The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-24

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think, my boy, that just about at
your age il the time to learn what you
are good for. And when you have
found what il is, go at it and stick to
il, want 10 see you at work. III
have no secret, said Turner, the great
painter, "but hard work. Nothing"
sAid MirAbean sis impossible 10 the
man who can will. Ttis is the only
law Of success There Is but one
method" says Sidney Smith, land that
is hard work" "Tha difference be-
tween one man and another" says DIR.
Arnold, ais not SO much in talent as in
energy And do you direct yeur
energy in ons chaunel. DOa't be diff
fusive in your work. There is power
in concentration. A handful cf pow
der scattered on the ground makes a
great smoke whom il is fired, but moth.
ing more. IL Ia the fc~ ounces CON-
pressed in the blast or gun-harrel that
counts for something when il goes off,
II you are lawyer, physician, or n
carpenter, and make up your mind that
you will know as much about one par
tieular line OF branch or speciality OF
| your profession or trade, you do well.
Because, If you know - much on any
point as any other man, surely as the
heavens are above you. you will know
much more about il than Thousands,
and immeasurably more than millions
| of other men, aud this makes you AZ
authority.
BE ambitious as you will. but bo am
bilious in some particular directi on
You can make any sphere Of lsbol
honorable. A coed, honest, earnes
man can shovel sand with credit h
himself and profit TO his employer ant
honor to his country. Many q gOO'
blacksmith and harness maker hav
been spoiled by schools Of law AM
medical colleges, and let me tell you
Telemaehus, right here, that society
your country, humanity, and God need
, good carpenters and shoemakers an,
stone cutters and farm hands more thai
poor doctors and poor preachers an
lpoOr editors. IL you have to choos
between poor lawyer ard good dec
: hand ;sbe good deck hand every tim,
/ A few years ago j went into th'
Norton nail mill a. Ashland, Kentuck!
/ saw there machine that could max
nails. looked at it and admired il
] thought and I still think that mi
chine ought to 60 TO Congress. All il
talent and all its energies are directe
to one point. It can make nails, an
it cant do one solitary other thing vi
der the sun. 1t never talks polite
It can't carry torch. 1t doesn't kno
what caucus is. 1t doesn't eve
know enough to 60 out with cand
date and take a drink It doesn't wan
and it never did want the governmer
10 issue 400, 600, 900 kegs of lath mai
and loan them to citizens who war
to build chicken houses. 1t nevt
once stopped work to sit down on
dry goods box on shady corner to dt
clare this country would never |
: prosperous and happy until we had q
iincontrovertible currency Of shing
!. nails, secured by bonded fund of mol
interest-bearing railroad spikes.
never get loose and ran wildly abo,
g the country, frantically calling upa
the people to rally to. its support as IL
only means of overthrowing tine "ml
: chine" 1t just stayed in the mill az
made nails and nails and nails.
y knew how to make them, and SO it ju
Vi went ahead and made them.
in Well, once knew man who cou
d make shoes. He could build you
pair of glove-ftting boots, with GU
ming little closets for all your corns, al
al ia lovely bay window for your bunie
y He could sew on an invisible patch wi