The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-07-27
~ Professor yrsalr N. Drno.r

~ Professor VIRGIL " Drnoer
Of the Murray Institutes write. to /,
young graduate Of that academy. who
Is now law student, a letter Of ad.
wee and encouragement, from which
We make the subjoinsd extract.
What !, require. to achieve success.
!" any proisssiss is very clearly s.d
properly defined ba, &c think the
period stated BY The Professor TOO
remote. There arc very lev mea
who have chosen professions or call.
ings for which shsy we're qualissl,
but have, by diligcrt application,
risen to distinction within ten or
twelve ycsrr. Nearly all Of the eui.
nent lawyers Of this country have
made their mark before thew were
thirty FIVE, and few othcrs At an
earlier date, unquessiouably thy
improve as they grow older, until the
nind, like the body, acquires it, full
strength, But to the extract,
+" J am rejoiecd tina, yos appear 10 be
baoyant and in good spiriia have
known 40 many young mer 10 reymi,
themselves TO become gloomy and
sometimes dcspondsat because, they
did not find things to ssit tAem, While
our fathers and mothers tshe care Of us,
We can all be gay and cheerful. The
world then seems good enough, but
when We set out from the dear protect.
ing roof of the old passraal home to vim
our way by our own exertions, we find
30 many things hostile to our wishes,
that We may consider ourselves fortu-
nnte, II We are not emhittered and dis.
couraged by our first sad disappoint
Inenss What | have just stated wns
true in the golden days Of my boyhossi.
u ia doably 80 at this crisis Of radical
chenge in all our social and domestic
affair Therefore, ] repeat. ! I'm re-.
joicsd that you appear u he in tone
Of patient, earnest, yet bgo,ant cheer.
fullness. q my dear sir, n,is "a u great
thing 10 yosng man. Pahenf cheer
.tuisss and b"cysnt Acys.l. How many
noble and gifted young nan Gels,
and resolves and declares, l must be-
admitted 10 the bar by such a date,
mass attain such position ~ such
time, Wits fame BY such time, and
all must be done in ovc Of ten years
and then for the "oGsm twm digaifafe
in the long, happy, nonored sfternoon
OF lie. . sir, what q miscalc ulation il
this II is time, patience, and perse-
vercnce that accomplish grent things
Onr life mnst be life Of toll, patience,
and hope in any vocation but in the 90.
blest earthly profession, Law, whoever
cultivatcs that field and resg,s its harvest,
must labor on, and toll on, and struggle
on, and bear on, until he IL forty Ave or
fifty years old and he will then lind
that he is every day rcaping tho richsst
harvest IL the world Tor he sees, and
feels, and realizes, at every thought, Int
by his own exertions ho has made
himself above king. and psisees and
Potentntes, and won wealth and indie.
pendencc in tho treasures OF his own
mind, in comparison with which, the
wealth OF empires il n triie
On the Surra,, trial, the n. Y.
Day Book rsAarks that il moves
along slowly. II hssfhal cd out, in
spite Of the effort Of tho prosecution
to prevent il, that al tho witnesses
on the part Of the government have
been in training by Joe Holt, the
same worthy who fixed up Sanford
Conover. Thss far, Of the four wit
nesscs who swear most positively to
seeing Surratt in Washington, on the
14sh Of April, one has been indicted
for coanterfsiting, another was in
jail for committing rape, and two
others Dragged Of their corruption
after they had given their evidence
Amt they neat setY Tho Mon
grcl Judge who presidcs, refused to
recall the witnesses, in order u show
their unreliability, because i, would
protract the trial Soitscems courts
are not organized to secure justice,
but to have short trials ! Stanton
and Holt orc, no doubt, pushing this
matter to the utmost, in order rather
to convict Mrs. Surrstt than John II.
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