West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-07-17
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Chapter az Sensible Advice Given IN n
Humorous Nciu.

humorous NCtus
The longer we live the more we learn.
and the moro we learn the less We think
we know. Such is tho inconsistency of
mans ideas. my boy. The less one
knows, the greater his opinion of his
abilities and wisdom.
In the morning of life man prdcs
himself on his greatness, and wonders
to what grand channel he will oonhnd
his talents. lie looks upon his school
district rs the world "a, large, and him
self rs the great genius in whose keep
ing the world future rests. lie imag-
ines that when he speaks nations from
bile and mountains tottor. and the lack
rabbit llecS He imaginos that II gaping
and wondering populaco are gazing ON
him with open -mouthcd wonder and
iron-clad aStoniShmcnt, and that he
holds the world with grasp that is
perpetual.
But as the days, and months. and
years, scoot 10y in rapid succession, tho
young man finds ont that hc is possibly
mistaken, and that if he should wander
away or get lost, some one or moro of
all the people on earth might not miss
him With each succeeding yoar his
knowledge grows and his mind takes .
broader hold on the things of life. and
10y and by he begins to realize that he is
only ono out Of many millions of people,
and that instead OF stand ng forth as
the center of attraction, hc only fills n
small michel in some obscure corner, and
really attract, but little moro attention
than rat-holo that sets up in opposi-
tion to "A cavern.
My boy, there Is no greater dctrmcnt
10 the growth and attainment of man
kind than these human bumps who are
so often found sitting i'm the road for
the weary traveller Co stumble over. We
lind them everywhere. They arc the
men who don't know anyth ny. and are
too blind to know il. The less n man
knows the less ho wants TO know, and
the result of it is he breaks down earlyin
the journey and becomes II wreck, OBJ
structiug the way of others.
The ignorant man who realizes his
Ignorance, and who doesn't seek to pass
himself for more than hc Is worth. Is
pardonablo but tho sclf-concoitcd,
twenty -thc-dollar cuss, who tries
10 pass himself oil at n premium, is to
be piticd as well as dcspiscd, while the
base t-worth-a-tinker sort
of chap is too low for either pity on
contempt
The best way, my boy, is to hold
your self-cstcom little down, and not
rate yourself too high Tho man who
climbs the highest has the farihcst To
fall, and IL is more pleasant to be invit-
ed to take higher scat than il is to be
kicked out into the back ward. IL is
more pleasant TO be king IN "A cottage
than servant in Il palace. II is better
TO gnaw q cold bone i'm n cabin than TO
be rabbit pceler for royalty IL is
better to walk than TO swing on the tail
end of some coupling pole like n tar
bucket IL is better to be n clear, tlean
genuine five cent piece than To bc "a
bogus quarter In other words, my
boy, it is better TO hold ourselves ~
what we honestly arc worth
The world is full of people who never
learn anything, because they think they
know enough tO commence with. Thou
sands of men try to teach when they
need to be taught; thousands believe
themselves wise when in reality their
ignorance is lamcntablc; thousands who
try TO palm themselves oil for pure
gold when they are only thinly plated
aud the brass shows through i'm many
places.
We can't tell what is in a nut till we
crack the she'll One can { tell whether
or not AN apple is sweet by its looks
We can't Judge Of the world by our
selves. The world is large and its les.
sons varied The wiscst man knows
but little. What you and know is but
small drop in large bucket, and
what is known by humanity now is in
iinitely small when compared with what
II yet uniearncd. glance at the world
does not reveal all its b 'autics and rich
ness and immcnsity The title pare OF
a book does not explain the contents ol
the pages that follow. a little knowl-
edge of the world and Of LIES mys-
tcrles does not give us n complete un-
dcrstandng Of all things that are TO be
known
My boy. the wisc,t of us are compara-
lively ignorant, and thousand Of Young
men who have grand ideas Of their own
abilities Will wake up some time i'm tho
future 10 "a realization Of the fact that
they have been laboring under large.
sized dclusiOn. Many q young man,
life is gildcd by bright dreams that come
I'm the carly stage Of the game. but later
those dream, lose their charms and
they become but mincc-pic Nightmares
and oh, how bitter s he change wher
it does come n h. MOnitord. ~
PeCk'S S'tu.