The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-01-08
The WorId owes NE n Living.

ehc plhcE hiSht We heafu one young
man remark TO another, "1he world
owes me a living aud allow to have
it. That is true; bni you owe the
world something as well. The
world is like an individual. 1t tdoes
not propose to support a person who
will not hustle around little and
try 20 furnish few of the extras.
There is no law of nature that
makes it incumbent upon the world
or anything else to do for a man
that which he can do for himself.
If you are unable TO perform manu-
al labor sufficient TO support your
self, ihe philanthropy of the world
has furnished means whereby your
actual necessities will be supplied.
If you are able to work and refuse
TO do so.zon the pretext that the
world owes you a living, you ought
to suffer for it. The United States
has over 6O,0OO,0 900 people. No two
of these are constituted just alike.
Each has peculiar set of ideas.
The views of each two have point
OF divergence some place. Though
given their existence from the same
parents, reared in the same house,
sheltered by the same friendly roof.
rocked by the same gentle mothers
hand, blessed with the same paren-
tai bcnedictions, when the threshold
of home is crossed the world is en-
countered for subsistence, there
will be separate avenues selected.
This difference of taste, these vari-
Gus inclinations are met by SO many
unexplored fields spread out by the
Maker of the universe, and you are
admonishcd To pursue your inclina-
tions with the positive assurance of
success if your inclinations lead to
u laudible end. Hence there is no
use for idle hands. The heavens
are full unsolved of mysteries, the
earth teens with undreamed of
treasures, the elements are suscep-
tible to much more minute analysis,
and art is yet in it's infancy; the
coarser shades have only been added
to her drawings; science yet carries
the key to her greatest benedictions,
and tue trades and professions are
yet in the infancy of their achieve
meuts. All these are looking to
you, young man, crying for the
touch OF genius that will unfold the
race the ultimatum of their designed
purpose. Yet with this unfinished
condition of everything save crude
matter, you stand with hands folded
praying for something to do. No
you don't offer that prayer; you
pray for something to do itself in
such a way as to furnish you small
margin, and you will be content
however small the margin, so you
can realize u mere existence. Why
not wake up? No name has yet
been written SO high upon the PIN
nacle of fame but what some other
will be written just above it. Now
why not let that be your name?
40, | cant" you say. Cant never
led Martin Luther through obsta-
cles unreasonable for man to con-
template. "Can't" never caused AL
exander to stand and weep because
there were no more worlds to con-
quer. "Can't" never helped Bona
parte to cross the Alps. "Can't"
never led Columbus to discover
America. Cant" did not assist
the colonies in thrashing England.
"Can't" did not make Lincoln the
rail-splitter, Lincoln tue President
"Can't never cleared forests, built
cities, founded republics, invented
steam appliances, railroads, tele-
graph, telephone, etc, ad infinitum.
No sir, young man, the world don't
owe you half rs much as you owe
the world. She has furnished you
a subsistence through all these years
of your worthless existence. Your
fountain of gratitude has been
crushed out. What you want to do
is to say 81 can" and then suit your
actions to your declaration and you
will be surprised at the amount OF
work you can do. Tho old maxim,
"When there's will there a way"
is as true as Bible. Wake mp to the
realization of the fields of possibili-
ties before you, and you may yet
make the world the better for your
having lived. Don't waste your
time in indleness ana waiting for
the world to dump living at your
door or life will be dismal failure.
"Why did you refuse to paint
young Cowboys picture? Because
if 1 didn't make a good picture of 1t,