Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-29
To Make labor Atlraetife.

be there would be less desire to ex-
cbangs It for what are considered more
genteel.pursuts, and less disposition to
shirk it, and thus contract idle, shiitless
and vicious habits Did all POSSESS :rue
views Of manual industry and intelligent
ly regulate their work, labor would cease
TO be disASreesble, rugged constitutions
would not be broken down by i, and
every effort would be attended with more
profit. Man having been created an nc
tive being, his activity is as spoHiane-
ois as anything in nature. II follows
that rightly educated in reference to la
Dor, man would find as much pleasure
ia II as 10 anything else to which bis
powers are adequate and for which he
was created.
The great question, therefore, l., how
to make labor attractive
1 Establish the conviction that il is
your duty to work at something useful
towards your own support and the good
ofsociety, aud that you have no more
right to live without it than you have TO
steal
2. Become convinced also that any
thing necessary TO be done 10 support
humanity or build up the world Is equal
ly honorable with any other useful ser
vice, and anything which you are able to
dois as much your work as that of any
one else; in short, BIO willing to take
hold Of anything Of which you are ca
pable with cheerlunesa aud energy You
can choose your smployments, but where
circumstances force upon you any spec
iAl labor do Il without complaint The
most contemplate Of all things is the
man, woman, boy or girl that whines st
the performances Of anything necessary
20 be done.
3, Cultivate a thorough contempt for
the practice OF eating without earning
your food, or Of getting anything for
which you do not reder an equivalent in
useful service This will 20 far 10 make
labor agreeable.
L. Never labor 10 exhaustion, but stop
when nature demands rest Suffer not
the body TO become deformed or the
mind benumed by excess Of work. There
is no necessity fof this with intelligent
men, for the amount Of labor which the
preservation Of health aud strsngt1 de-
mands is sufficient to bring complete in
dependence.
g. Take deep interest in what you
do. The hunter delights ia his sport
and can protraet the sevsEst efforts with
out fatigue So would he that digs find
the hours pass swiitly by in the perform
Anee of much work did he make IL n
pleasure Should one feel interested in
preparing his soil for the most thrifty
vegetation he would delight in the hard
labor Of undertaking, fertilizing and
cultiyaling It, II he loves flowers and
shrubbery and delights in beautiful
garden the work necessary 10 produce
them will be found pleasurable. SO oI
everything else. Thus u ISIS seen that in.
telectaal aud moral culture is necessary
to elevate labor above the. irksomeness
that follows an enforcedtoil Thus only
can man become king over his labor and
cease TO be slave to his daily employ
ment
8. 1t is true that with the avarioious
the prospect Of large profit does NOR,
than anything else TO make labor attrac
tive Many work themselves to dealt
for the sake of gain but IN the end il
is found that those who have sacrificed
their health and vigor for profit after al
made positive loss To struggle fol
the sake Of wealth is despicable and only
Characteristic of little minds, but ii IL al
indication Of true greatness TO desire anC
seek It for the purpose OF carrying for
ward some greater enterprise for thu
public good. The pleasure which mer,
ayariee affords is exceedingly barren
The possession Of wealth for its sAks
alone should never be inculeated as
motive 20 work
Z. Neither is the desire 10 leave for
tunes TO children a laudable motive fol
work, because it is not good for them Il
be placed above the necessity Of earn
ing their own livinE, Of cultivatinp Low,
for work and participating in It as {
duty aud pleasure, Each one was ere
ated to get his own living, and for
parent to rob his own humanity for III,
sake of coFrupting bis children, makinI
them ha5ers of work and contemners q
the very labor by which their fathers 20
the wealth they transmitted 60 them, /
turning ones energies to an immeus
loss. There is ne room for drones i
this world; and no one should feel rio
encagh. to afford what is known as "ger
tee and respectable life" because it
attended with the violation Of the frs
OF duties, is thronged with petty anoy
aneies that poster and belittle existenc,
Is universally productive of both ments
sndpeyslesl feebleaess. and degenerate
humanity.