Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-09

OF the easy fico III bnbiiSn Rentleman,
YOU lose the sturdy purpose which
should animate you daily. Remember
that America is not England. No one
is born to titled greatness here, or
TO any other greatness here; he
who gets Il must achieve it, and he who
cannot achieve 1t in some form Is OF
small consideration. We have no idle
class, and / trust that we may never
have. An idle life is a worthless and
unhappy life.
Never go to balls or parties in term
time, and avoid late wines and suppers
at all times they always injure the
health, and without health life has
scarce pleasure.
From his birth Samson drank neither
wine nor strong drink, and those who
are trained for the ring initiate his ex-
ample. During our late war it was
conclusively proved that those who
drank water only escaped disease and
endured fatigue far beyond the others.
] cannot too strongly urge upon you
the importance of early retiring to rest.
Investigations into the causes of lon
gevity have shown that early sleep and
early rising are among the chiefest rea-
sons Of long life, and science has re-
vealed the fact that the magnetic rays
of the sun are widely different in the
morning from those Of the declining day.
AS the ssun goes down, most of the
beasts and birds seek their place ofrest,
many of the flowers and plants and trees
fold their leaves, and the large sun
flower, which looks towards the
sinking sun in the west, is turned
to greet him in the morning
toward the east. As he approaches to
usher in the day all nature, from bird
to flower, seems animated with in
life. Then the mind of him
who has had refreshing sleep awakes
with its best thoughts, its wisest plans,
its largest capabilities. But this can
come only to him who has spent the
midnight hours in sleep. Sleep re-
stores the nervous forces Of the ex-
hausted brain, and the best consttu-
ton will soon be shattered, and the
best mind will become unstrung if
sleep is neglected. 1t was justly
called -
"Sore labor's bath.
Balm OF hurt minds, great natures second
Chief nourisher at LIES feast"
3. That economy is a virtue and that
extravaganza is vice never forget.
You never see man of forty who
regretted his economy; you will see
plenty who mourn their early extrava-
gance. Lavish expenditure never wins
respect. 1t may win temporary fiat
terers, who despiSe the fool they fiat
ter. Pay every debt you owe, but
" Neither borrower nor lender be.
For loan oft loses both Itself and friend"
Let not your vanity ever tempt you to
spend money. English young men are
awake they laugh at the foolish
Americans who are so lavish. Remem-
Der that your hope, your pride, your
life, is to be in America, a country
whose future is unimagined and whose
greatness and power will surpass any
empire in the world. You are to be
part of it, and if you do not one day
act as ambassador from the greatest re-
public that has ever been to the most
powerful and advanced kingdom in
Europe, you will fail Of your possibili-
ties and Of my hopes.
Do not listen to the twaddle about
the decadence Of England, who is not
in decay, but in the full vigor of robust
manhood. Great nations do not COM
mence their fall until their morals are
corrupted. AS yet England has sturdy
moral sense. courage, and capacity for
self-elevation Of her youth, and she
believes in God and truth and JUS
tice. She has many faults and weak
nesses. She is not moving forward
with the colossal power Of this younger,
holder, more rash, and fearless Ameri-
ca her civilization is in advance of
ours, but she has inherited many pre-
JUDGES coming down from old centuries
which rstard her progress and from
which we are free.
l would deprive you Of no innocent
pleasures /; that is not pleasure which
Injuries the health, iades the mind, and
makes you feel meanly and weak and
unequal to the labor which is to fit you
for manly life.
Study well whatever the college
course requires, and never say that this
or that will be of no use. All is of use
which disciplines and strengthens the
mind. When training for boxer you
strike the sand-bag, you would not tell
the trainer that you do not expect to
fight sand-bags in life, and hence you
will not strike them now. You lift
weights to strengthen your hands; you
do dry work to strengthen the head
and remember that you must do it; no
one else can do it for you; as we'll
might you get some one else to strike
the sand-bag or lift the weight which
was to strengthen your muscle.
Duties well done every day, and diff
ficulties surmounteG as they arise, grow
easier continually, and finally become
lasting enjoyments.
Never play cards for money. 1t is
no pleasure to win a fellow-student's
money, and it is pain to lose your own.
The habit is always bad, and often
times fatal ; never acquire it.
Dress like gentleman never be Pc
culiar or flashy, but dress as becomes
you, not as becomes some one else.
Never talk about your expenses or your
money, and never be ashamed to live
with economy; on the contrary, be
proud Of it. Your business now is to
acquire knowledge, and you need not
be anxious to display yours, especially
to older men; but always try to learn
Of them.
Never say to another what it would
be unpleasant to have him say to you.
Remember that good manners are of
great Importance. Manners should be
frank and easy, with dignity.