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

make, during the first ten years OF their
| business and professional cares, is In idly
waiting for their chance. They seem to
forget or they do not know, that during
those ten years they enjoy the only ieis-
! urc they will ever have. After ten years,
| in the natural course of things, they VIII
be Accordingly busy. There will be no
time for reading, culture and study, II
| they do not become thoroughly grounded
in the principles and practical details OF
their profession during these years; If
they do not store their minds with useful
knowledge; if they do not pursue habits
of reading and observation, and socia'
intercourse which result i'll culture, inc
ouestion whether they will ever rise 10
occupy a place where there is room enough
f,r Them will be decided in the negative.
The Young physicians and young lawyers
$ who sit idly in their offices ana iouhse
1 away their time waiting for something
t 10 turn up" are by that course fastening
l themselves for life TO the lower stratum,
c where their struggle for a bare livelihood
is TO be perpetual. The first ten years
5 are golden years, that should DC h'iea
with perpetual reading and obscrvatl n.
c Everything that tends to professional ex-
c cellcnce should be an object OF daily
nursuit. To such men the doors OF sue
n ccss oncn of themselves at last. WORK
seeks the best hands as naturally do
wafer runs down hill, and it never seeks
le the hands OF a t%rifler, Or OF one whose
8 recommendation for work is that he
he needs it. Young men do not know very
at much ANYWAY, and the lime always comes
" TO these who become worthy, when 'hes
IL look hack with wonder upon their gooe
e. %oninion of requirements and themselves
he There is another point that ought no
re to be overlooked in the treatment OF thl
H. subicct. Young men look about then
Ii and see a great measure of worldly sue
III cess awarded to men without princll'le
They see the trickster crowned with pun
n lie honors, they see the swindler Io''ihl
II in wealth, they see the sharp man. I'll
IL cyerrcaching man, the unprinclp!ed mar
M the liar, the d~emagogue, the time server
e. the trimmer, the scoundrel who cunning
no manages, through constantly disobeyln
n neral law and trampling OF social coui
S. tcsy, 10 keep himself out OF the ciutche
M of the legal police, carrying OIL prizes @
I" wealth and place. All this is a demora
H. ling puzzle and a fearful temp'a'lo,
ire and multieudes of young men are not o'
ICE - lEt They ought 10 Qnucl
stand that ia this wicked world there
ks q great deal of room where there IS II
in tepr,ty. Great trusts may be sought D
es- ~scoundrels, but great trusts never sec
be them; and perfect integrity is at a pr
his MUM even among scoundrels. Incl
es7 are some trusts that they will never col
cry fer on each other. There are occasion
lbt when they need the services Of true mel
not and they do not tiEd tlaem III shoals an
bic in She nsud, but aksne and in pure waite
nav In tire realm eff eminent requirement
'e' and emincat Integrity there is alwa.
Mas room enough. Let no young man OF !
Ma dustry and perfect honesty despair D
ms conse his profession is crowded. l.
lima always remember that there IS roc
HI enough at the top, and that the qucst'
oc'- whether he is eQe- to reach the top,
WI rise above the crowd at the base OF I
lc@ pyramid, wiz be decided by the way
ihe which he improves the first ten years
en- ,:-...;., Eta in securing to himself
'h'e profession and a sound moral ana INT
lectual culture.-En