West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-07-24
EDUCATION AND LABOR
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as IT hc had never loarncd SO much as
his multiplication table. The poor rcl
low has secr great many ups and
downs but principally downs, until at
last the burden of the song of life if i'm
deed his life have any songs left in it. is
Down in u Coal Mine In the chcc
qucrcd history Of his dccls and his
jouvncymg.Ilis cdYcatiou app ears to
have boen OF but slender advantage to
hun. There is no evidence that 1t ever
helped him to earn 81 living i'm any but
the most prccaiious and unsatisfactory
manner and to an extent hardly worth
picking up. As to .hc quality of the
learning stored in the mind OF this uu-
fortunate person in his youth, nothing
is said against it, nor * there any rec
ord of its having been deficient in guam
! tity. Whom at school ho WAS iudustr-
Gus While in college he denied him
self many luXury and had tooth
and nail struggle with adverse circum-
stances which threatened to swamp
! him, but which he finally ovcrcnmo.
In due time came the college com
mcnccmont, when the outside struggle
with tho world began Then the world
began TO get tho better of tho college
graduate, There seemed to bo fatal,
! ity for him in every enterprise for which
he took holt Naturally seeking for
tune and famo in the rosy walks Of
literature, whcro cultured man as
scrts his right 10 tread hc found one
! path after another open to his entrance,
but blocked against bis progress 1t
does not take many disappointmQnts
Of this kind to discourage man of del.
icato sensibility and nervous approhcn
sion. After trying several modes of
making a living and failing in each,
his energy is quenchod and his soul
seems shiyoring within him llo may
DO honest, industrious and conscicn-
! tiou5, yet he is painfully sensible that
ho has not the llnaCk Of getting along
in the world Distrusting himself ne
feels that tho world regards him ~ Il
failure His intentions remain as good
as they ever wcrc, but ho has no means
Of putting them in operation
Under these circumstances there are
men who would spend what is left OF
thir lives in whining. But whining is
poor business and does not pay No
body over cove man n salary for the
laborious rccounting of his woes and
failures. No sorrow-stricllcn man ever
opened for himself the avenues to
wealth and triumph by the habitual
recital Of all his mislOrtuncs and blum
ders and shortcomings. The man who
was not TO turn over n new leaf and
| change failure into success IS not called
on TO din into eyorybody's car the
I cheoilcss story Of how miserable hc has
been. The world cares little about his
misery and wants to hear no more Of it
than is absolutely necessary What
society wants TO know is what tho man
can do For actual blows TO he struck
and deeds to he accomplished it mat
tcr5 not much bow or whore tho man
| picked up his learning. If he can do
what is expected of him, lot him pro
coed with all his might 10 demonstrate
his ability by actually doing it, If hc
cannot do it, lot him stand aside for
| somebody who can whether the
work is teaching school, or currying a
horse, or digging grave or cooking a
dinner, Oh cxcaya.ing coal, his doing it
is proof OF his ability In these days Of
/ change and progression nobody need
consider himself above any class OF
work TO which he may DO CALLED a
mule-driycr may be nominated for the
presidency, and the man who has un.
successfully prided himself on his col
legc parchment may bo glad to earn
wages by driving mule. The genius
who is now digging coal ont Of the
mines near Pittsburg is engaged u uu
honorable employment, and wc wish
| him Joy and gladncss az he draws bis
wages aud makes as judicou4 invest
mcut Of them aspossible. The tide in
his affairs has changed, and me is prob
ably more pleasantly At work than cvcr
before in his iifo. Ills case furui-bc.
no element Of Encouragement to the
toilers in school and at college, or &,
The army Of young men who have within
the last few week received their parch
mcnts from various institutions of learn
ing. lis to bo horcd that all thc.,
| youths will do their best in finding tho
proper sphcre Of life iu which to make
% living and ohclp on with thc world
progress IL they fail in the GrsJ hal
dozen or dozen attempts Jet them slu
| stick TO it, and indusuiouly follow
fame and fortune. wherever may -ccu
good TO 10 SO And if fame keep out
1 OF .ght auj hearing and fortune max,
/ Its appearance only at tho bottom OF
mine lct thc pick aud tho shovel b,
raady to Doe piled wi,b lll tIe detumt
nation and diligence of q mm $50,
. mean TO do bH best
sst
Mr. r. T Baruum bss iost oo,e
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