The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-14
4 YOUNG MANS MOTTO.

Count Maurice, Of Nassau, second son OF
William the SILENT Prince of Orange, found
himself at seventeen years Of age. fatherless
and poor. with a mother and ten younger
brothers and sisters looking to him as the
only one fitted to take the place OF him VINO
was gone. His father had fallen by the dag
ger Of the assassin, his eldest brother was a
prisoner in Spain, and the family fortunes
were at the lowest ebb. The Prince OF
Orange had devoted everything to his coun-
| try, and in the stormy times in which ne Nv
ed had periled and lost his wealth. After
| his death, as the historian tells US, carpets,
tapestries. linen, nav, even his silver spoons,
and the clothes of his wardrobe were dispos-
ed OF at public auction for the beneilt OF his
creditors.
II was hard time for young Maurice. the
more especially as the Netherland Republic,
then in the severest stress Of its struggle with
the tyrant Philip, was looking to him as his
fathers ultimate successor in lis councils
and at the head of its armies. But his brave
i young heart did moi fail him. Tie pat his
shoulder under the burden with resolute
and unhinching spirit. As The symbol o.
both his purpose and his hope, he took Tor his
device ga fallen oak, with young sapphng
springing from the root" and for his motto
the words, "7amdem iii curcaias arbor.'
" The twig shall yet become tree And
lit did. There are few names, belonging
Ieyen to The glorious days Of Elizabeth OF
England, more justly honored than his.
The motto OF prince Maurice seems one
peculiarly appropriate for every Young man
! 10 bear on his shield in the battle Of Ifs. i
q is al once modest confession and resoiute
/ challenge. The "twig is not tree
but il has trees destiny. Its claim Is no
! SO much III what IL Is, as what II i resolve
to become. If it has not present strength
: il has purpose, and we all know that pur
pose wins more than halt the battles in thr
: world. Had the man who said that I" Pro
D violence is always with the strongest bat
| ialions," said it was rather with those whlcl
: follow the right banner 10 the held, ne woult
$ have been much nearer the truth. Il Is mo
: tire to which God always l0nks, and II i III
E life thst has right motive at the heart I
0 Il, which he crowns with favor and success
From all this il appears that manly surf
: is at the farlhermost possible remove trou
, either vanity or presumption. The trues
: bravery is always modest; and as il shfinki
from no proper responsibility. and no dan
E ger that stands in the way oil duly, 50 i ney
!, er goes 10 seek either. Ii bides ITS time: /
is willing to remain twig till il becomes
3 tree does not, in the greenness and weak
ness Of its sapling state, put on airs as i
d were already foil grown, nor claim tqualit
II with the trees OF the wood before it has, liz
0 them, lis own strong arm with which 70 bal
h tie with the blast. Yet It remembers III
e root from which it spraug. and " the falle
y oak" at lis side IS perpetual reminder tina
n il has destiny 70 win and 4 work g d'
n Phs-e are Few things IN regard 70 whic
e Young men more often mistake than the qua
;, ity OF true manliness. One can hardly wal
le down the street without encnnnteFing som
Ii proof OF this. Recklessness, displayed IN
e staggering gait, in oaths and sugsrity an
, miscellaneous rowdyness, i no element
le real manhood. A roll u filthy weed ii II
l. mouth, however dainlily pulled and fagete'
It is no symbol or type Of manliness. Cor
is tempt Tor home and its simple pleasures,
7, familiarity with The manners and langua.
r. Of bar-rooms and saloons, Is no part oil VIII
constitutes one a man. PretensiOn, AZ
) foppery, and assumption, are 10 nearer u
ln mark. One may have all these qualities, 81
% parenily coveted by somany, aid set be de
<, iiiute Of the first aud least property II re
1, manhood. lie NAV despise them all aud |
5. for that very reason all The more a man.
re Erah1qge.
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