The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-16
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sCROWDED PROFESSIONS.
to Young Men from one who
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s;'sssl ssss lJ0 you wonder then that, coming Dack
sstosyon afteran experien of nearly thirty
years in one Of these; overcrowded profess
4 sions, :sonUd note Of warning against
choosing profession hastily, and caution
gyon. thu, unless you have unusual endow.
6autaand raordinary luck, no matter
Vkich profession you may select, you will
Iobabl find yourselves, in five years,
ins the condition of the traveller
Rho, eomineSSt to certain cross roads where
the5 5inger boards indicated four. differ
gentToads as:le aiding; to the place which
edesired TO reach, asked a countryman
swhich was the best road, and was told:
Vail ,sstrarger ye kin jist take yer
cbicesS but whichever on 'em ye take, be-
gone. more'nsa q mile, yell be
derned sure; to wisht ye'd taken some
you could know how many, how
very ysmany rnen in my profession are not
|sesaTHlngs and never will earn, q decent
iiiViing, although many Of them possess
quality deserving Of success, except
power to command it and how large
sproporti ion of them do not, and probs-
nlsyasersWiily earn as good a living as
ssdstclassl carp penter, bricklayer or ma
Sss could easily earn if you could
SssEpoN as youwill know in ten or twenty
from now, how many college educa.
men have suffered; and will continue
Ess suHsrsS ship wreck on the rocks that
lem the:Way Of S. professional career,
would nude derstand why 4 have felt it
my d1tyst utter some words of
farming dor the benefit Of those who have
wiling to hear.
& Sss.sss Sssss..ssssssEHEYsNEYERsw WENT TO COLLEGE.
not; ;misnnd nderstand me. I have no
|ss |ss ought gof rlnd derestimating the great
4 Il @@adyantsges % sa college education, fer
& college nan; U IS likely ever to do that;
ssbnt WAN you against the stumbling
@ sEEosk! Of oyor:sssti mating its Importance,
snds eapfposing, as too many students
ss did Sins my day, sthst 9, college. diploma
IS isso ofitself aspecies Of title of nobility,
sk] ]Issopen sesame to fame and. fortune,
III tiitss der, being too we'll edu.
IS Wosk, must necessarily adopt some
Rensmb ;thata very large proper.
ats most successful and illustrious
n snsR Rhom this country has produced
E sre colleg e educated men, and some
ot Ehems did: not even have the advantage
|so As faits commfn school education. Ten
The twenty three presidents of the
ssl5 bit states ~ ashington, Monroe,
sJa eEsons an Buren, Taylor, Fillmore,
E ncoln, Johnson, Grant and Cleveland; /;
of The ehief Justices Of the supreme
cdnStp stheS United statesthe great
eSJd dhn Marshal lie and John Rntledge !; ten
Tie fifteen cE!ief Justices of the supreme
@ @eoars Pennsyi iyania Benjamin Frank
Patrick: Henry, Henry Clay, Wash.
esiingtonS Irving John Greenleaf Whittier,
E5oraess Greeley Thutlow Weed, James
[ Gordon Bennets, John Sherman, Allen
aE6nrman, and hundreds of others
ihom might mention, whose names
part Of the history Of this country,
hsd none. of the opportunities which you
sraesaniioyiing. And probably not ono in
of Inc sci f:made millionsires Of this
county the bank presidents, the ner-
ehIllt princes, The railroad kings, the
gssst fnsnciers, the responsible editors
|ss asWlT W great neWspap apers, were ever inside
fahes doors Of 3 college.
world viii not ask whether you
Thai iaadip plomay but it viii ask what you
calsdo and the only way that you can
E ii op that point is to do something
fKhaE concl lusive rely demonstrates your ca
s,npsriorp physical strength is no longer
Easpreminm, for machinery has TO
eTtent taken its place, but inteiiec.
ual superiority never commanded so
premium as it does to-day. The
lsns sWhois int elleetually but half an
lch taller than his fellow men is bound
5I IS forgesfo ihe front. There never was
4na lin the history of the world when
sMaasDg good a market for brains,
htl hey must be the genuine article.
6eaBorld a IS not easily humbugged, and
she;a Ian who attempts to hoodwink tits
boES q 10 getsleft 3 It wants scholars,
sriolists poets, not poetasters;
ssate men, not politicians; inventors, not
demands, above all things,
: ssigil ality Isswill be satisfied With
IItt lg less sthanithe very highest degree
xes Silence, scholarship, in meehsni.
aEanits, in business, in literature and
ssch Of the several professions.
GeoD MATERIAL IN DEMAND.
but there never was q time when The
orld was WillingIto pay such high prices
WilI pay to; day for what it needs.
= know lawyers, docters- and editors with
: a snes'ufe4dfcm s25, GOO to $4,000 a
( hey are few, and they are
rttl every dollar that they
Popnlar preachers command
hat make an average lawyers
water. The author who can write
ss t6at.will compel people to read
can get prices the tenth part OF
eh.Wonld have made Homer, Milton
Shakespeare bonanza kings. Milton
siiyeds ss1O 8 in his lifetime and his
!les6sRaG aer his death for paradise
oss. Rider Haggard can 70 day get
Efo 900 sfor single story of 300 pages,
essil Md our leading magazines have paid
popular authors as high as slo0 page.
Sseoreso sc college graduates apply in vain
asery month for situations on newspapers,
Bsat let; one Of them write but ten lines,