The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-05-10
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Tie Morld has performed another rev:
olution, and the Gold sn Age Of its his. his
sstotys |has come again. The crazs OF our
time Ii money making. Wealth is the
highest ambition Of almost every man,
! ioWs % ret rich the question OF supreme
81 momreut. Gold SIS our dearest goal. II
s snattsia little oftentimes how we get it,
! 81 IS ,oe qetsu. It seems to me that the
8 6, World has zone clean crazy in its eager
siis sspniisssuit sfser wealth. Gold, gold cries
! s tfie lawyer, tie docto the merchant, the.
farmer, the teacher, alas too often the
! preacher and here we go pell :mell,
every man for himself and the sheriff
take he hindmost, in 9 mad rush alter
nso,ssa Wealths SIS an honor, poverty 9
disgrace. So thoroughly is this spirit
Sinprsinsd into the constitution Sof the
American q, q mind That the poor young man
softsn hesitates to enter the race of life
] feeling hand from the start by
! lEjsi stbs want &c 81 mears. He has 9 natural
timidit III about engaging in q contest
With those who haves such 9 superior
Adj advantages. His pride shriuks from
accepting help from others. And 90 ne 9.
bemoans his fate with 9 long. sigh OF
rps.arot that he has not the postnnities
s, Which his more fortunate neighbof en-
l sioys, srslingnishes the goal Of honor and
fame and usefulness on which he has set
shis eys, ls and enters into some occupation
/ 5:t;Il Is bring hiiun-money. To- all such-tos
she.poors !: Isonng 4 man, disposed to com.
plain of his poverty, and 70 despair OF I
sccomplisking any hing because Of it,.
this article IS. written, in the hope OF
affording soma uragement and stim-
snlus.
sIhe9in With an important proposition,
which, believe, Is an scknow wledged fact.
.ListsrI n IS ths. poor boys, pho, as 9
3, sfuls. n,aEEs tss great men. Yes. and
might add, Che rich men. Mind you,
did snof ny that all great and all rich
men have been poor boys, nor that ail
( poor boys are going to be either great or
srich fron the hct Of their being poor,
but thai, a q rue the exceptions are
but the rule will still be found
to;hold, q think -the poor boys, cad not
| the rich, ara those who make the great
naep, and also thsrich men. This is true
largely Of other countries, but particu-
sIarIy ID It true of onr own America, The
land of individuality, the nursery Of am.
bition, tks home Of true manhood, where
sense and worth, more than gold and
blood ara sths; touchstones Of character.
i need not attempt to prove this prop
.oaifion. To stateit is to prove it. Nu-
smerous examples come before me;;sand
80 viii they occur to everyone, pre-
sumo. Look over the history of America,
and and youwilI find that the most promi-
snsnf men siin every Syocation-in Law,
medicine, Il politics, journalism, the min.
! sistry, teaching. merch ndizing- -hays, in
tho majority of instances, started poor.
1.-THE feld be too broad one, take q
section Of it which you can scan. Look
sarro1ind you.i in your own; community; Is
! ii not true there? Did not most Of the
B @prominsnts men ID it start out as poor
boys Perhaps every community in our
@ @country I'LL bear witness TO that fact.
Does il seem 8 curious pne? at first it
msy, li but I think there is an explanation
for Ii. Nothing happens in this world.
{ sEyerything is governed by law. And
certainty nothing SO general as the rule
ssatsd, could have come by chance.
What reasons are there to be given Tor
thephenomenon2
Rich boys rely upon their money.
ThsJ have an abundance Of il, and when
thair supply is exhausted, they know
where they can get more. Money brings
comforts and Injuries, and buy pleasures.
$50 they enjoy life-at home, at college,
81 sita society. They take things easy. What
need ior their workings Others around
+ them are struggling to obtain money.
They have got 1t. What use OF their
entering the scramble With The rabble?
They feel themselves above all such.
Life IS all fun to them. They hardly
give IL serious thought. To eat, to
dress, to ride. to have pleasure in every
Nay, that is the height of their ambition.
And 90 their very money weakens them.
Il wsakens them physically. They
are not compelled to work. Human
nature Is as lazy as circumstances will
permit, and SO they do little to develop
their muscles and. strengthen their con-
stftution. Indulgence, too, in vices OF
various kinds which wealth constantly
throws in their path has the effect Of
Undermining their physical vigor.
Il veakens them mentally. They do