Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-30

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Fairly educated men are made by
: sending them to good schools, to college
f and to such lines of life as admit O.
. continued study. Of course there arr
men who, without these advantages
stand high in the ranks of scholarship
but they are among the subjects of our
paper. Snowy men are made by little
capital from nature, a judicious use OF
money, a careful study of society, and
a due regard to tailors and kindred
artists.
Rich men are made sometimes by
their fathers, sometimes by their fathers
in-law, sometimes by plodding industry
and steady accumulation, aud some
times, though not often, by the indef-
mite thing, "good luck" or fortune.
Happy men are made by genial home
surroundings, modest aspirations, good
wives, nice children all working on a
soil, more or less deep, of natural good
dispositions
We are now thinking of strong men
who may, however, and often do, in
Guide in their makeup some Of the best
of the foregoing features
A good physique, or, in palmer
English, a healthy body, is good
starting point. Feeble, sickly or re-
pOssesSors at a disadvantage and entitle
them to our sympathy.
Obviously the boys who grow pale
and sickly on cigarettes are throwing
away part of their capital OF the fore
most men in our towns and cities,
goodly proportion have early breathed
country air. and built up good hone
and sinew. That the simple fare,
habits, and pursuits Of the country con-
tribute to this result, there can be no
doubt.
With good constitution from nature
in snch environments one is likely to
be able to make the most Of any brain
power he possesses This is highly
valuable. The engine that is to drag
the train without must be strong
enough to bear the pressure of the steam
within.
Good homes send forth strong men.
And by these we mean homes where in
dustry, prudence, economy, and self
reliance are cultivated by the side, and
indeed, under the inspiration, of yet
lottier virtues, not always understood
at the time by the young.s
Where boys learn the value of even
a little money; where they help them
selves, instead of Bringing for the man )"
where the coveted book is obtained after |
waiting and working; where the chance
to read it is had in the corners of time
saved from sport or won from hard
labor-there the materials are found
out of which are made strong men.
Right-minded," rs a word, covers
the mental qualities indispensable to a
strong man.
Frank X. is farmers son. He is
not above the duties of his place. He
can plough, reap, and dig potatoes, and
he never makes a fool of himself.
But he is looking on at the way in
which others do, and he reads books.
He is sent TO college. He is able to keep
his place as as student He meets with
new people and new ways.
Bnt a certain sOmething-"c call it com
mon sense" or what you will-keeps
him on the upward track. He never,
for example, steps up to the sideboard in
! professors dining-rOom, tugs at the
'op of it, asking the young ladies for
tune on the piano.
A little healthy self.distrust, calm
observation, honest good feeling, and
wise reading of books, and of men :
who are books bound in paper, cloth,
Gather, or morocco, rs may be called :
are the things that make
'ight-minded people, and without such :.
! quality you cannot have strong
nan.
Energy is the last element we specify.
We expect a lot of stock in to- night,
md can't get off, Pm afraid, till mid
hight" says the head Of the depart
nent to Dan who was engaged last .
month, his hours from eight to six.
A Il right, sirl; just tell me what can =
TO-" so Dan shoulders his share of the =
Xtra load. Mr.. Gamble has finished at |
alt-paSt nine and being u just man
nd II gentleman, he says, on leaving
Dan, lam obliged to you for your
elp.' The first chance Dan is pro-
noted, and Mr.. Gamble says to his en- y
loyer:
" He's II fellow you can depend on.
lie has plenty of push The man
Who is perpetualy calculating the mini :.
mum Of work to which the letter of his !:
IlIil3 VI RlON I'LL =,
Yer his duties, or Sinking his burdens,
+ working pertunctorily, does not get
n, and has only himself to blame.
here are laborers, statesmen, clerks, '
iwyers, doctors, and clergymen, who
ave only one kind of force in its high
st stage of development 1t has fine
ATTN name-vis inertin, the power of
lertness. In physics it is n valuable
)rce in morals it il commonly vulgar,
Incidence.
But there are times when you are
ght to stand still. People will put =
lings on you"
All yes there is n public clock in
hurch spire which the present writer
as often had to look at for several z
eeks past. Its two hands stand steadily
Ten minutes to two. Twice in the
venty- four hours it is right to a second;
1T is wrong all the rest of the time.
t who cannot see the lesson will never
u strong man. III