The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-20
SUCCESS In LIFE.

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and power. And it becomes doubly
interesting when we can hear from
the lips Of a successful man the
means BY which he himself became
successful.
That thoroughly equipped man Of
the world and accomplished gentle
man, Chauncey Depew, had occa-
sion to stop at an institution of
learning to deliver a lecture to
young men. He told them how to
achieve success in life, and, after
enlarging upon the many well-worn
maxims which time has proved true,
he concentrated them ell in the one
homely, but expressive phrase of
"Dig, stick, save" Work earnestly,
stick to your business and be eco
nomical. The old Latin maxim had
it that economy is wealth, and time
has given it proof. 1t is by what
men save not by what they earn,
that men grow rich. A man may
be poor on ten thousand dollars
year, for he may live beyond his
income. Every man is poor who
spends more than he has, no man
is poor who spends less. A man
with large income may so manage
it that terror and shame haunt his
door continually. a man with
small income may manage so we'll
that he purchases the blessing of
riches-safety and respect.
If any words ought to be burned
into the very souls OF young men
they are these: "Save your money
and beV are of debt" A debtor is
a bondm3n, a coward. Edmund
Burke, in one of his great orations,
speaks of the dreadful power every
creditor has over his debtor. A
man in debt is only half man.
Nay, more than that, the debtors
road is the highway to fraud, swind-
ling and crime. Saving, economy,
keeps one from debt and dishonor
and puts him on the road to wealth.
10 "stick" is to have a definite
end in lite; having set out upon a
road, to continue patiently in it un-
til the end is arrived at. Some one
asked Newton how he accomplished
so much, and his reply was: ''By
always extending my mind"-that
is, by always fixing his mind on the
thing that he had to do. The finest
epithet for genius is that which he
applied. Genius" said he, sis
patience. He who would succeed
in life must early discern his object,
and toward that object must habitu-
ally direct his powers. Fixity OF
purpose will overcome any obstacle.
And this in any and every line Of
life. In the trades, in business, in
the professions. If a man is a car
penter or bricklayer, why should
he not aim to be the best workman
IN this line? If a lawyer, or doc
tor, ora preacher, why not work to
reach the higher ranks of those
professions
This can be accomplished only by
digging-by hard, untiring work.
Nothing in life that is worth any
thing can be achieved without eff
fort. every hair casts shadow"
says and old write, and each object
under the sun has its difficulties.
The curse of modern life is the
haste to be rich. Men see the COM
forts, the pleasures, the delights
that wealth seems to bring, and in
their eagerness to partake of them
try to take short cuts and devious
ways to obtain riches. Never was
any proverb as respects wealth than
the homely one that "the longest
way round is the shortest way
home" The short cuts invariably
lead through bogs and morasses
that sooner or later involve the un-
lucky adventurer in inextricable
difficulties. The long, hard way is
the best way, whether the young
man seeks wealth, honor or fame,
and they can all be achieved by any
youth of fair ability if he will but
constantly bear in mind this pithy
instruction of the accomplished man