The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-27
How Boys May Succeed In Life.

1t may be that you are debarred from
entering upon that business for which
you believe yourself to be best adapted.
In that case make the best choice in
your power. Apply yourself faithfully
and earnestly to whatever you may un-
dertake and you cannot help achieving
q moderate success. Patient applica-
ton leads to great results.
You emphasize the fact of your being
poor boy, but this affords no ground for
discouragement. The American Presi-
dent. Andrew johnson. did not learn to
read and write until he was after twen-
ty-onc. So numerous are similar cases
that it almost seems as if poverty, in
stead of being a hindrance, were a pos
tive help. Rich boys are often spoiled
and their energies sapped and under
mined by luxurious habits. the too free
use of money and the lack of that dis
cipline which comes from indigence.
As an element of success, great stress
must be laid upon incorruptible integ-
rity, which of late years is unfortunate
ly too rarely found. A business man
once said to the writer: "I can find
plenty of smart young men to work for
me- What l want is an honest clerk
whom can implicitly trust"
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defalcation is not brought to light.
Widespread misery often results from
the lax principles of some young man
placed in q position of trust. Let our
young friend resolve that he will live on
bread or water rather than appropriate
a penny that is not his own. A boy or
man who establishes a reputation for
strict honesty will not remain long out
of employment.
Don't give up all your time to busi-
ness. Reserve part, if only an hour
daily, for reading and mental improve
ment. Some men prominent in business
have found time for a wide and varied
course of reading, which made them
agreeable and instructive companions.
Once at dinner party an eminent
clergyman made an incorrect historical
allusion, and was at once set right by q
quiet merchant who sat beside him.
Last of all remember that you owe a
debt to humanity. Try to live and
labor so that the world may be richer
and mankind the happier for your hav-
ing lived. A great inventor, a great
philanthropist, leaves legacy to his
race. Who can estimate the incalcula-
BILE debt of the world to the inventor of
printing, of the steam engine, of the
telegraph? Who will deny that Wash
ington, Franklin and John Howard
helped to make the word better than
they found it? Will not the memory
of Scott, of Dickens and Thackerv live
in the fund of innocent pleasure which
their works are destined to afford for
generations to Gomez All cannot attain
their celebrity or emulate their great
achievements, but no one is so humble
that he cannot promote in some de-
gree the happiness of those around
him.
A good mother when her son was
leaving the home of his childhood and
going out into the great world, know
ing that he was ambitious, gave him
this parting injunction :"My son remem-
Der that though it is a good thing to be
q great man, 1t is great thing to be
good man."
No sounder, no truer words were
ever spoken. A great man may dazzle
but a good man is a beacon shining
afar, by w hose beneficent light multi
tude are enabled to walk in safety. The
best success is often achieved by the
humblest and an obscure life, well spent
is better than wicked renown.-Ger-
mantotCn Telegraph.