Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-11-25
TO MAKE LABOR ATTRACTIVE.

TO MAKE LABOR ATTRACTIVE.
Were labor AS attractive as it should be there
would be less desire to exchange it for WhaI
are considered more geuteel pursuits, aud less
disposition to shiIk il, aud thus contract Idle.
shiftless and vicious habits. Did all possess
true views nf manual industry aud intelligent
y regulate their work, labor would cease Il,
ne disagreeabie, rugged constitutions woul,
not be broken down by it, and every eff,r,
would be attended with more profit. Mai
having been created an active being, bis activ-
Ity is as spontaneous anything in ma ure-
II follows that rightly educated IN re.erence tt
labor, man would fud as much pleasure in il
as in anything else 10 which his powers ar,
adequate and for which we are created.
The great question, therefore, is. how to
make labor attractive.
l. Establish the conviction that it is youl
duty TO work at something useful, toward yuul
"wb support aud ths good OF b ciety, and tba'
y0u have 10 more right 10 live without it than
you have to steal.
2. Become convinced also that anything
necessary TO be done to support humani OI
build up The world IS equally honorable with
any O'her useful service, and anyl hing which
yuu are able TO do is as much your work as
hat o! any ore else; in short, be wilirg tG
lake hold of snythii z Of which you are capa
he with cheertu:ness and energy. You Cali
choose your employ ments, but where circum-
siances iurce npOn you any special labor d.,
il wi bout complsint. be n,us: con empribie
oi all things is the man, woman, boy or girI
hat whipes at the performance OF anything
necessary to be done.
3. Cultivate thorough contempt for the
practice OF eating wuhuut earning your food.
or of grttir g anything for winch you do not
render an equivalent In useful service. This
will go tor 30 make labor agreeable.
4 Never labrr 10 exhaustion, but stop
when nature demands resi-. Suffer not the
body 10 become d frmt d or Ihe nnd benumb-
rd toy excess OF work. Ihere is 40 necessity
'or this with Intelligent men, for the amount
ol lnbur which the preservation of health aud
strength demands a sufficient to bring COM
pIe'e pde prudence.
5. luke deep interest in whatever you
DO. The hunter delights in bis sp0rl aBd can
prolract the severesl tffprIs without fatigue
80 Wou be that digs fad the hours psss
swiftly by in the performance OF much work
did be make it pleasure. Should one feel
isieresied III preparing his SOIL Tor the most
thrifty vegetation he would delight in The hard
labor OF III dtTdTaibiDg, ferliIzDR and cuItiva
ting it. Ii he loves flowers aud shrubbery
and delights IN u beautiful garden the work
necessary 10 produce Ihem will be found pleas
urable. So OF everything else. Thus it is
seen that intellectual and moral culture is ne
atav lat
that follows an enlorctd d toni. Thus only can
mAn become king over his labor and cease 10
be slave to bis daily employment.
6. II is true that with the avaracious the
prospect Of large profit does more han any
thing else TO make labor attractive. Many
work themselves TO death for The sake of gam;
but in he end it is found that those who have
sacrificed their health aud vrgor for profit have
after all made a positive loss. To struggle
Tor the sake of wealth is despicable and only
characteristic oil little minds, but il is an indi-
cation OF true greatness TO desire and seek it
tor the purpose OF carrying forward some
great enterprise Tor the public good. The
pleasure which mere avarice affords is exceed
Iugiy barren. The possession OF wealth Tor
It's sake alone should never be iuculcaIed al u
motive TO work.
{. Neither is the desire to leave fortunes
to children laudnble motive for work, be-
cause 1t is not guOd for them to be placed
above the necessity OF earring their own living,
of cultivaIiug love for work and paIticipa
ling ill it duty aud a pleasure. EACH one
WIS created to get his own living, and for
parent to rob his own humanity ior the sake
Ot Corrupting his children, making them haters
Of work and contemners of the very labor by
which their fathers got the wealth they trans
mittet to them, is turning ones energies to an
immense loss. There is 10 room for drones
ID this world; and no ous should feel rich
enough to afford what is known as "genIeel
and respectable Iife," because it is attended
with Ihs violation OF the first OF duties, is
Ihronged with petty annoyances that pesIer
and belittle existence, ia universally productive
ot both mental and physical fee beness, and de-
generates humanity.