Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-12
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sits, o. all the Pro@PsiHss u kindred and
f'isHis Hus, Insss sbsTsiEs, and cad ia
disapToiailasHi, asraitealiea sal regret
boys, BY nature, are inclined, ascending
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bat they arc net, strictly, sagAilsss-,hsy
ere always fall o. thSaghii-bai shsa il Is
said that they are -ihsugA,les..@ il is
meant Tia, their reflections are engaged
upon asskss, debssins aud unworihy sub
Jse's, and thereby their mental sssTsies are
wasted and worse ihah ihrOsa away,
Boys should learn themselves 10 aslsr,
go, ffequsnily, rigid self examination, in
oder that they may assure themselves Iha,
they have not missed the straight aAl
narrow path Of reeiiiuds, the only d. path
for their pursuing Only path tina, leads
10 honor and competency in this world OF
bliss In the great Bsyoud, They shOald
become deeply impressed with the vital
Importance Of making proper use Of the
diamond years Of youih-that youth Is a
season TO prepare themselves for entrance
upon the arena o. men aud eonie, success.
fully In the Intense competitions Of life.
"Art Is long aud Time Is Feeling" aud
they cannot afford TO waste the bright Pc
riod Of youih-io which In after years they
must l,ok back with pleasure aud pride or
with remorse and shame--in thought and
reflection upon idle and unworthy themes.
Life is too short TO admit OF sole devotion
to the ileeiing aud eloying pleasures which
seem so alluring TO youthful minds. They
are like the Indian flower, beautiful out
wardly, but foul with the slime Of a ser.
pent that inhabiis its heart. Then seize
In youth the means which will insure you
enduring pleasures At a ripper age.
Life Is serious-it Is a subject to be
studied
"Rnow then hy'sB presume not God "
scan; i''
The proper study Of mankind is man."
This maxim should be inculcatod In the
mind Of every youth; and should he obey
It's injunction, he could not find a subject
nearer than himself. lie would find that
within his own jewel soul and the freshly
casket that contains il, are all the elements
'r materials Of graceful, vigorous and
useful manhood, though crude NJ d unpol-
shed. lie would find that there were not
more Of the elements of nm exalted and
perfect manhood in the boyish frame and
soul Of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, or
'ither Of the other great men whose names
will 60 sounding down the corridors Of
limo through all the long ages yet to be,
han there are in his own compound ply
'ico-mcntal organization. ..,
Culture insurcs the production of supe-
'ior fruit from the soil, and culture, culture
'nly, produces superior men. If you suf-
cr IN apple-lree to grow up in the forest,
by the toll monarchs of the
wood, surrounded by bitter shrubs and foul
weeds, without letting the sunshine to its
oliage, looping off its decayed or superfu-
'us :wigs and branches, and stirring the
oil at its roots, i, will grow up dwarfed
md barren, or producing unpalatable and
lnwholesome fruit. If o boy is suffered to
grow up in idleness and Inertia, surround
ID by the ignorant and vicious, he will be
! dwarf in intellect, soul and virtue, and
lis fruits or deeds will be as acrid and
litter as "the apples of Sodom.' ,l
A boy should be taught that q well-tem.
,ered and rightly directed ambition is one
u the greatest virtues in man. This fact
Known to him, the next thing he should
earn is, that The question whether he is to
Use above tho dullest mediocrity when ho
hall attain the age of manhood, or be an
ornament of and blessing to his race, must
'e answered by himself and by no other,
or, surely, in himself alone resides the
olution Of that interesting problem. If he
hall heed the good advice and kind mont
ions Of those older and more experienced
han himself, and thus make right be-
he shall place his feet ID the
ugged path that leads up the lofty Hill of
Science, and shall suffer nothing to make
lin swerve therefrom in youth, he must
each the Temple Of Knowledge at its top
tut il, during the years Of youth and
trength, he shall step aside to chase each
'ainted butterfly Of folly, when "man's
state" is reached, lie will be laboring in
ain on the mouutain-side, surrounded by
he common hcrT' who retrospect in sor-
ow, who dream with remorse of wasted
pportunities, and who realize that
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
he saddest are these: Hmight haze Jeenr"
Man is the only progressive animal of
arth. Tie nest Of the lark of today is
xactly like the nest Of the first lark that
Dared high up in the heavens and bathed
s plumage in the golden radiance Of Au-
ORR; but the structures Of men Of modern
ines bear no resemblance to the -ruder
Sbrics OF evanished ages d4
"Man is fearfully complicated and del
lately constructed machine, and comes
-om the omnifs hand Of his Creator with
reat responsibilities resting upon him."
nd among these responsibilities is the
nil,iing up Of true manhood. II is with
the power Of all friends of youth to
AXE them understand their responsibility
this respect; and il is likewise in the
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