The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-06
J0TTlNt3s BY THE WAY.
BY aAsKFLL,

There are numbers Of persons VIII
'onsd,r themselves Unfurtunat
nd as reWa d ii lar below their de
,eris. Yet 6hefe is scarcely au,y0nt
who looks back ward upon. lis, 4ife
way but percaiv4s slips anu errors
nd imprudpnciss chat after expert
. zee Mi hb hAye aVUised. a grea
/. al might be Wrlttrn, indeed Ia:
'een, upon Inc subject Of 81 ] nsgC
ntn." We mert With them Of en-
huugb the number vi those - III
~nle 5 Their own agency in the ma
ter IS TeinNkaH'y small. phs outside
PRESSURE O circumstances, personal
unity aud 8iDus rlYlry, W selfish
| sieesl OT apDiauSe, ur luCIe, Oh he
! part Of others, Hl9 O3t9nslb. { CAUSES
Il such failures. D.5pasSlunate, un-
! Interested OnlOnktrS, IN many IN
.tancps. may be led 10 q pub5 the
Justice If eu6n.c Un ,iu9 on, 13ld pl,te
AZ responsible I5y VI The result slJoh
.omething else.
lii viewing The literary history Of
he pa {, we might Lake lhs sOmt-
What nrVel ground, thai e IN pala-
c Vely few u hose Whu suff red ur
allied. in life. were really ill useu"
in the comm III arcppJai III Vi The
term. Tn CrtunRJs many m
'tou teddy WIRE, nut mis- VTluhAs,
perhaps, sprang more frvm lmprud
ence, than the al agUnlsm uf
tlllL. Opposition I'll M 4y rXp-c,,
If they GtIpmpt To talks a
foremost place, 4 II need any com
plain tnerear, il II IL OnIy Upen anu
N N and sine re. Fra springs
Ir"m the sharp contact Of STEEL nn
STEEL. aud IDEAS and +. u his AFT o ten
born IF the very opp 'Sl.iOn thai
seeks 10 crush inquiry ia IL =
often OWING he lack Of prud me,
i'll money mite ), lack of energy,
lack VI perst y,4enCe III what C,.l
isle IDS Che gospel Of work Look
ing on the biographies OF Inen
pas ages anal epUchS, We see them
guilty % some IndIscrsliUn, more
folly and eXLravhgamee. uf ely had
been InErmpeTaSe in action, or tx
prrssiuI, Bnd had 50 made enemlrs
and creatrd difficulties. 10 Illus
Late from Literary history ser h ~
the WIite, y, Tho VI 3. and poe OI
btgUne lines, deSplstd W lgnureu,
the every day, common plO ding ..
life. They Lad little to uO with
cUmmOnpl ce Of any kind. VIII
them IL "a as either q east OF y fam
Inc. When prU> prrtd Their funus
were dist pated in gay all r., ex-
tr VACANT living aud bachanali II.
orgies Ch4t,erLUno p or by, Tell
G I'm 10 his uulHCIty OaYa5'
met all edrly drath through diSoi- !
pA,iUn AMI contempt tor Jhe pr,.-
dences uf life. rhe grnIlt, lOV'tun
G.Jl smith hd6 been looked up III III
l. Us L. He mdde Large sulnS Oi /
mo iels yet had no delini Z, reasUn-
a ] ide 8 Of mOuetaly affairs, anu
y Oubd himS6II siWdVS III ullticul
ties. lie diei AT k43 years 0i ag
9I,"DO Or more III debt y as eYrI
- ,tt 30 trusted Def re or since /
Dean Swift was miserable, dlsap
y ,,nteu mao, always sTOwhng III
5ume ming U ,mpO1dv, but III II
IL de,trVeu Ii Z bstLrr. lie Was
unr V il.p0 III sarc.5Smo kt Ell vi Wit
snd vigorous IN III .ugnt alu exp, eo-
j II, ~ u7ed his great p IWtrS III 're
- = II " anl pal tuan t)en 9 ten
)r 10 phrase ueUould wrlB charm
ng We .elt6rS anu eL Tie ObJcU,S ~
his q ,,uraS pine away IL d.,- an
IN q. most 94eltt hing h6 st m> u ~
DE luled by cont aries.
But lines and manners haI
changed much f,P tAe UetLer srncr
ynI days. Is ~ 10 longer eces
vary far man % bp able ,Od ink Ills
-Iiend5 und The 1aJie TO lay II sim
~ ue ng 4 gentleman The MOhUCk,
II tile PEE en- udy tan ~ lUngel
ORn the streets ut H. hi, beatlng
he WhbGhnen, a95aulllng -DAlat, q
Jede,tr BIS, a.d mixing dhrAne,a
I'D GUS with thrill carJuS, ng5, With
W disgrace, a. Wien Add Or j..
Mote, and Fieluing gave 10 the
word che adv, ntu rs Of TOm
I0nes. -. ,FSE,.ll we d. Ink as bTuJeo
II ~ Genll men :" asked Shes idan
L Il Letter day, at one OF his ga. p r
les vi friends, as they Sat 10 their
vine after dlnner. ".As gentle
nen," say they. Then" said he,
'we will nU6 stop drinking til the
asst one Of US has to be- carried 20
drink only when they
re dry" And WHO had better or
llrer OF brighter prospects than
herIdan had been blessed with?
nd who more lamentably tailed Ill
he endp He WAS the must success
vi pl y wright of his day, the most
rIlildnt orator. the keeneSt VI wits,
those sayings were eagerly treas
rs d and repeated, tLt companion Of
Oblemen and princes and in the
nj analytic and almost pAuper.
lis wees WEI Those Df The agt-h
ndries JAMES FOX, could gam lie
Way hundreds anu Jh,u@anus Ut
ounds, drink anu diSSlpate as =
her fashionable y ung men, witt
III ,Tteiting tile SIN le VI 1.-THE lar,
+ impairIng his p ,liljcdl influence.
The psrsun BhU ssts out y j! a the Z
lttntian of regulating tie affairs
+ 9th IL, is pretty certain to have
is hands full of business Yet
here arr many generous Souls "ho |
AagiDe they have "a mISslUn vi mat
ind. Many of tmem are real y