Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-07-13
VIII He succeed.

In nine cases out of ten no mans
life will be a success If he does not
bear burdens in childhood If the
fondness or vanity of father or moth
cr have kept him from hard labor; If
another always helped him out of
the end of a row; if, instead OF TAX
ing his turn at pitching of, he NOW
ell away all the time-ln short, II
what was light always fell 20 him
and what was heavy about the same
work 10 some one else If ne has
been permitted to shirk until shirk-
ing has become "a habit-unless a
miracle is wrought, his life will be
failure, and the blame viii not be
balf 50 much his ss that Of weak,
foolish parents.
On the other part, if IA boy has
been brought up 10 do his part, neY-
Cr allowed 70 ~hiTk any legitimate
responsibility, or 10 dodge work,
whether or lot il made his heart
ache or his hands black-until bear
INK heavy burdens becomes a mat
ter Of pride, the parents, as they
bid him goodbye, may dismiss their
/ fears his lie VIII not be bB-i-
ness failure. The elements of sue
cess are his, sud az some time and
in some way the world viii recOg-
niZe his capacity. Take another
point Money is the object Of the
worlds pursuit. IL gives bread
and clothing, and hOmes and COM
fort The world has net judged
wholly Unwisely when il has made
the position he occupies To hinge
com paTauvciy, more or less on his
ability TO earn money, and on the d
mount Of his possessions. If he IL
miserably poor, IL argues some de-
feet in his expenditures, or a lack Of
| fitness 70 cope with men in the bat
tie for gold. When 4 country boy
leaves home il is generally to enter
upon some business, the end Of
which Is to acquire property; and he
will succeed just in proportion as he
has been made to earn and save in
| his childhood.
II all the money he has had comes
OIL planting a little patch in the
spring, and selling its produce, after
weary months of watching and toll,
in the faIl-Or from killing wood
chueks al six cents a head--or from
trapping muskrats and selling their
skins for a shilling setting snares
in the fal for game, and walking
miles in the morning before the Old
folks were up-husking corn for
neighbOr, on moonlight evenings, at
two cents a bushels working out
an occasional day that hard work
az home has made possible-he Is
good TO make his pile in the world.
On the contrary, if a boy never
earned dOllar-if parents and
friends had always Kept him IN
spending mouey-pennies 10 buy
candies and fish hooks, and 10 salts
" his INA aglnaIIve W8y-and he had
( grown 10 manhood IN the sxpectan-
cy tkat the world will generally
treat him with similar consideration.
ne viii always be a maks-shift.
And the fault Is not so much his a.
! that OF those about him, who never
made the boy depend on himself
/ did not make him wait SIX months
/ 70 rct money to replace 9 lost Jack
knife.
Eyogy one has TO rough II at one
time or another. IF the rOughing
comes i'll JovLOOd. il does good. +!
.lLsr. when habits are formed, Il is
equally UOuEl, but, not being eIuaa-
} tl0l4!. j. generally useless And
. the question whether "a yuuag man
viii succeed IL making money or
not depends buJ upon lis willing
ness 20 do his part, and upon Ills
LzvIu- earned money, and 80 gained
. knowledge of iJ7 worth Not .
/ littlu Of his valuable experience the
country boy gets on the old farm.
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