The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-23
GtreQnteuigsuesr,
Recovering the Lost.

"The greatest clerks ben not the wiiCst men,
CInuCgG.
Ithas been remarked Of Warren Hast.
ings that the dream Of his life was the re.
covcry Of his ancestral home OF Dayes.
ford. For that he worked and dared.
Tor that he put into full force the extra
ordinary power Of his will, and for that
he even sometimes forgot the dictates Of
conscience. 1t Is very likely that without
that idea he would have lived on in ease
and comparative obscurity and never
have become the man OF history, which
he has, His subsequent efforts, ii is
reasonable to suppose, were not made for
the sake Of gaining name among his
contemporaries, or to immortalize him.
self in history, but to regain his standing
among the gentry OF England and to get
back his beloved DaylestOrd. lntbe his.
tory OF this country We have many in.
stances Of men whose entire energies at
ter the loss offame and fortune were bent
upon recovering the same. They all had
gone through great deal Of tribulation,
their nerves had become strong, their
skins thickened and hardened by fighting
with adversely and by abuse heaped upon
them. We will only mention the case
Of Edward Livingstone, Of New York
whose life has been 80 well portrayed by
Charles Hunt. Being Of a trusting ma.
ture and rather careless in his financial
matters, he failed. Going through a Pc
Rod OF over-sensitiveness which led him
to rather avoid public observation, he
finally formed the strong resolution OF
reconquering what he had lost. How
we'll he succeeded we all know, yet, had
it not been for his downfall, his name
would now, in all probability, be men,
toned very little. His misfortune
brought out all the strong points OF his
character, and the world knows him As
one OF the best thinkers and iurists this
country ever produced. His "Penal
Code" will live forever. We find Il sim
liar case in the history OF the great com.
poser Handel. 1t is we'll known that,
not being Of n cringingnature, and rather
unfortunate in winning the good opin-
ions OF the aristocracy, he frequently and
mortaIly offended them. In l74j he be.
came a bankrupt, owing to the malevo-
lent opposition OF the nobility. But his
was not mind TO be forever depressed
about his misfortune. lie went to work
maniully to reconQuer the lost, and the
consequence was that at his death he was
worth 100000. Handel possessed
great deal OF vitality and physical
endurance, which, together with his
uncomfortable will, enabled him TO
survive alloppCsition. twas somewhat
different with Mozart whose sensitive
ness remained the same all his lie, and
who died young, reaching only The age
oi thirty.ive. Feeling keGnIy the sights
that were put upon him constantly, with
organism strongly susceptible to every
charge, with body feeble and weak and
unable TO support his great creative
miHd, yoked to the iuerest mechanical
duties forever in need Of funds, wasting
hl' life away for the procurement merely
Of the daily necessities of lie, his ambi.
ton Of i comfortable future was cut short
byau early death. Had he been possessed
OF greater physical powers he would
probably have outlived his i'll luck.
forster, in his Essay on decision
OF character" mentions the story Of y
prodigal, who had sold his paternal es-
tate and spent the last pence OF the pro.
ceeds in rioting. Being overcome by re.
morse, he seated himself upon M emf
nenCe, where he could overlook the fair
fields and woods that now were gone from
him. Then and there he vowed he would
have them back, and after years oil ener-
sy, industry and parsimony, he succeeded.
Walter SCOTS later years were devoted
TO the same cause, the resusciiatlOn OF his
former independence. Alas, MA Consci.
tntiousnes5 and nobility OF mind made
him undertake too much and he died in
Ihecilort.
1t is strange that the world will not
always lend helping hand to those who
are determined to recorquer. The world
IS merely selfish world and afraid OF
losses. An individual who has failed
once may fail again. Suspicious Gre
alive and watChihl eyes upon him. II
he happens to be person Of small phys.
i1al organism, or Of great sensitiveness
and pride and Keen feeling oil the in.
Justice OF the world; il his nerves have
not ben braced sufficiently by igHomy: ii
the metal OF his soul is not fully hardened
hy ill.treatment;if he lacks y lively faith
IN an all seeing aud justice loving God, he
may, perhaps, go under and be heard OF
no more upon the trarkles5 ocean OF lie.
But il the case is different, il bodily
health and strength sustaius him; ii there
i IN ever swelling fountain OF energy;
Il he has become invulnerable to the silly
ireitings Of friends and foes all around
him; il he believes in God who will see
him through, he will rcconQuer the lost,
and his name will be mentioned again
with love, admiration and enthusiasm.
Says Goethe:
cOwardiy thinking,
The heart away shaking.
WomAuiah planning
Your souls paintul stralninI
WI turn not affection
Will nc'cT set thee free.
lat In spite Of all power
LhN Saln,t Thea may lower,
SeNeTi never a-bsudlng,
But yigor for that cndIus
hcullng the hep
" the strong gJls to thee,
Mann