The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21
EDUCATED BUSINESS MEN.
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tits a great mistake to educate q
young man only because it is expected
hat he may enter upon professional life.
We believe we speak within the bounds
of experience when we say that thrcc~
fourths of the parents whose sons 60 to
college expect them TO become eithu
lawyers, doctors or minis,crs-ikis l.
well. and yet, it is not we'll. 'lhc fact
is then that many parents Ito not srmd
their sons to college because thry will
follow the bushes, rather than the pro-
fessional avocations. This Should not
be so. It is not stating it too strongly.
perhaps, to say. that educated men are
needed as much in the commercial and
business, as in the professional, world.
n IS a commercial age to Il great eE-
tent. Business is moro complicated in
almost every sphere and it requires /
well trained, self-reliant mind to direct
the industrial machinery and preserve
that great essential to succesS-cauilih-
rum. 1t may be said that many Of the
successful business men of the day had
little or no education. Let it be admitted
that such lis the fact. The same may be
said OF professional men, but ir'this is y
proof oi any thing it is that their minds
were just the sort best suited for cduca-
tion. They overcame obstacles by their
natural strength. Suppose this inherent
power Of mind had been assisted in it's
development, its possessor would have
found his business and life more pleas
ant, thereby sparing him Of much worry
of mind and body. Hard work does not
injure. one's henlth-it is unrest OF mind
that rs damaging to the physical man.
In the business world the highest test
OF success is not found in the greatest
amount Of money accumulated, but
rather in the manner Of it's acquisition,
whether large or small. That man who
Shas made property to the amount Of
fifty thousand dollars, and .at the, anne
time has moved ON quietly, finding
pleasure in his business, yielding gen
'erously to the calls of humanity, willing
10 sacrifice a dollar, rather thar make i;
at the expense Of another, though it
may have been right to have done so.
and gaHing much time to his family.
Saeh a 'nnn is by fur a greater success
than one who has gained double. the
"amou,to of money, but has ignored all
the claims of society and family, and
has made his money for its sake because
Others are, failing. AS a general rule the
most successful merchants, financicrs
farmers, and business men generally are
those who have received a good educa-
ton or have acquired it themselves. In
this day when competition is 40 great
md strife for the mastery so sharp, tha,
oRe must go down, or fall almost into
St1gnatioD,w whose mind has not been we'll
tYaincd in his youth, srd taught Deepen
fience on its " power. How much
fleasanter will the merchant find his
business, if his mind has been trained to
love literature. At night he finds il,
delightful to store it more and more
with knowledge that fills up the happy
fife. So. with the farmer-ke will TINS
find that his farm life is not all drudrerv
and dig, dig, dig. Let him dig and LEI,
him read and he will be contented. Tins
fhe educated sons Of farmers will not
leave their County homes for the towns
Farm life, to be pleasant must be some.
thing more than following the nlow
from sunrise to sunset year after wear
this wears out-better make a little loo.
and have more pleasure. Let there be
some attraction ut home and on he
farm. and We believe that higher educa.
ton among our farmers means these.
very things.
So, we think that parents should cdu-
cate their sons though they are to be.
COME men of business. Lett be under
stood that they are to lie men of affairs
ns we'll as Of books, and Of Sbooks as we'll
as of business.