The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-30
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waste ol Qpportumifrs.

Waste oI 0ppogtunitrs.
An opportunity is anfsly made pot.
ton Of umc. ncar st hand ANA 6titd tag
use hkc rpe irult ready to f1l with
touch ike soft warm, moist sod ihat
quickly opens g seed, opportunities ne
veal thc .uclased treasures ~ tmc and
develop its possihilities 1hey cume
singly. not 10 focks they are eitI, nel
bought, ere slippery net stationary,
ltudol NOT tough agd unrhObls We
think they have come totaka up theig
abode 81 th US, and plenty mere are to
follow. bat thcy do NOT bring then
trunks: they SVEN and ivcelp Ike the
tide Time only mnmenariiy folds his
wings aud says Catch ma; catch me
/ II sou can Tic opportune moments.
living IN the daylight and dymg in dark.
ness, SO shy, quiet, sensitive and swift.
need quick eye 60 recognize AID d
w.sa judgement % appreciate them
They are more plainly seen in the dia-
tance than near to, for regret sells up
her tombstoncs over them, and hope If
Eliminates and magnifes those Of the fu-
lure The present chance is banshcd
20 the desolate truct Of wustr whore,
rusted mouldy and motheaten, il is
buried in some great rubbish heap.
II opportunity would opon the doors
waste closes them; II opportunity Is
thoroughly ripe, waste bids il decay;
opportunity gets up early in tie morn
ing, waste puts it to bed with a dose q
morphine opportunity would open
the eyes of the blind, waste would close
the eyes Of the seeing. Opportunities
are sharp tools waste steals from use,
pearls that he casts before swine. For
waste has no appreciation. Ho is gay,
luxurious butterfly, that boards on to
morrow and never pays his board; q
hawk that swoops down on the fated,
newly-flodged opportun ties; a whited
sepulchre oycrlaying with much gliding
what is deiacod, representing as sub
stance what is shadow and concealing
his true character with professed trans
paronces. He sends forward three
| biglt messengers Present Pleasure,
Indolent Ease and Self Indulgence
singing gaily, and keeps back il ey-
press grove three withered, solrowtul
DANES Want, Regret and Remorse
chanting a dreary refrain Of, 1T might
have been" and "Too late. The first.
so fair and beguiling, wind their coils
around the opportunities Duty and Vas
dom have sent, then draw them tightly.
squeeze the breath out, bear away tie
dead bodies and bind them on the
shoulders Of the oycrburdened mouin-
ers.
There are opportunities for learning,
for industry, Tor health, happiness on
doing good. Some impulse OF intuition
points the way and bids "Go forward, !"
even inclination, the strongest propen-
sity, bends in that direction; the oppor-
tunity itself declares it's merits and H.
tent power, but doubt, distrust, difi-
dence, caution, morbid fears hold back
and the opnn chance folds It's cup like a
morning glory. Disbelief has mutilated
many symmetrical opportunity Come
IN whatever guise il may, the chance is
wasted. The time for rest is slighted
by the oyerworked man, and the one for
work is pushed aside by the dIone
! Opportunities delay They arc looked
for, longcd for, waited for, called and
reached out after, hunted for amidst a
host Of other things, but they do not
come for long while, till patience is
perfected, or they may have been only
Yagalies of hope. Again, an oppoltu-
nifty comes SO suddenly and swiftly tlrlt
we do not see il, and decry belated wits.
which allowed il to dance away before
our eyes. Manifold are the ways Of
wasting opportunities They are slept
away, ate away, dressed away, gossipp-
cd away, played away The wreck Of
wasted opportunities equals tho spoils
OF the sea. They are lost in folly, kill
cd IN dissipation and hunted TO death
by procrastination. Waste always
stands with wide open mandibles, gulp-
ing down opportunities, as a toed swal-
lows worms, with voracious zeal while
every one wishes him the lock jaw.
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