The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28
THE WAY TO FORTUNE
IL open Only TO the Bold, the Energetic
and the Industrious.

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and the Industrious.
The bold and enterprising man, ready
to take advantage of any promising OPP
portunity to improve his fortune, ener-
getically working to find that opportu-
nity, and Micawber, waiting for some
thing to turn up" are alike convinced
that
There is tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at its food. leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage OF their life
Is bound in shadows and in miseries.
One with this faith in his heart works
cheerily. hoping for the tide to come,
and prepared, when it does, come to
make the best possible use of it. The
other sits idly, awaiting the tide, but
expecting that when it comes it shall
float him on to fortune without effort on
his part. But there are two elements
that must meet in successful endeavor
of any kind-which is what is meant by
fortune. The one is the man; the other
the opportunity. Good men fail for want
of opportunity; opportunities pass by
never to return for want of good men to
utilize them. They useful lesson of the
poetic thought is that men should be
prepared to take advantage of the tides
that come to them. The can not be
thus prepared if they are mere
oilers. Preparation for successful work
any kind comes by faithful
19r, which develops not only skill Of
Inland, but habits of industry, selt-confi-
Hence, the ability to do things instinct
Nely the right way, as well as to deter
nineproblems by thinking. To those,
therefore, who would succeed, whether
they hive faith in tides or not, the ad-
nonitin comes to be prepared to i'm
rove opportunities. Make the oppor-
dnities themselves, if that be possible,
lit be sure that you are prepared to
make good use of them whether they
ah gifts OF fortune or are wrought out
bypatient endeavor. A financial panic
Wrcks firms that have not their re-
sorces well in hand, closes mills and
stanates business, but those who are
reag for the portunity with money
caplal or with the reputa ton and skill
to Command help, may, in the reaction
that ollows panic, win fortune. The
histoy of every widespread business
depression has in it this lesson: The I'M
readylose fortunes that are picked up
by thee prepared to take advantage of
business conditions favorable to the
making, of large profits. For the people
must b. clothed and fed, and only for a
short tine can the demand for the nee
essariesof life be curtailed. The mills
that areclosed by the shock of a panic
may be bought or leased at much less
than Their value, labor is cheap because
there ara so many unemployed, and
the price Of products inevitably rises as
result Of depleted market. Those
who are ready to take advantage of the
favorable conditions may win a fortune
in the first few months Of a revival of
trade; but they mussbe ready with some
kind of resources-it may be capital, it
may be business skill and credit, or it
may be technical or trade skill needed
by others who supply the capital. Their
tide comes to them in the ebb of one
that has overwhelmed others. There
u scarcely manufacturing community
FS~t has not its example of skilled
| Workman who has risen to fortune by
starting the right enterprise at the
right time.
Always, however, it will be found that
the man and the opportunity have met.
Fortune is seldom if ever thrust upon
my one. The man who wins her favors
must have some qualities that make
him deserving. He may be morally
bad, INSCRIPTIONS, unjust, and in that
sense undeserving; but if the secrets of
mis- success are disclosed he will be
found to possess some good quality that
has helped him to win fortunes favor
energy, industry. boldness, skill or high
intelligence. There is no tide to lead
on to fortune the lazy or the Indifferent.
but there is one that may be used to
promote the interests of Jealous, indus
trious, skillful and intelligent workers,
and it returns to these day by day,
month after month, as do the tides OF
ocean.-Baltimore Sun.