The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-08
POVERTY
A stimulus which Oftsn Leads TO Dis
sinntlau.

A Stimulus which Oftsn Leads TO Dis
tinction.
Mon arc naturally indolcnt. They
love TO take their case. and are, thcro'
fore aycrse to active effort 1t Is not
uncommon to find capacity for mental
labor combined with reluctance to un.
dcrtako II. An indolcnt, capable man
finds It painful to set his mind In mo-
ton. His inertia must DO overcome by
n force outside Of himself Many mon,
aftcrward eminent lawyers, artists. In
yentors and even preachers, were mado
to exert themselves at tho beginning OF
their careers. by tho pressure OF poverty.
The eloquent Erskinc, after hs had
attained fame and fortune, often said
he would havo failed had no not felt his
wife and children twitching at his
gown. Sir Samuel Romilly. tho great
est chancery lawyer Of his day. worked
I'M 10 an income OF fifty thousand dol
lars year, equivalent to more than .
hundred thousand dollars in these days.
Whom no began his professional life,
he had small fortune. and thought OF
buying with 1t the lucrative position OF
a clerk of the court. But his father, n
iewclcr, was in s,raitcned circumstances.
and the pious son turned tho money
over to him. and went to work.
His subsequent success at the bar, MS
he himself wrote. arose out OF tho pccu-
niary difficulties and confined circum-
stances of his father
When Lord Ellon began his prac.
,ice at the Chanccry bar rs John
Scott, Lord Chancellor Thnrlow prom
iscd him q commissioncrship OF bank
ruptcy. But the promise remained I'M
fulfilled. for reason which Lord Thur
low aftcrward gave thus:
"Jack," said he, 81 withheld 1t rs
favor to you. | saw that you had
ability, but that You were naturally in
dolent, and that only want could make
you industrious.
Baron Tentcrdcn, Lord Chief Justice
of England, was . BARRIERS son. and
used to 60 about the streets Of Canicr-
bury a. an attendant OF his father,
when lac went from house to house to
serve his customers. One day, after
tic BARRIERS boy had become Chief
Justice, he visited Canterbury Cattle
dral in company with n friend. The
choir was singing. and the friend
praised the voice Of q certain choris.
ter.
"Ah!" said tho Chief Justice; "that
is the only man ever envicd. When
at school in his town, wo were candi.
dates for chorister place, and no OBJ.
tanned it."
The disappointed boy. who needed
the small salary, was consolcd by tho
gift of an Oxford scholarship. Poverty
made him study, for he had his own
way to mako through the world. In
due time he gained Fellowship. whose
income supported him while studying
law.
Whom he was called TO the bar, no
had to contend with husky voice. n
lcadcn face, and q painful bashfulncss.
But poverty made him diligcnt work.
or. and in few years his fees amounted
to forty thousand dollars a year.
Kenyon. another eminent English
lawyer was so poor when he began
practice, that he used to dine ut .
cheap caiing.housc. where dinners
were supplied for fifteen cents. When
he was Chicf-Jus.icc, he gave this adj.
vice to . young lawyer:
Spend your own fortune. marry.
and spend your wifc's. and then YOU
will have some chance Of succeeding in
the law."-Yonh'S Companion.