoie' anu "' wiz ~. ''''"'
noticeaoie uh'ii no uoeS 'oin''n''S " p'o''
that ne mas an absolute 'aiuo III s0c'''y',
No letter oi Recommendation VIII g"' "''"
TINS, except ainons '"oso "ho '"'"A ',o''
Oh oioou 'nah pra'uS' ooo'e'y 'o'"""'' '""'
nc shaii oc somebody, anu mas riB"' 10 uo'
manu- w. o'o'0'y VIII "o' ,'"' ''.'' '''"',O'
Oh 'r"S'-a' 'caS' n'' 'o' 'o"s ''"'0' ''
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''' "O "'I' w 0'"O'"s " p'o'' ' ',, y"
Is" ''a"' i"''' " ,"o" ma" ""0 "c"'0,'u
very n'b" i'Haiu W Writing y" "u''0 ~,
the article, but the fact that he wrote one,
that it was published, that it was long, did
the business for him. Ho had done some-
thing. But everybody cannot write articles
for the North American-at least, hope
not, for receive that publication through
benevolent friend. Everybody, however,
can do something or be something, or some
body. There is a wide range of effort bo-
tween holding a skein of silk for pretty