The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-22

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Our street corners are witness to no
more deplorable fact thsn that thers
are 30 may wasted lives. One can see
illustrations Of 1t st almost any time
/ leaning assiust lsnp post, sitting
upon the curb stones, dosing indolently
I IN the sum 0er's san, or shivsrinQ lazi-
I ly in the winters cold. These are oss-
side OF the great multitude of bsffisd
/ lives. These latter have met obstacles
that they could not suruo1nt They
have struggled with untowsrd circum-
stances NATL viii and ceura9e a0d hope
hare all forsakeE them. and then they
/ haze sat down in despair. baflied BY .
fate they could not cootFol.. ,a.ts,,.,
But these hundreds on the street
corners have wasted their lives, nothing
more or less. Instead Of being over
come by an adverse fortune. they have
simply yielded without q struggle.
Instead of meeting Q foe 70 whom they
gave battle and then came Of conqusr-
ors, but bearing crs11gblez zpcsrs,lhex
have fought no 6ght as alt but have
simply sat dnvn in idle nessj allok,uk
every cspsbiiity to- wssts isSelf ~ in3
action.
Who that walks the streets of almost
any large city has not Doticed aud re
ffected on these very wasted lives
Why is that man in his own store, di.
rectiDg Its profitable busisess, and
10 at other onejn rs@ aad fltbAeggiug
OF him enough fol g@ea? 1 were
both reared To- tho Y946e t0V6; their
fathers farms joined each other. and
they had an apparently equal start in
life. But after twenty years, these are
their conditions
Or why does this other person own
that block hf buildin@ AhN those
horses and daeatsiaeesA wih xSs Asi-
dence in the ceantry @hE die Former
seatmate in school has no covering but
the almshouse or the prison! How
came that man 10 Congress and his
nsighbor's sou in the penitentiary Or
this one an h"nored clergyman aid IN.
old acquaintance. = hunted vaga,ond
That mau who has just driver. y 1t
in an elegant carriage bey.a. zlifc ws.hs
capis~I 81 ,sS cellS. This me hous
the to!ies are assRing p sSe iSkieS|
~ be snssyht titp the hepinsgl1t!
senteVtsd o ~ old bffcader! ar(a e
thesNne timsas aisgsnslemSx w3lh 3
capital of ten thousand
1t isn't pleasant to multiply these
cases. They are too painful to con.sm-
plate. Almost any Of Us can sit down
tonight and count ali tho way from five
TO fifty Of them. They can point us to
no calamity that 0ysrtpek tbeps, npt -
any, p.risl' psdviaessS' rs fsvcrEl
their neighbors. The precious legacy
which God gave them in common with
oil his children. they have deliberately
squandered. II might have won them
prominence. or at least have made them
useful. On Tie contrsry it hasTbsen in.
excussbly forfeited, ana uob6dy, not
even themselyss. - degree batter for
their living. q
d" we ever thilk of THE when we
pass thesc atrset idlerA,2 Il IL ,QptAs
iihossh lhsy lNsSs ~ s. y down Ia s
nighs s1d rs ~ 39B shocis1b
the morning BY the fragments of . life
that we left IN it, integrity the night
before. Thousands. indeed, are thus
ruined, bnt it is bt tessibly dow AsA-
insidious process that the most of them
ARE brought down. dTAeir own secret
aud passions apdt tsppefiteA ara eleqne-;
ing ~ DAY q sSeh IS BY haShk o.
by one the ornamepts af . noble s1ife
are to be xiven mp 10 appsase ths6s asss
amaads. Virtue. intsgfitys ,coHitrikice,s,
truth. follow s:ca oshsE is Al Hcsff,
the empty yesssls HiEh .iis is0amsstal
This. sasf i.skS ~ &isA sAout
daily expsrieseAz IAMi)lp aee-ss con-
6ned to localities. We. might feasOus-
bly, expect Il in this city. with IL mani
fold tsmptetisns e9d pu9erop9 ave-
whsra sls lAr III 4ple ~ 1in4V
quiet lie, where induslry 9 supposed
to occupy the hands and oil the sur
hsonndings TO develop . viseress and
.thoughtful mind-even there the toeth
er the moth lsya hold. ard before mejav
yeats shG A6k6lS &oskt RxA0 = S1t5h
through; The ds.sssgsf i. u sgsssz szE
l;ss: s'.s ~ ei'iss a. saa no. : a
ss.s..a,. s;..ss 4 ess.s s.:st: e. 1 III
much much re 1syi5I 4 AZ Y e
;as;; Z. .sls AZ ''''s'sei 'A'e1 essA'
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