Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-13
TRUE LARoRERS.

TRUE LABoRERs.
In this country most persons are
workers of some kind. The term "gen-
tleman," in its English meaning, that
is a person who is above business, is
not much in use with US, as nearly the
whole of u people are engaged in
some definite useful labor Of hand or
head or heart. But there are as many
variety of workers rs there are different
kinds of labor to be performed. 1t is
surprising to see in some instances the
great waste Of force expended by inef-
fectiye laborers. There are some busy,
industrious people, who may really be
said to be gluttonous Of work, loving it
as some gourmands love eating, rather
for its own sake than for any good to be
accomplished by it. Such q person, if
a merchant, will always be driving o
heavy business, even if at a loss, or
with his own hands performing the petty
details that others could discharge quite
as effectively. II a politician, he is
always ready to III about a ward or a
district, accomplishing next to nothing
with all bis labor or he will write long
letters to the journals, with but little
regard to their quality or effect, and
with no reason to expect their publ
cation. Or, if engaged in literary mat
ters, he will rummage through books,
getting every fact and event wrong end
foremost, and then mislead other people
with his inaccurate information on every
subject. Then, there is the epicure Of
work, who has a more refined taste in
all he does. He may or may not equal
the other in the quantity Of his labor,
but he will be more choice as to its
quality. He will pick daintily and Gu
priciously the portions Of toll he will
perform, not according to the real effect
he is to produce, but simply to suit his
taste and inclination. Such q character
a Horace Walpole. Others are work.
ers from sheer c%ompulsion. At school
they study only from fear Of the teacher;
in later life they labor only from dire
necessity. If by any chance they come
into possession Of property, they sink
into lethargy, and are but cumberers Of
the ground. Too often their idleuess
leads them into evil courses, and they
end their days in misery and vice.
But there is another class-we trust
for larger and more numerous-who take
a different view Of labor from any OF
these. They regard it neither as a thing
to be hated and avoided for its own sake,
nor yet for its own sake alone to be
courted and g%luttonized. Nor do they
| deem it a matter to be decided simply
according to their own pleasure and
taste. They look upon it as u great law
Of nature to be pursued in a conscien-
tious manner, chiefly for the end it will
accomplish. They believe it to be the
duty Of each one to labor steadily to
the extent of his ability in such II way
as to produce the most useful results to
the world of which his particular ma
ture is capable. Such q person will
reflect deeply on his choice of a career
in life, and decide it mainly on u con-
sideration Of how he can bring his par
ticular abilities into use, to produce tie
best possible effects on the community.
This once decided wisely, bis energies
will all be employed in working out his
special duties in the most effective man
ner. He will discover 10 what particu-
lar branch Of his trade or profession he
is most efficient the true quantity OF
labor and relaxation necessary for sue
cess the best methods to employ in
the varied details in short, he will
leave no measure undeveloped that shall
insure the most perfect results Of his
labor; and in the actual work itself,
while he will not be ambitious Of per-
forming the largest quantity irrespective
Of its value, yet he will shrink from
no toll, and cast off no burden neces-
sary for the full development and sue
cess Of whatever he undertakes. Ger
tain Of the value of the ends he aims at,
he will gladly put his shoulder to the
wheel, and earnestly work for their at
tainment. Work with him will clear
the head, and a clear head enables him
to see that every stroke tells. In telling
a tree, a stout arm is a great requisite,
but n may spend more force and
blows in cutting at random than the
true backwoodsman, who, cutting with
skill and experience, goes right to the
heart at once, and the tall tree falls IN a
few minutes before his well-directed
strokes.
And this view Of labor, which is the
only true one, dignifes it in all its
forms. How much more 10 be honored
is the manly toll Of the true workman,
whether he bs in the field, the work.
shop, at the desk, or in the mine, than
the half.hearted, or compulsory, or in
effective drudgery of those who work,
when ut oil, without any great end in
view, or any true idea of the worth Of
well-directed labor. True success will
almost invariably attend those who
work with the purpose and in the man
ner we have described. They will be
led to avoid expensive habits, to live
virtuously, and to toll stendfastly and
effectually And beyond even all per-
sonal success, they will be honored as
true b]enefactors, because of the iniu-
ence cast around them in favor Of ear
nest, honest labor.