Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-17
FoRTUsE FOR EVERY YOUNG Nan

A FORTUNE FOB EVERY Z Man
AL PRtZEs-SO BLANRsf
Eds. appeal. Among the. many gift
enterprises just now thrown before the
people of our city, 1 may be pardoned
for presenting the claims of one in which
1 feel a great interest. It is an enter
prise in which all may, with safety,
invest; a lottery which, If well patron
lied, win insure TO every n a bona fde
fortune. In picking up a city paper a
few days since, my attention was called
to a spirited article on this very enter
prise, viz. the Library Association. I
was pleased with the suggestions therein
contained, and could not resist the desire
/ 1 felt TO add a word on the same subject,
through your columns. Those Of US who
have sons, may well think earnestly upon
this matter it deserves our serious con-
s~ideration. We are ISSUED that all Of Us
are soon TO be called upon 10 investin this
new enterprise-the Library. It's char
ter is forthcoming. Let US make its
capital commensurate with the demands
Of this teeming city, and then
no Marks will ever be drawn
from this lottery. A fortune will be on
deposit for all who invest capital
in this concern. Let every father,
every young man, every mechanic, every
farmers boy, every apprentice andevery
clerk take stock in the enterprise. Fill
up those shelves with the rarest and the
best works OF science and of art, with the
best literature ef the day, and then hurry
off at your leisure TO avail yourselves Of
the riches therein contained. What o
%fortunel Think Of it-just n new idea
a dav. will be, in the aggregate, three
hundred and sfxty-hve in a year-nore
than some men store away in a lifetime
Of three-scoTe years and ten. Invest as
much as possible in this lottery; it will
nav YOU a handsome dividend.
WHY is it that men Of all ranks can
not be made TO feel and understand that
EnOuleRqe, as well as time, is money?
that every new scientific fact
every fresh discovery In the world Of art,
or Of letters. Is Of incalculable value to
its passessOF, be he a lawyer, a mechanic
or a farmer? Labor and rest, mere ami
NAL enjoyment, and the care of
providing food and raiment, by no
means make up the whole sum of
our existence. We must search after
dig for Observation-Disclosures the prin-
ciple of philosophy and awaken within
ourselves the dormant power Of thought.
We must learn to think, to think hard,
to think to some purpose. Within some
mind in this community may lie hidden
the gems of q scientific truth, which if
properly nurtured, pruned and cultiva-
ted, may expand and develop until the
world shall stand astonished at a second
Newton or Franklin. But Providence
will never make q mighty man of any
one without his cooperation.
Are you a mechanic? Improve every
spare moment in investigation. By so
doing you will acquire a new mastery
over You trade; difficulties which before
have doomed up before you, viii receive
a ready solution by the application of
some principle of science, heretofore IN
known to you. You can thus devise
new modes of shortening the process of
manufacture, and diminish your own
labors. Then, too, you Will look for
ward to every spare moment with pleas
ure, as it will affordyou spare timet to ma
ture sOmenew plan OF cOnceptiOn. Home,
too, viii nOionger be atediOus, dullresort-
1t will be n sacred retreat for thought and
reflection. Thus viii mind and heart ex-
pand together. and the humble mechanic
shall stand before the world as the high
est type of manhOOd-One who has used,
to the test aaigdHtGgs, all the talents that
God has given him. Al prizes and no
blanks, in a library of scientific works
for the mechanic!
Nothing is denied in the way Of i'm
prOvement to Well-directed diligence.
No limit bounds our proficiency but the
limit of u own pans-taking. Depend
upon it, no wishing-cap will bring us
knowledge from the east or west. 1t is
not likely TO visit Us in our morning
dreams, or drop through our humble
roof into our elbow chair nor is it a
lucky advent which Will alight on our
lettering path some twilight. It is an
UtimdtJm that we must make up
mind Is grOrth attaining, and then adj
vance steadily on toward it, and count not
that days work hard, nor that nights
watching long, which carries US forward
Gae step, or brings its welcoming beacon
one bright hope nearer With such an
aim-with such a purpose, We must in
evitably succeed.
This, then. isthe l0Hery TO whichwe al
Jude; the e0pitGi consists in well stocked
shelves and reading desks; the prizes are
the inevitable results which will follow
well spent time in the library rooms.
Meet then with generous liberality the
call for aid in such an enterprise, and
Memphis shall boast her intellectual he
roes In years 70 come,