Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-10-06
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Ehas. e. CaSSelli
THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1881.
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Some men appear to have oeen
born with capacity or fitness to I'LL
any position, practice any profession
or to conduct any business. BY edu-
cation, or more likely by natural
mould Of character and disposition, it
appears to matter little, whether
choice be made for them, or whether
they themselves make it, success and
preferment await them in whatsoever
direction they may aim their endeav-
ors. There are those, who display
ability in more than one direction aud
whose talents are as remarkable for
the variety Of application that may
be made Of them as for their success
when applied to any special end or
object.
While there are those to whom a
choice Of profession or occupation is a
matter of small import on account OF
the versatility of their talents, there is
the larger and more unfortunate class
that by habit or natural composition
Of character, spend life, or possibly
bat the springtide, yet wltbal the
available portion OF it, IN vain en-
deavor to fit themselves into a congo
NAL calling. Wesee around US every
day, those of whom it is truthfully
spoken, "he has missed his calling.
MANY who have erred in their choice
OF occupation rest content to pass
through life ploddlng out the error
without evincing any hope of or dis
position towards betterment through
change, yet thoroughly cognizsnt OF
the fact, that capacity for the success
full Accomplishment Of something exists
within them. They recognize their
un6tness for their present occupation,
vet fail to give themselves an oppor
tanity to excel in something else
We readily subscribe to the maxim
that, "a rolling stone gathers no moss,
yet as we do so, we 60 further and
,ay, that if the stone lies at place
where moss is less liable to come to 1t,
than at some other, if We were the
stone, we would roll, and make up
time lost in rolling, by seeking more
favorable location. TRY, try again
is as orthodox as the proverb frs,
quoted
While we do not desire to teach q
doctrine Of vacillation or to justify
anyone in making of life a series Of
butterfly fits, we must inveigh against
the doctrine that would have nau
plod in error, rather than in endeav'
oring to free himself thereirom' oe
called trolling stone.
We are disciple Of the doctrine
that any one, every one, to whom has
been given a sound mind, may excel
in calling that is by nature the most
conpenial to him and would advise
any young man that had made choice
of either business or profession and
which was thoroughly dlstasteful to
him, to exchange il for another and
anoth sr, using in advance of each he"
choice his best judgment as to what
would be most likely to meet the re
ouirements Of his taste and disposition
and if at last be found, as he must
a calling in which both pleasure and
success greet him, even though the
former may not be unalloyed nor the
latter unbounded, then to stick to 1t,
master it, learn to love it with your
whole heart and the natural taste and
talent in that direction will assert
themgelves in manner and extent that
will surprise the old self, that had
been plodding disheartened through
distasteful tasks.
All Of which may be pertinently
summed up, 1T is never too late te
mend"