The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-02-21

"oi'oHiiioeC II, duU Truly tOc, Sell
reliance that prompted Calhoun
to affirm when at Yale that with
in the period of three years he
would grace the Congressional
hall, but was it not energy that
enabled him to transform into res
atty this-the brightest of his
boylsh dreams Resolution may
be the machine, but energy is
most a%ssnredly the oil that pro
duce the motive power. Great
ness is never achieved by the
slothful and INDECENT. Happiness
itself is but a ''fower ou the high
way OF usefulness" and never be
plucked by those who refuse to
mlngle IN the busy hustle Of life
where's ouly the treasures of its
mysteries can be unearthed, and
where ennobiing aims when they
have stood temptations test viii
rise as speaking monuments of a
her'es fame. Yes-olunge early
lnto the broad expanse of human
action, and with a stout heart,
fortified, strengthened and guard
Ell by noble purposes you need
never despair, for all difficulties
Will like tue fragile bubbles on a.,
angry sea. vanish before yon. Bat
to despair is to sink beneath the
shades OF ohscnrity and be for ev
err torgttten-trnly may faint
heartedneSs be denominated the
most effectuai fluid that can be
poured Oh the downward track OF
perdltion. The worlds gifts are
not necessarily disposed Of im;.ar
tally Or even administered with
Justice thus if bright laurelS are
sptrSeiy scattered on your Wor>
thy deeds, do not grow inditfer
eht to what you believe truly
great and grand. nor let it be the
means OF casting or qnenching
a drop upon ambitions flame. A
without ambition is like a
snip without sal; that is tossed
about BY the unreEentipg waves
aud at last borne by an i'll direct
ed tide TO a Ruthless and barren
shore. When NoIsey charged
fling away anoitio,.',
lie had reference to that petty de
sire OF self pronation,-not to
that lanaable ambition which is
made OF ''sterner stuff, ana III
WAicn every act, every aim and
wish is made suinseryient to
4 noble end. Defeats, reverses
and 1isappoiutmeHts are not the
sources Of chagrin and de
Often u tainted ancestry
viii caus: the very strings Of the
youthful heart to SN ell into the
agonies of pain. Disrel such idle
Schiller was right when
be exc!aimei!, SIN yonr own bosom
are your ds>ti':y's stars,-seif con
rsomn'ucSs, resolution.
Yes, genealogical rei,oWn is wei!
enough III Its Way, bis in THIS
country OF oars Wihtre there is no
preference ana no ptcIItrmrnI and
"l,ere all enjoy aliAe the ho,y |
rights OF individual iree,ton. it ~
the man WHO displays true ma.sii
that gains tll" respect An,i
of his fellow n and
; marked out as AN object wor
Thy ct emulation. Let me not
Neglect to consider, briefly though
t be, the fearful iSk one rms in
.ormlng Ill early life the habit OF !
,rocraStinatiny.
Demonstration is the t!irf of time:
year after year it steals. til al! are fed.
md to the mtrcies of a inament leaves
The vast cohcerus Of an eternal scene
When we reflect that time has
een given us that we MAJ in
'ome way ameiiofate the condi
ION OF others, how dreadful is the
thought that beneath our
sas1eh ;noments We are wanton
Y and wi'fn!iy hnrying huDan
'apllness Think OF This when
he awful tempter asSai!s YOU,
houesFv and upliyhtness
re all requisite TO the compost
ion Of Il perfect manhood. Atten
ION to small matter of seeminglyi
rival Importance, is absolutely !
to success in business.
!" also, are perseverance and dill
and twenty or more other
rats OF which limited time for
IDS mention. Thus far in appeal
lg to the intellectual nature the
characteristics most necessary to
insure a grand success have been
tied, and life's most dangerous
mares enumerated it is now to
ne emotion the following words
I'LL be spoken. If there is any
ne feeling of especial aud par
mount Importance that springs
the bosom of man that feel
'g is a proper regard TOR female
'erlt. The unprincipled coxcomb
no places all womankind upon
common level and sees in the
aDll'nest and the nobIest but a
election OF the fallen at once ad
hts that, in his bosom, are igno
lie aud depraved tastes which en-
rely unfit him for the social cir
z. AS there are some nn,nnn