The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-24
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:. Anf Caesar osl Nsslttxs,'' i the gloomy |
motto Of the unscrupulous. Il 10 principle
Of actio. which has demandsd the sacri6cs
Of mora human life and human Interests than
.ny other. In common life, it il oftsner the
rock upon which the bark Of human enters
prise founders, than in those greater ship-
wrecks Of life, OF which history takes note.
We moro frequently hear the despainns cry
Of the aspiring spirit who is lifted up before
the eyes Of mon, on the very verge OF some
hish world conquering achievement, - he
casts hi.nsalf headlong from the summit upon
the pitilsss rock tusks below.
We read Of the statesman, who had
launched his craft upon the wild and stormy
sea Of politics, tossing aloft his arms above
his sturdy head and floating locks whitened
BY many . sharp strife and agony going
down with his ship 10 tho yeast Of waves. We
hear Of that noble devotes-ths star-eyed
son Of science or Of song, Who adventures
his bark upon the cold polar sea Of letters.
he fearlessly breasts whole floating ice-con-
,inents Of Ignorance and superstition. At
lsst b 6nds IA iules-ths long sought north
west passage to truth but while struggling
amidst the high rocking icebergs Of bigotry
and prejudice, the fearful crushing ice walls
close IN upon him, and he is gone.
|. We do not hear the bubbling breath and
cry Of many strong swimmer, - he goes
down in the smooth bat trescherous sea OF
common life, for there are = thousand more
white sails glitterine ia the sun Of popular
favor, and one 10 not missed. Our ears are
filed With tho exultant shouts of the thou.
saEd sailors - they near the haven Of their
hope. The ever growing sea smothers full
many pitifnl sound, in its "cruel, crawl
ins foam" and its hungry NAV has room for
many another such holocaust Of despair.
The great grinding world goes on and misses
no ono, but the little world Of home may.
The fearful wife has fearful ciamp in the
Aeshy walls Of her heart-the cdlumsae car
nae of her life-while her fatherless babes
clutch With . sure instinct u their only stay,
and look out with aching eye balls over the
the pitiless sea, for that shivered sail which
will never stretch for home again.
"Thero Is no such word ~ fail.'
In the sense 80 often accepted by the am
bilious spirit is . fools motto, for it ia
Z miserable lie.
: If it means, however, !" never give up
striving for something,-for : little if the
creator object is out Of your reach; : "nev.
er throw away, your life, which il not your
own" keep noble aim before you and
never grovel or play the towards part in thu
drama Of life," then it is wise maxim. !
you are disappointed in the first great aim
you may still find something to do which vii
, keep your life from proving an utter failure
There is room for all ,ot Us here, and th'
world has need Of every honest endeavor.
. There il moreshan one kind'of success il
life. That which you have marked out TO
. yourself, and which the world accounts q
perhaps the most important, might be sig
nal failure for you. Il is hard to come dow
to lower i.-el,tL.t 1t 10 nfian . duty-a dis
c;pline which may be Ill important in round
ing and psrfecting your life.
We often can read failure when th
world hes written success" Tbs man il
pursuit Of wealth may have lost health !; b
may stand we'll with his banker but still be Il
i'll repute; he has lost ..the esteem Of hi
, former friends; his bosom is filled with III
!, ashes Of bitter memory; ne comes frou
the gold fields of earth with canksred
..A~. .n:.cra1 haAp%
Take consolation to yourself, my frienc
:, that you have not irreparably soiled you
! life. Although you must write failure acros
). much Of your life, still its better and bright
or half remains. There are other bAn1
:. rupts than such as take the benefit Of the ac
:. The Law is tender even to villains, and allow
them to resuscitate themselves at the expens
!. of thei, creditors. Will society be harshe
!. to rs when We confess failure, and let dowI
still adhering to the motto, Never Civ
up! - The humiliation We take upon ou
selves is our own the world will have fol
r. gotten it BY tomorrow if NO do not meet
lessly too often remind it thereof. Let |
= take hold with courage then upon our ne
. work, no matter how humble. We speak
= the unsppreciated aud disheartened schola
and earnest men Of the world. Look dow
with calm contempt upon the aims and asp
e, rations which form the staple of most men
dreams Of success, and be no longer begga
for favors 1t the hands of the rich, who vi
n, help you after you help yourself, or Wit
they know you no longer need their assis
i'd ance, G. N. 4: