Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

The words punctuality and punctuF
both come from the Latin word
'%anetaa, a point, and the value Of both
nay be said to consist in placing points
in their proper locality. We
al know how necessary it Is, in order
to understand the printed or written
page, that the comma, semicolon and
period should mark the proper divi-
and also the unfortunate mis-
takes which the want of these. little
or their careless displacement,
may produce. Much more essential is
it, both for our own well-being and
that Of others, that we learn correctly
and exactly to punctuate our time.
The evils OF finishing an important
letter too late for the post, arriving at
the depot just after the train has
started, Of failing to meet an urgent
engagement, or see a valued friend, or
to obtain the physician on whose pres
ence a life may depend, are so obvious
that their frequency may well be a
matter Of establishment. The evils
that are the most manifest are not the
only injuries that result from unpunct-
mlity. Money Is but the representa-
tive of labor, and all labor demands
time, therefore he who wastes the time
of others by his tarliness Is guilty of
dishonesty. He has detracted by so
much from another's power of labor.
thus depriving the community of the
good that might have been rendered,
and the individual of the returns he
might have received. 1t may be said
that the amount Of good thus squan-
dered Is so small as to be unworthy
of notice, but the fact Is we
can never know how great it is.
If n number Of persons, as in
a committee, or a family, are de-
layed five minutes by the tardiness of
one member, each one loses that
amount of time, and n whole hour is
frequently thus sacrificed. AS zone
can tell what might have been effected
by some Of the party in that wasted
time, so there can be no estimate of
the amount of the los. Punctunlity
is then n moral duty, and its violation
may in no wise be regarded as a light
matter, only involving Inconvenience
to 4 few, but must be looked upon rs Il
breach of honesty. A press Of duties
is often pleaded as nj excuse for I'M
punctuality. But we usually find that
the punctual man is he who accom-
plishcs the largest amount of business
in the best manner, while it is chiefly
the oilers Of society who are addicted
to this fault. There is indeed 4 class
of busy tdlers, who, perhaps more
than any others, fail in this virtue of
punctuality. They look at their work
in the aggregate, and are frightened at
its bulk but having no system, though
they may begin it with fervor, they
suffer n part to overrun the time Of
another, and soon get into confusion.
Nervously busy, and exhausted with
unnecessary friction, they yet accom-
plish far less than Others, who, by
system and regularity, pursue
their avocations with comparative
ease. System is indeed the soul of
punctuality. As the arrangements Of
the authors thoughts, ideas and words
into their natural divisions, Is the
foundation and cause Of his punctua-
ton, so the systematic arrangement of
time lies at the root, and is the chief
source of punctuality. Life is long
enough for all the proper purposes of
life, if they are only arranged with
forethouSht. Time is not the only
thing in which punctuality is requisite.
In the matter of payments that may
not be legally enforced, though justly
due, the lack of this virtue is ever pro-
ducing grievous injuries. If the an
guish of disappointment that is fire.
quertly experienced by the poor, when
their rightful dues are withheld or de
layed by thoughtlessness oil neglect,
could be opened to the view, it would
reveal n picture of injury and wrong
that would sadden every heart. And
into every duty this element Of pune
tuality enters. Every known duty,
faithfully and punctually performed,
Is q ean of elevation to the indivi-
dual and Of benefit to the community,
while one who suffers himself to pro
crastinate duty and put on what is
hard or unpleasant. will gradually
lose both his own self-respect and the
esteem of others.
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