The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-15
Making Money.

one which we give our attention to the most
directly from day to day, is how to acquire
all the wealth that we can. If we are not
rich, we certainly wish to be. If we are
rich we wish to be richer. But we do not
entertain this idea 50 much for the sake of
the money as we do for the sake Of what the
money will do for us, and for the sake Of
what it will enable us to do, if we choose,
for Others who are treading the pathway
of life around US
Some one has said, and the assertion ap-
pears to be quite as true to-day as ever, that
'when men engaged in business, one chief
object is to gain money, and the object is
certainly praiseworthy. 1t is eyeryone's
duty to provide for the wants of the material
man, and so that he does so honestly, the
man does best who makes the most money.
And in this we do not at all countenance the
idea that one may make money at the ex-
pense Of his mental or his moral nature, for
he who starves his mind or dwarfs his soul
is dishonest, and with the worst SPECIES
Of dishonesty, for he is dishonest to him
SELF"
Furthermore, it has been remarked times
without number, that 'eyery man is the
architect of his own fortune" But the
statement still needs to be made, and made
again, till every young man, yes, and every
young woman in the land, shall know and
feel the full force of this truth.
Not advantages of birth, or wealth, or
education, neither talent, nor genius, nor
opportunity, make the man or woman, but
their own efforts. 1t is their own right arm
and indomitable enterprise that achieve
for them success, wealth and renown, and
that
"Pluck bright laurcis from the pale faced moon,
Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
And drag up drowned honor by the locks"
Again, would man be successful, it is
necessary that he understand the business in
which he is engaged. The physician, the
lawyer, and the minister, snend years in
acquiring knowledge of their professions !;
the mechanic spends years in mastering his
trade; the merchant begins perhaps as
errand-boy, and works his way up to clerk,
book-keeper, and finally partner; and the
successful farmer is generally he who has
been brought up on the farm, and who thus
knows, by experience, when, how, and what
to SOW, and when to reap
Still other ney-making qualifications
are industry, energy and perseverance. Bat
we need not amplify with regard to these,
for it seems almost preposteroas to tell any
body that he must work if he would do any,
thing, that he must work with a will if he
accomplish much, and that if he have not
sufficient pluck to persevere when triAing or
even great Obstacles are opposed to him, he
will most likely fail altogether.
1t makes no difference how hard we task
ourselves in the pursuit Of wealth, for the
pleasure that we take with it. and the en-
joyment that it afterward affords us, is suf-
ticient pay, if rightly used, for all the toll
and anxiety that it costs us. Still, call is
not gold that glitters," nor is the road to
wealth always leading US along through a
land of perennial flowers. Perchance there
will come days Of darkness to overshadow
our way. The winds of adversely may over
take us, but they cannot long retard us in
our course, or deter US from our work, if We
have fully determined in ourselves to sur
mount every obstacle in our way to get
money.
And we can get it, if we will but work
for it. The assistance of friends may be
beneficial to us; but, relying altogether on
our own exertions, with that motto firmly
planted in our bosoms, Good helps the man
who tries to help himself we cann,t fail
to succeed. The struggles and trials Of life,
though they may fall thick and fast around
US, will then only make us the stronger in
our endeavors to persevere in doing the best
we can to make money. We may have
doubtful forebodings, and hindrances and
discOuragements to overcome, but since we
have made up our minds that from no fault
of our own shall we lack success, we shall
at last realize all our anticipations to their
fullest extent, and eventually attain the
golden ends for which we sought.