The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-01
rHE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
TUESDAY, JANUARY |. 1884.
ATalk with the Boys.

81 don't know what to do" said one
Just stepping from the threshold OF boy
hood. "My ability is not great Ii l
enter college there must be long years
of preparation. The fitting school, The
college, the professional school eacn de'
mand their weary years.
"If l engage in mercantile bu-iness,
must commence at the bottom round.
| must sweep the store and run errands
and do up bundles. must slowly rise
if a. all. How do I know shall rise, |
have no capital and my busin IS capaciy
is not wonderful.
"If engage in manufacturing, there,
too. I must begin low if l would rise
high. | must 60 INTO the lowest room
of the mill. must learn ell OF the dis
aorees bIe detal's of the business 1t
will take me years to learn, and alter all
l may fell.
"If am to be farmer must have
long years of dissgrseable plodding. !
must pick up stones and drive COWS ana
water horses, and do a thousand unheard-
of chores, before am prepared TO even
run in debt for farm and go into busi-
ness for myself. II is hald row 10 hoe.
The field of life is rocky one | be-
eve III settle down In my little corner,
do as we'll as can the humble work that
comes to me, lake the bitter with tue
sweet, he content with lowly lot, and
fiipg ambition to the winds. am CON-
mon boq-I might as well recognize The
TACT now as ten years hence"
Let me speak, as friend, who has
travelled this rocky road many years De-
fore YOU Let me tell my little story
Let me give you big dose OF that med
icine 40 often prescribed, so seldom civ
en-adUice.
And frsl, would say, the way il
; rough There is no fewery path to sue
cess. The road to honor and asetuines
is not a paved one. Whatever vocation
yon choose, be it law. or medicine,or 'h
!, ministry, or agriculture, or merchandise
it is work, work, hard work and uphill
work at that.
81 don't know sohat 10 do" you say.
1t may not be time for final decision
There are many lessons you ought I
, le srn, 20 matter what pursuit in LIE yo
J. follow. Have yoa learned thosef br
!. if you feel that the time has really come
that you must decide and yet you ca
K not, then ask advice, ask some one
p whose judgment you have conhdenc
e think over it. Pray over it. Take
' Once taken, don't stop to look back =
o to work with a will. Don't say: 80
q dear, j wish I had done something else
le or, 81 am not suited to this business
or, 81 don't believe / shall succeed
Unless health fails, or facts shon unm,
tdkably that you are on the wrong lrac
: push on.
How do l know l shall riseP" y
saw.
'' Resolve that you sviu Where the
10 is a will there is way.
, Those who have made their mark
almost every calling are not those ="
~ have the quickest apprehension, nor
u most retenlive memory, nor the mt
~ nimhe fingers, nor the most unerrl
- Judgment. They are those who ha
III preserved They did not fail, teca'
they would not fail.
of The boy who can work steadily, "
lie one purpose in view, who can do III
e. By little his work, and can keep on t
III ing Till he does it we'll, that boy has
:. light TO say: have no ability He
90 90 ability, the highest kind of ability,
me it is his duty to make the most oil
i've He owes it TO himself. He ewes it
pg the world He owes it to his God,
by 10 those he loves Dext to 6 ID.
to Make, then, the most OF yourself,
fs young friend. There is more good
=, terlal than you think. The steel Mt
ors temperiDg, tie iron needs working
rist It will take time, but it IS good solid
led Work it well.
nth The strongest, the bravsst. the
IR. men have been those who had
srv. row to hoe, and who hoed il
ara away, nv boys. Pull out The we
'.Sa A.ss Work hard. Don't be dlscoura
''' There is sunshine on the hilllops. 1
TIC are flowers by the rosdside. You
tion not want loving word, and. il neet
,gly helping band Golden Rule.