Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-04-15
Importance Of business Habits,

al Il COntEACl, lulllult UNCF n CVtu~
ny of old musty writings, \ slave TO
~ own business; or, what is worse
those of another man, as 50 many
10, nowadays, TO get money. l
could never prevail with m yseif eth
ar to read over my deeds or examine
my principal affairs, which ought of
necessity to pass through my kuowl-
edge and inspection. | had rather be
told at two months end that | have
spent four hundred crowns, than 10
bave my a r battered every night
with three, five, seven.'" The aver
sion ior business details which Mon-
taigue thus expressed, is entertained
by very many who have not formed
business habits in youth. Rather
than "bother their heads with &C
counts they will incur the risk of
financial losses. They dislike the
sight of figures and serenely grow
ohlivious 10 all the rules ofarithmetic
acquired in boyhood. And yet no
individual yields TO This repugnsnce
without doing injustice TO himself
and those in any way dependent upon
him, and ultimately being compelled
along with Montague, to bitterly
mourn "such ineXcusable childish
~laliness and negligence" Those
whose lives are not devoted to money
making, "a least of all afford TO neg
lect the care of what money does
come into their possession. The very
fact that their resources are small
should act as an additional incentive
for carefully outstanding them. But
instead of this being the case. it is
quite too common for those engaged
in professional pursuits TO disdain, or
assume TO disdain. money-gctting or
saving, holding that they are incon-
sistent with genus or the attainment
OF professional eminence. "The wis
DOM" wrote Bacon, ''touching nego-
tiation or business. hath not been
hitherto collected into writing, to the
great d6rogation of learning and the
profession of learning" How often
do we find a minister who boasts, that
he leaves every thing of a pecuniary
nature to his wife to attend, or a phv.
stefan who declares, with perhaps q
fcigned indifference, that he never
looks after bad debts. Ten to one il
such persons do not always have tC
maintain a struggle with poverty.
Lamartine, in middle life, frequently
gave expression to u contempt fol
arithmetic, and in declining years hi.
hat was kept in constant circulation
Hallitt pictureda business man as o
grOyeling individual requiring "nC
ideas but those of custom and inter,
est. Bnt had he looked upon bust.
ness habits and prudence in a differ.
ent light, he might have spent the
rSentide of his lite in quiet and repos,
instead of having to keep his pen TN,
ceasingly at work for bread money
This disregard of money matters ex.
plains, more than any thing else, VIII,
it is that so MANY who live by brain
work never achieve pecuniary indie
pendencc. No matter how mucl
they might earn. their pockets woulC
always bt sleeves.
Instead OF checking professional o
intellectual advancement and prefer
ment, business training and expert
ence directly promote them. Napo
leon the Great Wellington, Isaac New
ton, Spencer, Ricardo, Wordsworth
Scott, DR.. johnson, and Fox, affor,
striking illustrations of how nue.
individuals, though not.pursuing ind
fvidual pursuits, arc benefited by busl
ness habits. 1t is written of Wei
/. lington, that "his magnificent bushes
qualities were everywhere felt, b
tie care with which he provided 70
!, every contingency, and the persons
attention which he gave to every de
t tail, he laid the foundations" of hi
: treat success" Where men cor nj
+ TONS" declares Samuel Smiles, "hav
: br, ken down it will almost invariabl
: be found that neglect of little thing
: was th2 rock on which they split
:. Neatly all young men leave collee
Ignorant of the most ordinary detail
E of business, and thousands of alumni
scattered through the country, to-da
5 keenly regret that some of the tin
given to the study of classics was NJ
spent in obtaining knowledge of Il
: practical matters of life" Most {
our universities of learning are no
making a feature of physical cultur
V They should go 4 step further, an
il make the formation of business habi
IN important part Of the curriculum
It at the same time deprecating Il
ceiling of contempt for such habi
nd training which now prevails
s llrgely among collegians. 1t wi
a generally be found that the alum
who have made their mark IN Il
: world, were compelled by poverty
o contrive and plan how TO make Dol
) ends meet, when pursuing their co
legc cOurse, thus obtaining the exp
rience and training outside of ii
g course which he comprised in it, IL
the benefit OF all, rich and poor alik
Whatever vOcations parents ms
intend their children to pursue, tht
S should very early impress upon the
4 the importance of acquiring busine
8 habits. II Is q good plan 10 proyit
g them with miniature memoranda
books, and teach them TO keep a dali
i record of their finances, giving the
Il penny for this and that thing, no
s and then dedUcting from their luca
y for otlenses committed, and requirir
5 them TO daily balance their account
No'thing, we are satisfied from pc
Y sonal observation, is so calculated
sharpen the wits Of juverilos, to IN
press them with the Importance
Il economy and foresight, as early trail
ing Of this character.
What tleVes Are.
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