The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-06

To vo,,nr men about masking their
entrance upon actual life, with grea, am
billions, conscious capacities, ana hlg@
hopes, the prospect is, in nlnety~n'he
eases out of a hundred, NEST f'erpteSlh3.
They see every avenue TO prosperity
.througed with their supcriors IN expert
Aence, in social advantages, ard IL INC
posscssion of all the cleraentS ana CON
,ditions of success. Every post Is occu-
MED. every o3Acc filed, every path
crowded. Where shall wc find room?
It is related of Mr.. Webster thai when a
Young lawyer suggested to inm ina inc
profession to which Ic had DEVOTED HIM
self was over crowded, the great man re-
pied: Young man, there Is always room
at the top" Never was Il wiser OF mere
surpestiye word said. There undounted-
" is always room enough where excel
lency lives. Mr.. Webster was not troub-
led for lack of room. Mr.. Clay and Mr..
Calhoun were ncycrcrowded Alr. tFHtS'
Mr. Cushing ard Mr.. O'Connor have
plcnty of space around them. MI Beech
.er DR.. Storrs, DR., Hall, Philips, BROOKS
world never know, ia their personal OK
pericnce, that il was tard to obtain a &C.
.sirable ministerial charge. The probes
sion is not crowded where they are. pr.
Brown-Seouard, DR.. Willard Parker, Dr.
Hammond, are not troubled for space tor
their elbows. When Nelaton died In
Paris, he died, like Moses, on a. noun
tain When Won Grccte died in Berlin.
he had no neighbor at his altitude.
II is we'll, first, that all young men re-
suember that nothing will do them so
much injury as quick and easy success
and that nothing will do them SO much
good as Il struggle which teaches 'he''
exactly what there is in them, cnacates
them gradually to lis use, instructs iheil
in personal economy, drills tGem INTO d
naticrt and persistent habit OF Work, ana
a,.c, c them al the foot of the ladder un-
ii, they become strong enough 10 hoHl
every step they arc enabled to gam. he
first wears OF every mans buslness or pre-
fessiona, life arc years OF EDUCATION
zy,cv arc ;u.endel 10 be in the order oil
nature and Providence Doors do MOI
snnen to Il man until Ike is prepared TO en-
spr them. Tie mas Without a wcdaine
garment NAV get oat with Il flea IN his
ar We think it is t,c experience OF
,nos, successful men who have watched
oh. course of their lives in retrospect
.hat whencrer they Aase arrived -ns a
,o;nt where they are Thoroughly prepared
.. mn higher, The door TO II higher
o,,ace has swung back of Itself, n the,
s,,ye heard the cali :: e-ter. ihs ole
die or voluntarily retire for rest ms
s,ss, men who stand ready 10 take 'he'
x,aces win succeed 10 their positions an'
Eta honurs and ennoluments.
The young men will say that onit
ex can reach the top. That IS true, bn
/. 80 o,so true that the further from IN
bottom one gets, the more scattering IN
-.;chborbood One can fancy, for illus
arAt,on. shat every calling is Pyral'isda
:. &c ecrstircncr and that, while onit
na, ia At the top, there are severa
.rs of men below him who nave p'eh'
- a,hoy room. and that it is only at IN
-. ,t,at men are so thick that the
nick the meat out Of one ano'hers 'ee'l
70 keen them from starving. II Il NJ"
has no powcr TO get out Of the raooie a
.he hottom, tlien he is seif-conEicted 0
,,avfu(chosesa a calling or profession L
n.bosc duties lse has DO adaptation.
The grand mistake that young me