The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25
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GAINING AND ACHIEVING.


IDefc are two PURPOSES iuHne
eng D shaping the lite of eve
healthy and active man and v
inan-the purpose OF gaining son
tnlug and the purpose OF doll
something. Both are neetlful +
the welfare OF the individual N
Tue best interests of society, bl
tue emphasis which il laid on OF
on tue other marks an lml.orla,
distinction in character and resul
Though blended together, one gel
orally comes to be the ruin
purpose OF lite, The other exists L
do 1t service. All that some mel
40 Is lone for the purpose of gam
ing.
Two persons are employed side
W side. The mind OF the one is
entirely occupied with thoughts of
tne pay he is to receive. On this
MI DIS hopes and anticipatious are
nxed. No other result OF his labor
interests him. His aim is to get
Tue maximum OF money for the
minimum of work, and Ill his eff.
forts are directed, wisely or unWise-
~, TO this end. The other is by no
means Indifferent TO his ccmpensa.
ton. He looks forward to pay day.
and sees in it various means O.
happiness. But he also has anoth.
or purbOse in view. Not only nor
chiefly what he is gong to get, but
what he IS going to do, dwells in his
thoughts and animateS his hopes.
lie wants to make bis work excel.
lent; he feels an honest pleasure
IN its quality, its strength, its fair
proportions, or its finish. He hopes
TO acquire still greater skill, and to Z
work out still better results. {
here again are two EMPLOYEES;
Ihey may be contractors, or manu-. :
Iacturers, or merchants. One is |
absorbed with the desire of gain. I
he looks on his wOrkmen, or opera
or clerks as upon so many
machines, which may be made to
Ill his Golfers, and his settled policy
8 to get from them the most work 7
or The least pay, while in dealing
WIN his customers his chief aim is
o secure as much money for as
lttle value as III goods as possible.
other hopes for a fair reward
Oh his exertlons, but lie hopes also
OF other things. He gauges his
BUSINESS prosperity, not alone by
Us yearly balance of profits, but -
lso by the character he has esfah.
shed for integrity and fair dealing,
y the welfare and happiness Of
hose lie has employed, aud the b
egree to which his labors have O.
enehted the community. HIS
AIMS, whatever they may be, are 20
the n end to which he has
lcrlifced all else, but rather the I
cans by which be intends TO Ell. ID.
rye his power for good, both to {
lose who serve him and those
HON he era =
SO in every occupation, and IN ID
the phases OF life, the same dis.
lctlon may be seen. Some are
fugsling for name aud place, an.
anSe and fame, fortunes or digni. D
not caring much how they at. inc
N them, or whom they knock
WI I'D the mad conflict t: and if
~ fail to secure the prizes for
lch alone they toll, they are al
ecked in happiness and life. NH
hers are gratified with what falls I'M
their lot of such things, but are VRVI
! more Interested in a higher iH
d Of success. What have they
'ef Is a more vital question to
M than What have they gainedF tNor
) the artist embodied his tinesr
Has the author in Mr.,
or elevated his readers ? d yer 7
the orator inspired and uplilted ira {
audience? Has the physician brand
led With diseased Has the re. smok
ler aided the weak and erringf chewi
the statesman benefited his Dec
ltry Has the mother made =
e blessed placef Unless such
'tlons can be afitmatively an. "
ed, the true toilers in these
res cannot deem themselves ATAR
essful, though rich prizes NAV
fallen at their feet. All our
[ men-alI whom Lis,onn 81 Care
aud poSterity honOrs-have
lged to the latter class. They .,,p,
not spent their lives in ac.
iTing, accommodating, enioying;
nave adhered something, and Coal in
their names live in remem deliver
&C. hen W e recall such names Sgtwee
ashington, Franklin, Jenner. solomi
espeare, Jefferson, it Is their Crate or
), not their gains, that %inspire octol
Indeed, every loss by which ~
IuIthered the good of humani. L
like a gem in the setting u
cir lives, while what they may
gained is hardly thought wor.
u record. When a rich man opposit
ms wealth is soon disposed OF.
II has left nothing else, hIs
VIII soon be forgotten, But Polite
has used his wealth in ,ho All worl
e OF justice and mercy, righte. rustic :
IS aud trntb, If lie has aided -
eaE, lifted the fallen, encour. lies
struggling merit, and has thus 20.
a blessing to humanity, then 60 u
will live after him, aud chi
lldren may we'll cherish them Dill
rlcher legacy than gold or 81 :
editor of The Jacksonviua octOb,
a very candid man. He 80
ut must be the fault of the o.