The weekly Butte record., 1862-02-08
TIE Fxanlple of Men.


While we paFsue our way or the journey Of
life. il would be weu fo- rs to pause ard see
what others have done n order 10 gather
strength and resolution to battle against in
pending perils. To the aspiring mind this IS
truly ben.fcial. We are encouraged and de-
pressed to great degree BY the smiles and
ieers Of Others, and therefore when We under
take anything We naturally look for the appro-
baton Of cur friends, and the hatred Of our
enemies; that is, when any great object Is to
be achieved. Thus Byron, having published
his first attempt at poetry, was severely eriii-
cisei by the wis OF the day, bat instead Of
giving up in despair when the sages Of Grub
street and Pate-nostsr row predicted that he
would never be heard from again, he was
aroused and replied in q way that al once es
tahlished his reputation aad secured him in
the future from the malicious attacks Of his
enemies. In studying the history Of cur race
we are impressed with the greatness Of the diff
fculties which those who achieved eminence
had to overcome. The poor boy who has arisen
10 power and wealth only after years of strug-
gle and toll, and yet, men sly when they hear
of the success Of slch one, he is lucky-it is
ali Cd accident, little thinking of the labor it
had cost him to acquire it. Samuel Johnson
struggled for years iu the poverty and obscuri-
ty of d London garre;, before he became the
fayovite of the public Oae Of the best Of his
works. Rasselas, was written to pay the ex-
penses Of lis mothers funeral. The many re-
verses he met soured bis temper and pEt him
out Of humor with his fellow men, yet he never
yielded to opposition, and rode down every
thing that came in bis way. Lord Chief jus
tioe Campbell was poor ana unknown when lie
entered an Office as printers devil Bat where
there is 4 will there Is Z way, and he worked
slowly mp, until at las. be sat upon the woods
sack and became worth million Of dollars.
The examples OF such men teach Us that
what has been done, can be done again;
Tie heights by srcat saea reached ana bept,
Were not attained By seddel flight;
But they, while their companions slept
We're toiliHg upwards il tie night.
The reply Of Euclid TO the King" there is
no royal road to Geometry" is just as true
now as two Thousand years ago, and just as
applicable to any other art or science Little
did S@llust, the Roman historian, think that
one single sentence from his per" Govern
monts are easily preserved by those arts by
which they were obtained in The beginning -
would afterwards be quoted and adopted as
political maxim by tie nations Of the world.
Neither did the artifcer who discovered the
art of making glass, know the benefit he was
about to confer on mankind, by creating
substance which should gather the rays Of the
sun, protect against the wind, and act as
subsidiary 70 old age. and thus prolong the en-
joymeht of light, enlarge the field OF sciences,
and confer the most lasting pleasure. Thus we
see that every man from the highest TO the
lowest station, may be useful TO the world, and
SEND down Is ezamric % cher anj encourage
Others. One may SOW al auothe. reap, and
all contribute TO lhe general stock of human
happinesz. Then lei US not hesitate or waver.
but looking to the example Of those who have
gore before, keep steadily on and success shall
crown our efforts