Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-16

innate in which educated snd intslliepnt Ia
b0s 10 now hsld h thio couuery 1hefe
llso great leuand foe sueh lair. and Z
Aeld Of bouu11eoo extcnl fer The epsstion q
business tal6ots. Theoe cirSom6lAnce eap-
by good reasons why prcpostionstsay les
Of our young men should rush into what are
STYLED the .'lcarned professions" These
| al udc to medicine, law and the pulpit
are oil crowded; more than full.
Many persons find their way into the pro-
LESSONS named, not because Of any aptitude
or fitness, bul because as they thought, they I
could see no other place 10 go Great snd
desired IL the position Of an active business |
nan-icache., engineer, artisan or faruers
than that Of the hslf starved lawyer, phys>
cian or minister.
lf there is any condition utterly cherries
and miserable il is stasof . msn Who has
1ietaken his csliing, and hae sospstoA pro>
isssion unbiddcs and without the wDddi1o |
garment ON, Ana ~ young men would
say, that would you avoid the most serious
error possible to make, il you would avoid
the struggling and tugesug against On id
verse current al yous lives, do not set out
upon your life-labore with . mistaken esti-
mate % yoer spaiAud1e and talssts.
= Every msn has HIS FORTE" il the homely
mode Of expressing truth Of the highest
practical imporiasce. "what 10 my fortel"
should be the serious inquiry Of every young
man. Let The question be decided with the
utmost care and deliberation. When de.
cided, II 10 my opinion that the business or
calling selected, should be made aspeciality
that 10 which the great volume Of ene's
life and energies should b devoted. II .
man is superior in his calling, profession or
business, 'vhalsser Il 10, he never lacks .
profitable fell for its exercise. "a
lnfesiority or everlasting mcdiocritv will
10 avoided ~ every man Of any ambition or
energy.
Excellence secures success. Ia this age,
when labor and business ere SO subdivided
aud classified, . 0sa can not excel in oil
things. lie can not excel 10 hut one thing
Of m0dkcut; thsseiore, he must hSs Attempt
universal excellence, but restrict his aetsn.
ton % The business Of his life have
made men and the qualities which enable
men to succeed the subject Of some study
and observation. The great difficulty with
most men Is that they ore rot thorough.
II is FAR better and aess profitable 70 be
complete master Of ons sub ect than 10 know
| . dozen BY halvca. "Beuare q Tho man
Of one book" 10 provsrb which has come
down to us from ancient Rome. And shiD
thorough knowledge, this superiority, thi
admitted excellence, can only be had BY
systematic habits Of industry, concentrated
sAteasisn AMI 4irelsss perseverance. Let
no young man conceive the ruinous fancy
that he is genius, and therefore exempt
from the toll 20 necessary to the success Of
common men. Set It down A. certain that
you cannot rise, that you cannot succeed,
without the leverage Of TOLL Genius 10 .
good thing to have, but . dangerous thing TO
My on. For your enc'uas cement, bcaf IN
mind - the motto Of carly Ile-write The
words in every book you study-lst them
aninats end lnspirs every waking hour -
let them give color and form TO evoev
dream-the hopeful, encouraging words Of
| Richelieu: "T'hat in the lexicon Of youth
which Fate reserves sor . bright manhood,
there's no such word a. Fan" while this
10 true, let me equally impress this other
hut The dhigcnt end earnest man can te
found the word SUCCESS. Goethe says:
1.-The longer live, The more certain am
that the great difference between men. The
great and the insignificant. 10 energy, iavin-
chile determination, an honest purpose once
6xed. and then victory" This nakes the
man. II man wifi accomplish himself
thoroughly in his business or calline-if be
will make this a speciality, and prosecute
t with diligence and earnestness If he
will observe towards those with whom he ID
brought into social intercourse or business
contact. what Sterns happily calls "the
small courtcsies Of lifc'-if he will acquire q
ci,aract.s for honorable dealing and unilinch.
ing integrity 0or all success must be bot-
toned upon such character) his life and Gu
rccE will, SO Gar AS regards the acquisition Of
wealth can make it, be successful.
POWER or iDEAs-ruRPosEs or LIrg-ApNo-
MILTON To BUSINESS MEN.
But the acquisition of wealth, while il il
not to be denounced, for wealth has its uses,
is not after all. the highest purpose Of life.
Wealth gives man influence and to some
extent power. But money is not king.
The greatest power IN the world, in my
Judgment Is not m pney, il 10 not ply sical Of
martial force, but it Is the pswer Of ideas.
This power 10 hiehsr thsn the mountai
ranges-higher than che skics-grandeI
than the march Of centuries.
Joan OF Arc, . country girl, became tha
Apostle Of great idea-the expulsion Of The
hated English power from France-and that
ideA inspired her with . prophets vision
and lit up her character with radiance al
most celestial.
The monk Of Wittenbcrg at The head OIL
the idea OF ecclesiastical reform shook ths
world.
In our own day, an earnest, keen erred
German, Won Bismark by nam., conscious
Of a single idea-bu = great one
tho unity and consolidation Of thu
40,0O0,O00 Of the German people nou
divided iato ffagmsnsafy principalities
kingdoms. dutchics and eieetorates and Il
was this idea and not the famed needless
which ended great campaign in less thar
thirty days which raised Russia to IL
formost rank Of European powers-which
made Bismark the most conspicuous chasac.
ter in Europe-the self-poised and self feli>
ant antagonlst Of Napoleon and Galllc auto.
cracy. n Bismark were liberal eoousl,-
ehould say great enough to proclaim "a
these liberty loving Gsfmane, who's unity
he seeks. constitutional Freedom, be would
be At the head Of resistless force, against
which Gallo, kossack and Austrian power,
though lmgued in solemn CO.. enant, would
thunder in vain.
Our own recent struggle was vitaliesd
and made successful BY The great idea Of
justice to Ill men, and the indominitability
Of the Republic which proclaimed this sub'
lime doctrine.
Do you know what | consider 70 be the
two sgrandest i6sas in the Univssss cspeh(e
Of human gasp they are First, the Uni
srsal fbNrAsod Of Ged. and secured. q
flowing from it, the Cnir rsal Brotherksed
! ~ Nan. And h whalsver pan6s IN life
you may be engaged, or however dilieoatr
y you 0ay folisW tliso spassdlS, ~ il nG1
expel freW, your minds and hearts these
great foundation truths, upon which ere
bull led al true religioa and oil characta Of
the highest etvle and typ4.
1 have veue ifsd upon tl,is general line Of
remark bsoauss sdppsbt saoSt u the youne
men to whom I address myself iutenl %
enser upon busioess life. knew it, ab-
seebiee natura Thsro u sounethinein the
intsnoo dssos3on - ~ tnuiacsD corpuit
which 10 apt to li0it the scope Of our ilsoa
e dry Up or sympathiss, and - make sue.
cess ia such pursuit the gospel Of life, and
% inculcste . belief In the almiehliness 81
the dollar. The dollar 10 powerful, but il
is not almighty. Aud the business nan
should never forget that no Il citizen el