The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-05-26

ny Wnht you conquer. EVery til
umph over an obstacle will augment
power. aul dcvelope strength. A
well to do, backed by uptiriug in.
dustry, needs no help from others
"Decision is the fulcrum OF tue mon.
tai powers the point arunnd which
tho lovers Of Thought move, giving
purchase to mighty conceptions.
There is no Quo elemant of charac.
ter 80 essential to success as this.
Vucillation noror rosps any thing
but disaster. "ruo double muled
man it unstable in all his ways.
But bear in mind that there are two
kinds Of decision. One is snpefcll.
ious, llippant, aud mullsh, tn, off.
spring Of a feeble Intellect, aud tue
contempt of all sensible mcn. The
other is humble, unpretculinI, auI
uilable, bat Us uuwaveriug as eternal
truth, because 1t originates "a the
careful investigation Of facts AMI
principals, aud Is un,ramme..ei by
narrow projudlccs aud lllibtrai cui,
turo. This last klnl Of DecisiDD
. will inspire public confidence. FJt
it will show what you ere. and
where You are to-day, AMI what will
. be your probable position to-mor-
row. And u rclinblc character cyon
mean mon respect, uui t. sucn pay
homage. Bat to sell fJrmcl plans.
and to fixed decisions, IN ll,try il
an all-inp)rtdut allltiIu. With.
ont this, no lofty position can be
reached. You cannot trust to gcu-
. ills for success for 1t il doubtful
whether you, or any body else, Ia,
: that strange faculty Of learning
, without study. OF becoming pro-
. found without reflection, of leap.
ing from the incipient TO tue COM
pletc at one bound
TIE so-clllol goniuses lro mon of
remarkable indusiry--men whose
, faculties. whothcr few or many. are
always intensely active. True gen.
ius * born Of inlrs'ry rn,ra Il
nothing valuable n art or science,
which has not been patiently aul
! indust ion. olab ratel Hum
ID oldt's Cosmos was tue result OF the
I accumuhtious OF loug years Of as-
, slldous observation aul rus'lrcl.
II was stern and perseyeiius indus
0 try that gave form ADD permaueacy
to the grand, unique conceptions o!
! Ra phael AMI Michael Angelo. with
out Iucesstnt prdor those co.cep
tons sA Guild u,yer have lived 10 tie
br eatLing mai bic and glowing can,
viss.
} Iou need not coyet mere genius
p 'cr if 1t exists at nll, it usually rusls
ont in iieuss but industry, based
on julici1us plan, aud wise decisions
I viii orercomc all obstacles. "Seyst
3 thou nan dlg,ut il his tui>uess, he
t shall staui before Ktuy,. E.,vl.
p tion i. i natural s.p'n's Of w,.,.
directed diligence, liza man wishes
to succeed lie must do it by iuces,-
p eul industry.
The nature Of a mans chosen pro-
iession demands this, Tor rs a
scleuca aud an art, it is progressive
Every year new discoveries are
made of tho evils OF some weilciue,
in use, aul the slfs,y lll efficiency
Of others previously IN disn5o
Chemistry aul physiology are
throwing new ligh, ou the clements
II all bodies, anl the Laws wnrh
govern their grouIh, renryIlIlu, 0ni
decay. By this light, uew discover,
lore oi tho causes, n ture, aud cures
If diseases, are TO be made. The
IN eaical profession, iu al, IT'S length
aud broIdth, takes 10 a plr;, at least.
ofa professions and all branches
Of Nn1vlslse Tor 10 hIs - q VITA
all that cN,s.S-nnl an natter
10 oxtell t Ia, N0owleiso till i,
shall reach . ut aud grasp al. tue facts
and laws of orsIniStgou, w,U rs,
quire m in lastry tlAt never t,raS,
Aud to lelrL tho relations Ot m'al
10 that organs -tla i'tsets OF
mind rasul iny frlu l,t,i;' III the
instrument throish Sa,tl It a,is,
aud the effects Of tao pISsioas ani
emotllns "a that l0strd n'n,, are IN
. quirios never be exhausted, aud
subjects worthy ~ yAlAg msa's
steruest and most pers ts,cnt luveS,l'
, CATION. Tho wor L is great but
success is certain, Il men adirSss
Themselves 10 il with a staailuesS Of