The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-05-06
81 Have No Chauce.o

~" y soy Iu1os yOuuS W0u. Ou
have five chances on each hand
Then you have ttirty-six at least
in your head. Every faculty you
have will vote you into office if you
will only enfranchise it, ana form
a confederation between the free
men in your brain and the freemen
at the ends of your arms.
Chances, plenty Of them, fall un
der our eyes, if we have only eyes
to see them and hands to pick them
up.
The falling of an apple was the
opportunity for Newton to solve
the secret of the skies.
A floating seaweed drifting by
the vessel when the crew were ut
tering mutinous threats was the
chance seized by Columbus to
pacify an incipient rebellion, and
to inspire his men with the prom
ise of q new continent and new
world Of enterprise.
The picking up of pin in a
street Of Paris by poor boy, as
he was going from a great bank,
saddened at the denial of his ap-
plication for place, was the found
ing OF the success and the pros
perity Of one of the great bankers
OF the queen city of the world.
That simple act, illustrative of the
economical spirit, was observed
from the window; the lad was re-
called at the same moment. In
dustry, patience and honesty did
the rest.
A chance remark from a peasant
girl in an obscure country district
falling upon the ear of the young,
observing thinker, DR.. Jenner, gave
vaccination to the world. and saves
hundreds of lives annually.
A pewter plate founded the Peel
family. Robert, in the poor coun-
try about Blackburn, seeing a large
family growing up about him, felt
that some source of income must
be added to the meagre products
of his little farm. He quietly con-
Quoted experiments in calico print
ing in his own home. One day,
thoughtfully handling pewter
plate, from which one of the chill
dren bad just dined, he ske.ched
upon its smooth surface the out.
lines of a parsley leaf, and filing
this with coloring matter he was de
lighted to find that the impression
cound be accurately conveyed to
the surface Of cotton cloth. Here
was tie first suggestion toward
calico printing from metal rollers
The parsley leaf' on the pewter
plate opened up world of indus.
try to Lancashire. aad Sir Robert
Peel to this day is called in the
neigh5orhood Of Blackburn "Pars
ley Peel"
Richard Arkwright, the thir-
teenth child in hovel, with no
knowledge Of leiters-an under
ground barbar, with vixen for a
wife, who smashed up his models
and threw them up-gave his sue
cessful spinning model to the
world, and put sceptre in Eng
lands right hand such as the Queen
never welded.
A jumping teakettle lid is said
to have put the steam into that
boys head who gave us the great
giant Of modern industry.
A kite and a KEY in Franklin 9
hands were the grand parents of
our telegraphs, and all the bless
ings Of modern inventions apply
ing electricity.
Don't say you have no chance,
young man! You have the same
chance, and better, than the worlds
greatest and best men have en-
joyed. "Men uniformly overrate
riches and underrate their own
strength the former will do far
less than we Suppose aud the latter
far more"
"The longer I live" say. one of
earth's noble sons, '.the more
am certain that the great difference
between the feeble and the power
full, the great and Insignificant, is
energy-invincible determination
"a purpose once fixed and then,
death or victory! That quality
will do anything that can be done
in the world; and no talents. no
circumstances, 20 opportunities,
will be worth much without it.