Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20
LUCK OR PLUCK?
TEMPERAMENT co.'s FAR TOWARD
DECIDING ONC'3 FATE.

without plrn~ing very deeply into the
met physics Of this subject, we will havo n
few moments talk about fate and luck. We
Speak Of a IIcky GLOW, meaning 10y that
man who IS lDrttnatc, and yet luck may lc
coed or J., the ono quito as frequently as the
other. II we mcan by luck, however, an oft
rocurrcHco uloaH tic line OF help or hin
dirrcc, without special ciicrt, work, thought,
c&"rt!Ou on t.i3 part of him to Whu'n Tie
lucE, food or evil, comes, why not believe il
10 go uo I~oJio 20 UTnu-h life La.acd IL
aua5I4a I.lpttuuuy, others walk forever in
a yulo q tears, and the shadow Of the high
mouht1in, ImpasabIe, unGc,oycraLlo.
Eom3 Eica, sunny natarcd, easy tempered,
laaY, GOOD for nothing fellows, to whom u
thee A6 N0"I &c a novelty, aud an exercise
cure 81, Gid every door open at their ap-
preach, aad banGucts spread with ovcrJ
inn npblo and conceivable dclicacy, with
uooHng to Interfere with tao oagOiuy Of thon
| pleasure from tho rising of the sun to the
! gO,Ig down thereof, wl.lo other men, care
inL Lrool.nG, ever plOdding earnestly, con
8ciout.ouay along Grst this road, then the
othCr, meet II continuity Of disappointment
AID disaster, which absolutely enshrouds
| thc'n il II Gloom that is never penetrated by
IA I'ly OF hope; confronted ever 10y dsappoint-
FROM t'o face of the Garth into the blackness
/ OF d,lri;nCs5 iElpcLctrable
! it VIII not 10 Gravcly argued that birth
has 10. ing TO do with mans chances i'll life.
l rc.ae.nLor, when BEGAN to work in 1850
Thanking that oil all tao mcn in tho world
who's, chances | Cnvicd, there were but two
whose %. .Ortullt.cS were seriously any better
than nlnc They were Albert edward.
| Prince Of Wales, whose progress through til,
| provinces and the states | was then chrou-
ic.lI.; for Tho lew York Times, and youn.
Ji.h DCnICtt, whose father WAS then editor
aud proprietor u :nG great journal wit
i Wh!cL Las naino was synonymous DO YOU
mean TO tell mo that young Dehnctt didn',
have better op. or, unity for prolcssiona
/ ro"own tLan any OF nT Young man about T.
embrace That no.lcS' II jlcsslOn, journalism
| Dad tho Prince OF Wales have 10 ample
scope thgy tho 9th T. yOu.y men born in tn
British don,:.ioLi OF coGr e. birth and socia
posi- ion and lCcuinuIy status hayo much {
10 with mans opportunities, but when ",
| disCuSi broad Questions We must look wit,
/ witln vision; we must not conf 10 our iliI
/ tratlonS to extremes, but must talio the ave.
| age.
| Tho average man is poor, tao grclt major
| ity very poor. If it DO a fact, and it unques
tionably is, That Of every 100 young me
! who 90 into mercantile life uincty-nve fai
before thoy arc 80 years Of age, and Of tb
other Gvo, three get Oh fairly well, one max,
, profound impression i'll his sphere and on,
! alonc becomes phenomenal, standing hea
AID shoulders above his fellows in all th,
world, whore comes in tho matter OF luck
! WhcIo is tho oEccptioni Int 1T a fact tina
! the groat multitude toll au1 suffer tLrougl
! the blasts Of wiptcr aud IN Il torriditics o
summer for barely enou- n 10 keep the.nselve
/ from starving and TO cOTer their nuNclncs
from tho jlDcs and suCCrIASs OF the wOTdl
/ tell you temperament decides aino,
everything. What would seem to Oh,
luck, OF the niost grcwsouc nature, appear
tn another On similar piano Of lie SNIP,
4 all unhappy incident, temporary IN it,
, nature, moi lasting Ia its clI-ct. Some men.
worth .loJOu, Gr.an over Ito luck cf tuei,
nciguL0r WHO is worth 81 ,0yJ.CQj. VII &c al
oth-r nan woo can honestly say 81 az
worth today 100000" is 50 ovorwhellnc,.
with recognition OF his ind.po.4once, OF IL.
power in b nuul to do good among Tho
SUI rim, AID tic Scl; aid i4c trod and IT,
weary Of earth, taht he en- Ia1 10 woru
sufficiently rutuud with which 10 express hi
satisfaction, It's content, MS delight.
some people say, "Whdtovcr Is TO Ire Wi.
10. II am .j.J"l 60 he ..cn ! viii uavc
money, and II AN t2tcd To he poor | won.
! have any. n man who was born % be
hanged viii never hc crowned, 50 whatever
comes THO IL o.''-e-a .... ut TO- didn't
ask % come hoo" Wv .' ny. Ia The
first place don't kno~ .l,. .r u asked to
come hero or not. Neither d yo4.
That Cw3 an i two added together arc lated
( 10 make tour, yes, b,it aro you fatadf Is
tbpro ppptriri-t5r, tbat f,rs.. Won "a r.,t