The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-01-15

TIL \, ~ HOLLAND,
T. the Young men annual, making
their entrance upon active life. will
grea. ambitions conscious capacities an,
high hopes, tho rreslcc, IL. in ninety
nine eases III hundred. mos, pcrrlcx
ing. The, see every avenue to prosper
i'y threngci viii, their sal.riofs IN ex.
rcrlenec. IN s9eial advantages. aud IL
tho possession u all tho elements and
condition q su'eess. Every ros, i &c,
curicd, ever, office filled. every patti
crowded. Where saall they iinl room.
|, il rclatcdof Mr.. Webster tha, when
a young lawyer suggested % him thu,
the profession IL which hc had devoted
himself was eserrrowled, tho great man
replied. .iounr man there il ALWAYS
room enough II the top. Never was
a wiser " hnrn suggestive word said
There undoubtedly is always rom,
enough whore excellence lives Alr.
Wc'.s:nr was not troubled i.l lack u
room, Mr Clay an1 nr. caliuun weru
never crowded. Mr., l.yu,ts. Mr.
Gushing, anil VI D'runor have 1 nty
~ space around tl.etu ~, n.~.l,,s.
l,r. Storrs, l'r, Hall. Mr. l'billlIs
Brooks wnn,l ne,erknpw. Ia their per.
ssHal eNrvlirn,e, that il vas hard IL
nh,aia desirable ministerial r'args.
llr profession i. nj crowded. nlcrc
they ate, -. Et,w,.setanpl. nr.
Willard rnkrr, l'r. Hammond. arc
nat troubled &c .faer II. ,arir ,n4Ns.
Mhcn Neatnn dipj In Paris. hc ,.,va
Ike Y - ~ Il mountain Whom
Nnn Graeie ,liel il lctlin. lr Lad no
neighhpr at liz altitude.
|, i we'll, ilrA, that all young me-,
remember ;l.ai nothing will 10 ,lnm 10
m'leh Injury A. quick alrl cnsy success.
an'l tat nothing viii tlp illrm VI ,uutl,
good ~ a struggle which teaches then,
exactly wla, there IN iu them, cduea,.
them gradual, to lis use. ins,rnets
them IN personal economy, drills them
into patient and PERSISTENT habit of
w"rk, all Keeps them ut the iop. VI the
ladder until they become strong enough
to hold every s,cp they arc enablca to
gain. Tie first years rf ever, mnn i
business or professional lifc aro years
ot education. They arr intended IL be
in tho order of nature anl Providence.
Doors 10 NJ. opch toa man until hc "
prepared 10 enter them Tho man
wi.hun, q wedding garment may ~. III
surreItitiously, but he Immediately gucs
cut with flea In his ear. We think
il n tho experience a msst successful
men VIZ have watched tho coulso II their
lises in retrospect. that whenever they
have arrived al a point where they
were thoroughly prepared % r. W high.
or, the deor 10 higher place has
swung back of itsclf, and tl,cy have
heard tho call 70 enter. Tho best men
who stand ready 10 sako their plaeca
will succeed to their positi on and i,s
Eonors aud cnlum nis
Tho young man will ray thnt only n
few can reach tho top. That II true,
but il il also truc that tho further from
tho hottom ono goes. tho moro scatter
ing the ncghborhood, Onc can fancy.
for illustration, that every calling Is
pyramiLal IN its living constituency,
aud lhnt while only ono man In ut the
top. there arc several ti,rs of mon
hoiuw him who have plenty of clboa
room, md Tint IL only 4. hc base that
men are ), thick tha. thcy pick the
meat out II onc ancther's teeth u
keep them from starving. la man has
40 power % got nut Of tho rabblo 1t
tho bottom. then l,c il sclf.convict,d
4 having chosen calling cr profession
to whcsc duties hua no adaptation,
Tho grand mistake sha. young men
make, during tho hr.t ton years of,hrlr
bns'nrss anl professional lifc, u N ial,
waiting sur their chance, They 1ecA
70 tnrgo,, Or they do mt know. thu
during these Ten years .hoy only tlc
onl, leisure the, will ever have After