Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-10
Holding ON

| 'A'"'"No' vi - '"eaLeu men, says
the following excellent things to
y ung mon who meet with discouv
asements in thor carly beginnings OF
professional life:
Another point on which young men
make m'st"k, is in not Aohlimg on fo
Tie calling ar profession ,chich lie choos
Is. Or c)ursr, ore may make 81
foolish II choice, may err so cgregious- s.
| ~ III the first stop, that to rctrace it,,
and bcyin in anow at IN cthiny els,
Is Indispensable. Tho tendency, how
ever, is very strongly in ono dir, c.
ton. When ono man pcrsevcros in
Il calling that he o"sht to ;lband n, a
d"z,n mon aband:n III sir calliny who
ought to stick TO it. 1t is MT Il FIJI
cult to account for this. All these
kinds of business w h;ch 40 surcss in
tho end, which pay best in the long
run, arc slow ,st III beginning to yield
Il return. Th' y"uns lawyer or ply
slr'an has to creep along at first at n
most discouraging pace. In those
carry years of professional probation,
wbcn the man is hardly earning his
salt, some other busin, IS opens before
hin that l'romi cs an immediate in.
com"-somethirg hat will bring himat
ono, two or three limei what he is re
.ccivins. Tho temptation is strong
/ indeed. In the caycrrcss fr immcdi
ntc results, he IS apt to forget one
essential point Of difference between
the two prospects. The ono is lit.
Ito ill which is destined to flow on.
with ever increasing volum", till 1T be-
comes the brook, tho stream, the ma.
jcs ic river. the o:hcr us n canal, no
bigger or deeper at tho end of its
course than ut tho Beginning In do.
lerm'n'n5 The question, then whether
to hold on to the profession or busi
ness "hich you havo chosen, ,hi;.k
not Of tho present siz Of The rill, bnt
whether it springs from ,ing FUN.
tain, and wheih her it is likely to cx.
pand rs i.procceds. And be not CT.
silly d'shcartcned. Let mo say for
your cncouraSem il it be needed
that OF the more than fur thousand
young men who have been under. MY
care as an educator, and hose career
in lifs it has bcen my privilege more
or less TO observe, l have very rarely
known one 10 f:.il who indust,iuusly
preserved in tho calling which he
chose. "7tnor proposiH." is The COM
mendaiion OF tho R,man m .raliss
$ ick 10 your purpose. It. is mos,
valuable habit Of mind to cultivate
You need not carry il TO obs.inacy-
though even that error is better thar
is opposite. Do not shi Ink from til.
.repu ali Of b;ing pIoddcr. 1t is
u be'ter augury of u young man tha,
to hear of him as being prccociou--
as being prema'ure!y brilIiant-as
starting ctf in the Gu cor Of iifo with
aSrsnd d .sh.
Look into Your own min Is now
while just paus;ng upon the thresl-
hold of your career, and see if thor,
is within you tn . vacilating dispos:-
lion. S,e if you are disposed. TO begin
a study or an enterprise Of any kind
aud :sftcr chasing it awhile, butter
f'y-like, to give it up FIR some new
fnncy: 1t is u most common. h Iii
Of The min with the young. II is
however u habit which at y.ur. az
may DO overcome 1. have know,
hundreds OF insta,c ,s-o of young ne,
~ho, being unsteady. u ID. iek!o d
purpose, have become s:eadfast, MI.
waverins, tenacious. w hat is. needle
20 briig about such a chnnce is IL,
hone st deliberate review. of one
character in, this respect, ard fir
!, resolve to amend what is found amis,
, kt,.with siew to do f,r you whu
thirty Years aga was done fr mt
that no" place Ills point 20 dis, Incl
iy:beforo you. Tenacity. OF purpos
f.s>lho indispensable condition. of sue
= cess in. wi,atoyer's yon >. uisdertakt
You nhust' learn to hold, on.1I,,e
YArt:s "Mistekes Of .Elacltel :4Ktn.af
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