The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-07-18

The faung men N ouf tuunifS Learn
this lesson The hetief. That nme
afe more gliied than etbtra. AlI viii
almll, bot ! utterly deny that any
man has ever YET bccomc eminent ff
bis superior mental powers without
Rreai labor. Whenever q spfiFllly
young man comes ~ 4 different ron
clusion, from that moment he ceases
~ advance, and must begin lorecedc.
This has been the ruin of many. H.
is the rock upon which sprighiIIness
often splits w often is this 40, that
sensible men always watch the pro.
gr - of the gifled young men, with
painful apprehensions as 10 the result
Like meteor he not unfrcqueniIy
bodakslcs and astonishes for a while,
and also like meteor he frequently
passcs soon away 10 the chagrin Of
himself and friends, and the disap-
pointment Of the public.
When man was croatel, he was
made in the image of his God. When
first the breath Of life was breaihcd
into bis nostrils, he received that in
spiration which lifts him TO his God,
and makes him the master Of all au-
mated creation. He is natures mo-
bleman. All other animals feel his
superiority. The roaring lion and
the croaking vulture flee at his ap-
proach. This inspiration gives him
universal sway. II is the mind, that
mysterious principle of his nature, so
difficult Of comprehension, and yet
50 wonderful in its faculties and re-
sources. BY il man controls his fel-
low man, and in proportion as It's
powers are cultivated, developed and
strengthened, does he rise in the scale
Of his being, and I'll the destiny Of
his creation. This progress, however,
must be slow and gradual. Wealth
is often accumulated by a sudden turn
in the wheel Of fortune; men some
times Unexpectedly reach high posi-
tions by accident but no man ever
yet obtained intellectual greatness, OF
ever yet succeeded in developing the
faculties of his mind, either by acci-
dent or any sudden turn in fortunes
wheel. Time and labor alone cat
accomplish this, and these cannot iai
to accomplish the object when prop
erly bestowed. That system Of in
! struction which requires the greatest
amount of labor, will always make
the most thorough scholar, and give
to the mind that discipline which will
best qualify it for the active business
Of life. There is popular idea that
the life of a student is life Of leis.
ure. The ancient Greeks had thi'
idea. The word scholar is derived
from Greek word which signife:
leisure. They supposed that every
man who did not labor with his bands
was man Of leisure, an idle fellow
and therefore called him Schoiatikos
This idea prevails with the uneducat
ed to this day. To them the student
the lawyer, the minister Of the Cos.
pei, and all those who live by intel
lectual pursuits, are men Of leisure
idle fellows who do no labor them
selves, and must live upon the labol
of others. This is a great mistake
but one which has always prevaile,
with the ignorant and uncultivated
No one so much appreciates intellect
ual labor as the educated man. s.
universally true is this that we ma,
very correctly judge Of the degree o
, ones cultivation and education byth
: estimate he puts upon mental labor
: II be promptly and cheerfuIly pay
: the bills Of his school-master an,
: doctor-the subscription TO his min
| ister, and the fees Of his lawyer, yo
e may mark him Us man OF cultiva
, ton and refinement, and my wor,
G for it, you will not often be mistaken
e The student must labor TO make th
g scholar. In one sense, every man
b self-made; | mean 10 the intellectuu
] sense. No man can become n scholu
q without long, continuous labor an
: self-denial. The labor is not plea,
0 ant one, and hence so. few are willin
: to pay the price. Those who Al
: wealthy cannot stand the privatioI
b and those who are poor 20 to som,
. thing else, because the labor Is moi
y TO their taste, and because IL bring
e them an income at once. In N
> opinion, more fne scholars and u.s.
2 fil citizens are destroyed by the ~
Ir Of prosperity than by the frosts
y advcrsity. In my opinion, the your
Ie man OF fine fortune who makes
good scholar, and useful citizen, d
2 serves more credit than the po'
1t young man who struggles up throus
r all the difficulties which poverty az
10 adversely can oppose to his progre'
.e He has everything to stimulate AZ
urge him on, while the young man
;, fortune knows he is independent, al
d may with impunity desist at any m
Is mept. Hence so few young men
If wealth ever make scholars. All Q
D ucated men are seIfmade. Thepo
u have a stimulant to pres them o
AZ while the rich have none. Hence
as much about self-made men. II
"A .,,,.x an, s.tf. mad, wh,le the rich |,