The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-02-27
STRUGGLE on.

"No man can 90 back of his jaw"
is Slav proverb signifying that no
man can conquer inherited qualities.
How far transmitted traits creep
through a family was shown by an odd
incident which is stated to have occurred
during the Prince of Wales visit to In
dia. Among the guard drawn up to re-
ceiye him in Calcutta, was soldier
who bore so startling a likeness to the
Prince himself that the curiosity OF his
attendants was excited as to who he
could be. 1t appeared, on inquiry, that
both the soldier and his father had been
born in India His grandfather was
Hanoverian mechanic, who claimed ana
boasted of distant connection with
George III. Yet in this, his descendant,
born and trained in the climatic inilu-
ences of Asia, peculiarities OF feature
and of manner OF the heir apparent 10
the British throne were reproduced as
closely as il they had been twins. Nat
ure has her whims sometimes OF exact
reproduction, but the germinal seed al
ways proves to have been the same.
* child with six fingers and six toes
was born last summer in Germany OF
American parents. The mother was
startled and annoyed at the physician
declaration that the deformity was he
redtary: but on writing home, learned
for the first time the family secret, that
this popularity had repeated itself
once in every generation Tor TWO or
three centuries.
Natural features recurring in the
widely branching members of family
invariably index some corresponding
trait of a .aracter-a fault to be over
come. or a virtue which exaggerates it
self into vice. Wherever the dropped
lid of the Stuart goes, selfish soul
walks after" was the essence OF popu.
lar experience of that cold-bloodeo
race.
"Poor Jennie she has worn out hei
life fighting the hung jaw OF the Car
lyles," said friend OF Jennie Welsh,
long before her death made the tragedy
of the house at Cheyne Walk open Il
the public.
But we are all apt to forget that it Is
after all, the Stuarts, and not their fol
lowers. who are handicapped in thu
race of life by their sluggish blood an
soul; and that Carlyle's hung lip an
ill-conditioned temper were fierce
torture TO himself than to his wife.
The hardest fight awaiting any ma
is. as the Russians call it, to "go bac
of his iaw," to- conquer the legacy Q
evil tendencies left him b
his fathers. Every mother ougf
to be able to define to her boy this wor
which lies before him, and to show hi
where to begin. The harder the stru!
Gle. the more charitable he will be
other BOYS whose task is heavier.
But only God knows how much hard'
Il is for bull-necked, heavy-jowled BC
to be patient, modest and sober, thi
for his thin. pale, low-voiced conrad
But God does know, and whatever ms
NAV do, He holds the reckoning just.
He who oyercomes his inherited bi
qualities is benefactor TO those WI
come after. His children may inhel
his resolution and power of resistanc
Truly the words: ''IIe that overcome
shall inherit all things" has an apple
ton TO this life as well rs that which
to come.
Struggle! II you overcome, the wol
will be better for your living. strugg
No man lives for himself alone;
mans influence ends with his own fa
ily or friends or his own generate
Every ones triumph Of good is
added treasure to the gold of good
the world. Struggle on! God will kC
the account.
You may not be able TO see the res
now. The flower and fruit do not
pear when good seed Is planted.
right resolution and right endeavor
bring the beneficent harvest in the el
Therefore struggle -YoutFS q
pdnion.