Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-08-05

This il an epoch OF elevators. We do not
climb to our rooms in tho hotel we ride. We do
not reach the upper stories Of Stewards by slow
and patient steps We arc lifted there. The
Simplon is crossed by railroad, and steam has
usurped the place Of the Alpen-stock on the
Wgh. The climb which used to give MS health
on Mount Holyoke, and q beautiful prospect
with the reward Of rest, IL now purchased for
twenty-five cents Of = stationary engine.
II our efforts to get our bodies into the air by
machinery were not complemented by our efforts
to get our lives up in the same way, we might
not find much fault with them but, in truth,
Tie tendency everywhere = to gss VI in The aHs
cminence-even ambitions for usefulness-
arc altogether In advance Of the willingness for
The amount Of vaporing, among young men and
young Xomen, who desire to de- something which
some6d else Is doing-sometlnng far in ad-
vance Of their present powers-is fearful and
most lamentable. They are not willing to climb
the stairway thsy must 60 Up r. IN an Sevssor
Of weary hours, under broiling sun; they wonld
40 up In car with an umbrella over their heads
They are unable, or unwilling, to recognize the
fact that, in order to do that worry beautiful
20 slowly through the discipline, through tho
maturing processes Of ime. through the patient
work, which have made him what he is, and
fitted him for his sphere Of life and labor. In
short, they arc not willing to do their next duty,
and take what comes Of it.
No man now standing on an eminence Of in
flusnce and power, and doing great work has ar
rived at his position by going up in an elevator.
He took the stairway. step by step. ne
climbed the rocks, often with bleeding hands.
He prepared himself by the work Of climbing
for the work he is doing. He never accomplish
cd one inch Of his elevation by standing at the
| foot of the stairs with his mouth open and long.
ing. There Ia no royal road to anything good
not even to wealth. Money that has not been
paid for in life Is not wealth. Itgoes "a i comes
There 10 no element Of permAnence In it. The
man who reaches his money in an elevator does
not know how to enjoy it; 30 it is not wealth Z
him, To get high position without climbing
to IL, to win wealth without earning II, TO DO NM
work without the discipline necessary to ita per
| formAnce, to bo famous or useful, or Ornamenta
without preliminary cost, seems TO be the uni
| yersal desire Of the young. The children woul'
begin where tho fathers leave of.
What exactly il tho secret Of true snccess u
life ? 1t 10 to do, without hinching,. and witt
uttor faithfulness, the ttuty that stands next B
ono. When q man has mastered the dutis
around him, he is ready for those Of highe
grade and lie takes naturally ono step upward
When he has mastered tho duties at the ne'
grade, he goes on climbing. There are no sur
prisoa to the man who arrives At emincnos le
ultimately. 1t 10 entirely natural that he shoul
be there, and he ia ~ much At home there, an
~ little elAted, ~ when he was working patient
" at the foot OF the Htairs. There are height
above him, and lie remains humble, and simple
Preaclments are Of little avsil, perhaps /; br
when one comes into contact with 10 many me
and women who pat aspiration in the place {
psrspiration, and yearning for earning, and lont
ing for labor, he ia tempted to say to then
Stop looking up, and look around you y
the work that hrst comes to your hands, and
1t well. Take no upward step until you come
it naturally, and have won the power to hold
Tho top, in this little world, is not 80 very lig
and patient climbing will bring you to It ere yc
arc aware."-Dr. j. u. Holland Scribne1 u
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