, 1880-01-17
A Mans Best Capabilities Can Be
Brought Ont Only by Over
- work.
Hh'h fou Want An}thIng Done, do Aos ts Eta Of
Leisure, but 10 1lasy Keu.
a Pressure Of Work Makes the Mental
Machinery Go faster--some Re-
markabla INSTANCES.
The Busiest Mon ThOso Who HIVE Most
Time for Extra Work.

Klnu anN NAso lGtt Rre1t W0TKS Oonlnu lN0E1
.-lIavs Ind to live under pressure, witl,
strained energies, ttt,l the sense Of having
loo iHuclt 10 TIL? It seems III If met, could
hardly become great un,lcr the conditions Of
cahu, lcfsurcly life. A 1n1t canl,ot run at
tis fAstest, or swt,n Ills f1rtl,est, In ordinary
circumstances; liz must be running IN hi
exeEiing face, or swimming for dear lffc, 10
dU his best II rarely APPEARS whut Il man Is
cnpable uf tilt lu Is put to lsls mettlc. Necrs-
stty Is II wonderful cducntor, Il wonderful
cnlargrr anti Qulckener Of mems faculties.
We lately rend MI account Of n prlntfnx-Ma-
chine which from eight cylinders call print
and fold al5ott 10000 newspapers tit AIT
hour. Wl,nt but tho pressure of necessity
could nyer llnyo made machinery accomplish
suGl, wonders2 1t ,lecsls soubtling OF tho
same sort to take the most out Of human
faculties. Under tic pressure, tho faculties
become enur9cd and u,ttckened, ind are thus
Capable Of producing results that oalm lolsurn
hover nttains.
Still It Ia true that overvork Is an evil. 1t
Is more-
n IL OFTEN A MURDERER.
Sir Wa1tor Scott, Sir Jnnes Simpson, DR..
Norman Macleod, ard many others certainly
did not live 10 the end uf their dnys, and 1t
wns overwork TINT robbed them OF the resi-
due. No doubt, MS Is often said It Is not
work, but worry, that does tile mischief. But
worry IL the daughter Of oycrwork; ills hnv-,
Ing too little tine to be patient that gives the
feeling Ut worry; 1t Is having tile nerves so
stretched TINT the slightest opposition frets
tlenl. Whci, cclebsAtcd editor complained
of being
over -Crokcr'd, ovor. .stnTray'd,
tire first Wortl or his lnUlp1ttutIon
explained MI the rest. Undoubtedly,
thur, ovcrwork. willie means to good, Is IT.
self all evil. A distinguished 1nnn' Of our,
acquaintance used TO sAy tint tho most de-;
sirab1e condition nf llfo wus To hnve Just
son,owhut moro to do than you could posi-
bly, accomplish. Not far too much, for that
would crush you; bnt enough to check tho
tendency to laztncss. enough tn supply n per-
pttual spur. Tho evil Ii, that It Is 50 difficult
to realixe this happy condition; men WHO nro
too much; ,nnd the warning Which SO, ,ofton
comes III tho form bt paralysis or OF henrt-
Disease, comes too late to admit OF Il remedy
It must be accepted. We approlnntl, ny; tho
are evils. frseparablu, from, ligll
pressure md oYerwork, tho bost that strong
mai Is capAblu OF
CANNOT I,E DoSE WITHOUT rItEst.
Let us observe, for example, how careful an
t,mc WSat M cariv ~ II riaar ho ev hecnmna - cn
anything Mnkp Il t!lan start from tho luxury
Of n lnlf-wnklnE, housekeeping state III bed
like the conviction TINT, II llO IL npt ut work
Jn~ nntiI 1,e ti rn,.n into nrrenr nnh imnvtoi,so
Confusion Dickct,s W taas = q W character Urn son,o. ]
where WIN Bays hn always Eucs to bed with
rcgret 9iHl rises Will, disgust. The pressure
anet fnr nj fn,i.t,tnn had ia sw"l"mnn m n IN
S,isy' worker, Wills in ttn . morning il is q
thlcf and q robber. How much moro rnpitlly
Is but ten minutes for it: Of how much mara
quickly ono transactS business, OF makes lii.
| QniricS, nr gocs thrnngh frfufldly ErDcttngs,
whun dozens nro waiting III tho antero0tn, let
doctors and lawyers sny. "Don't 40 to
a'sn tlsne,@ .. leisure w''0n you want anything
90 TO nusy MEs,"
WINS a saying of the lote GeorKe Aloore's, of
Bow ChMrclyard, himself d G,sy mlnu. the
to carry ON his souders tls ineresfs t Of HIIe .
n,,1neti,hia ci,sr;tirs. II, Tia iinit1J Stains
thuv layo ria +, soma az of tl1air e co,vs1. s
tion1s ti1 that Speakers - shall moi occupy @ lnore
M}s tHront: md vel II Is wn,lderf1,i whnt c,,,,
i,e snid in hye minutes wl,ei neither love nor
G Bcsas snxn vKg o.t @ S a3W,s t ,ressnre f ,,r
| 1unEes Tho 1nrntht mnrlitnrry N Yakfer 'The
! nlIn,l comes under nf, exctfenaent which
quickens ali its processes. The sten,n erta
Up, ard the piston flies through the cylinder
like lightning. TlecHs OF work llaye been
done III these moods TINT wotlld mot, or could
| not iAyo been done ul!1er moro still and Qulet
conditions. II 1T. Paul had not led sd
busy He, his Epistlea WOulO have
| boriio q different character. They would not
have the stimulating power they have. Tho
raslI md rapidlty Of the Apostles mind cot,-
iuunlcates isulf To his readers, Tl.e same
| thing ts true, fn suIse, of tho speeches Of
most great orators.. Such tiiiAgs could not
be produced III cold blood. Men
MUST 1lE ON WINGS
| n ,ro +hou r. ,ha rno1,at sy,,,, ,,ot ,,,s.
cbor,n sf T., ..,rt ~ tnns,i o VII
wnMi mnt - nscsIhc i In hoaMtf,i n1rvn sy17,'s
It traces Il Is ccrtaii tsut n,o leisure r. whisii
an, ,1y ,"i ,s ~ thnto xsast ~
forta srhntr % vt Mnrt n,irht = iManrf i,n sinna
,yfth mon, t;nf"i, n,,i hnn,,t,, ~ IatuiT h.t X
would iIaya Tar less of tho living nud ouick-
ening power to which, very probably. It's
\ chicR vN!lD IL due. No doubt, il snber
! thought be the chief thing needod In piuco
| Judge must bp deliberate, and solemn, and
slow; bnt, II tho purpose bo to iIlu-
nlluAtc, 10 quicken, to 'imppi, the mild
Will be all tie bBtter Of the excite,Mont