Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-21

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have chosen for the topic of the hour
"The way to win" Who has not studied
1t F? A gentleman once asked what topic
was uppermost in the minds of men, hi
replied, show to buy cheap and sell dear,
but that does not express the general de
sire of men. 1t is the universal wish t.
| win. This is one of the first cravings o
the human mind. The child in his sport
exhibits his desire to win. Following
him in his school life from the common t,
the higher grades he digs and works
He burns the midnight oil, seeing in thu
far distonce the magic word swim" III,
sees the laurals of victory before him a
his graduation. He leaves the halls O
learning to gain his victory. If in the
law. he desires to reach the woolsack
in medicine, to rival Haller and ever
Esculapius he seeks to be called
merchant prince. If he enters politics tn,
incentive is to succeed-not to win in thi
is worse than any failure in any otheI
walk of life. In martial life he hopes Il
be a Washington or Napoleon. He
endures the privation of camp and field
hoping to have his name inscribed on
some page in history. If a soldier o.
Christ, he goes to heather lands, but he i:
not followed by applause, and he wins not
an earthly, but heavenly victory.
have only dealt with mans desire to win
but womans desire to win is still greater
than man. In the sphere of her life, in
charmed circles, she wins the winners Of
the world. In all ages she has been, and
in all future eras she will be the winner
2. How can success in life be attained :
Men will win only by untiring perse.
verance and labor. They are the means
to the end. A young man who goes forth
in the world must have these two charac-
teristics He must know how to choose
an occupation suited to his tastes and ca
pacities. He must use the same good
judgment that he does in buying suit of
clothes or pair of boots. He must
choose an occupation that fits him and he
hts 1T. He should not think of occupying
a position unless he has a talent for it.
Every child has talent for something.
AS Artemus Ward once said, Washing
ton had talent for war, Webster for con-
situations, but he had talent for exhibit
ing wax fggers" A man must have an
interest in his profession. He was not a
haiieyer in universal genius. A man who
would make good mechanic could not
succeed as merchant, nor an artist as a
lawyer. They will fail because their tai
ent Is not directed in the right channel.
Three individual cases were cited that
came under his observation, that failed
because there was no harmony between
their talent and their occupation. Perse-
verlng industry and answering labor.
said Seneca, are necessary for success in
life. A concentration of all the energies
of the body on whatever man undertakes
is all important. He must go through it
alone, relying only upon himself To
such man this pushing, teeming world
has no such word as failure. This perse-
veranee was finely illustrated by an Incl
dent in the life of Bruce. He had been
defeated; weary and discouraged he
sought rest and shelter in a barn; wake
tul and disturbed, his eye caught spider
endeavoring to ascend web. He start
ed, and for twelve successive times fell
back, but on the thirteenth he succeeded
in his efforts and assembled. Said Bruce,
THAT spider taught me the most useful
lesson of my life-perseveranee. Have [
not been twelve times defeated, and may
not another trial be made?" One more
trial gave freedom to Scotland.
Seneca was right when he said "Perse-
and industry walk before all men
to victory" He then pointed out that the
qualities of integrity of character-un-
suflicu reputation urrd tx nth r.rIrv,r the
to success. Liars by inuendo,
were the meanest of mankind, and Provi-
dence oftimes visits its judgments upon
this class, which was aptly illustrated by
an instance cited, that occurred during
the late war. Duty also lay in the path
to success, and one of the most truthful
and forcible lessons of modern times
was Nelson's words, England expects
every man to do his duty" So Norwich
University expects every one of her sons
to do his duty.
3. The obstacles that lie in the path of
success:
First, among the obstacles at the
present day which stand in the way of
success of educated men is the indiscrim-
mate rushing of young men into the
learned professions. The proportion isl
very large in this class who fail to achieve
success. The medical and legal profess
sion are crowded with men who have no
adaptability to their chosen pursuit.
do young men avoid the me-
and agricultural pursuits to be-
come clerks in stores and shops to avoid
irksome labor. The rush in this direction
was forcibly illustrated by gentleman
who desired to test this point. He adver-
tised recently in the Philadelphia Ledger
for young men to engage in mechanical
pursuits, after waiting week be had no
applications. He then changed his add
vertisement for week, for young men to
become clerks in mercantile establishments,
and he received three hundred applica-
tons The growing aversion to mechani
cal pursuits is becoming really alarming.
There are two classes who never sue
coed. Those who are always waiting and
those who never wait. Mr.. McCaw Der in
Dickens is an example of one class, he
was Railways waiting for something to
turn up" The habitual waiter or hesita-
tor never succeeds. This should be
changed. Let young men take hold and
turn the lever themselves The never
walters, rush headlong and make ship
wreck of their hopes and fortunes, SO
madly do they push forward without
discretion or judgment The rush to get
rich,-to secure sudden wealth and dis
tinction, is so great that few are able to sus-
oalu tuSHiselNeS duu are potent ODSIdCt6b
in the push of success.
The young men of the present era are
eager to begin life where their fathers left
off. They foresee the path to be trod, and
the tolls and fatigues of marches he made
to reach the elevation from which he COM
mitted to them the legacy of his labors
The frequent change of business by indi-
viduals is proving disaster to individu-
ais and society. The thoughts pursued
in this address are earnest and practical,
intended to arrest the young men who
are just passing, but to battle with the
stern realities of life, that they may earn
estly seek the sphere for which their tai
ent fits them and by industry, persever-
ance and integrity win their own way to
success 1t is not every competitor that
will carry off a prize. 1t is the earnest
worker in every department of life that
will succeed. With laborsand his talents
suited TO his occupation a young man will
succeed. ...
The address of Gen. Davis was care
fully prepared, methodical, full of precti-
cal suggestion, without any attempt at
rhetorical DISPLAY delivered in a n1ein ve+