Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-02
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POPULAR PALACES.

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POPULAR PALACES.
Every man 6uds his rleyel. Modest
worth is always acknowledged, and the
man Of ability eventually comes to the
front.
That is a popular fallaey- Not only
that hnt-and We regret to say tit
is d He. Some wise nfan hss told us
that if we modestly take back seat
the master Of the feast will come,
shske US by the hand, pin floor man.
ayers badge on our breast, and bring
US up to q seat near the orchestra,
but that il we ,ostentatiously take a
reserved seat in front, an usher will
come and lead us by the ear to a rear
bench down where q draught will
blow on US and give us . erick in the
neck. We quote the above from
memory, so those may not be the ex-
act words of the wise man, but they
express his idea sufficiently we'll for
our purpose. In his day and genera
tion he may have been right, but he
did not live IN the. United States of
North America in the Nineteenth CEN
tury. a..r-z. ~
Long ago, in the deceased past,
when nodesty and humility were W.
tues, and when success and victory
fought for a perehing place on the
banners of the meek and lowly, then
the office used to seek the man, used
to pursue him into the obscurity of
his retirement and set him up in high
places. But it is not so now; alas,
! it is not so..t E-5l-.'s 81
The man who deceires himself, by
belief in the popular fallacy that, if
he waits, his worth will eventually
be recognized, will get left! He will
get left. brethren, and it will be a
cold day for him right along through
all the seasons. The attention of the
world is engaged by the. man of
Cheek and by the pushing Charlatan.
The worlds attention is attracted by
the noise made by the man Of brass,
and it has no time to search around
for the obscure and modest genius.
To be success in these 2:09 81
times we must own a horn and toot
it continually. To get a front seat
We must walk in, push our way past
slower men, and take the seat. sand
we must look as if we net only ewn-
led it but had a mortgage on all the
private boxes, and could occupy any
one of them If we so desired.
The man who wants to succeed
must struggle for front seat wheth-
er be has right to it or not, 4and
1even il he has to jostle the real own
er and put his umbrella down on his
soft corns, Once in q while. he may
be set back where he belongs, but he
viii get in front oftener than if he
lshould wait to be invited forward.
He does not wait for some one to find
out his merits and blazon them forth
| to an admiring world. He blazons
them himself. He writes o letter TO
the, local newspaper and signs it
"Many Voters" and in the letter he
Ispeaks Of himself as .'Our esteemed
fellow citizen" coming man."
l"One who would reflect honor on any
] position within the gift OF the ,peo-
Iple''-etc., etc. .-f--..4r
, The modest man blooms unseen
and lets concealment of his worth,
like q worm in the one cent apple,
feed on the place where his damascus
steel check should be. Among q
small circle of acquaintances he is
appreciated, and he is sometimes ap-
pointed vice-president of Society
for the Prevention of Something or
Other. On the whole, however, he
Z is neglected and left sitting on the
back seat near the window with the
I broken pane. .1.- 4r-ag1 si4
4 The world has not time TO- aRalyze
character, weight or merit. and 10 de-
eide as to the relative ability Of men.
This is fast, hurrying, rushing world
8 of ours and it 10 very much inauen-
3 ced by the value that d man sets on
:. himself Ii he says: II am q great
t orator, or q noted SCIENTIST the
5 world is apt TO take it for granted
s lthat he lis, rather than go to- the
trouble of holding civil service ex.
n animation Of his merits. IL he ays
> II am hut a poor weak worm OF the
+ dust, the world will say, 'yoa tlool
i like lt--get out of the ray" a=
i And that, brethren, Is why we sa,
8 that tlre come-up-highei-tlmu,man Of
e merit idea is q popular fallacr: 81
n We suggest that if you want a from
Il e.t you must shoulder. push.l and
"a. shsve your way to it II fyou wisl
to reach eminence in any walk Of lif'
= you must assume virtues yaIls have
J. not, and claim that your merits anc
'e ability are the only genuine and mon
y corrosive in the market, and warrantet
free from ammonia and other delete
le rious drugs 80
IS We have taken practical. wofldl,
" view Of this matter, and the amoun
l. of moral ethics in this article ma,
a. seem to you to be limited, but ther'
li is truth enough in it TO make it bulg'
D. Cut at the edges, and split up. tn
~ seams.
: A gentleman and his wife. the lat
y. ter with a six.,ncafhg'g old infant i