The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-15
PRETTY THEORIES,

in Life" The doctor is a learned man !;
a man who has doubtless seen all the
many kinds and styles of success, but he
knows nothing about success in life.
This is one of his general propositions {:
IF one is going to succeed in life, he
cannot 90 soon learn to lean upon him
self. The more completely one is left to
his own unaided exertions, the more
surely he will win the prize, and the
brighter it will be when won How sell
dom do We see the Ons of rich people
coming to the front, among those who do
great things for GOD and humanity !
More and more the thoughtful and wise
are feeling that Inherited wealth is in
herited calamity. Believe me, young men,
when | tell you that the more you are
left to your unaided personal exertions
in life's great struggle, the more surely
you will struggle up; and the more you
look to others to lift you along, the worse
it will be for you. 1t is the frown Of the
world and not its smile that makes us
strong to do COPS work. Naturalists
tell us that the fish which swim up stream
have the best developed b~ackbones. A
man to be worth anything to his fellow
men, must have a backbone. He must
be ever ready to shoulder responsibility,
and stand for the right at any and every
cost. When called to choose between
congratulations and curess, he will often
deliberately take the latter, preferring to
be misunderstood and misrepresented, by
even his best friends, to retaining their
favor at the loss of his own self-respect.
Such a man, ninety-nine cases i'll L
hundred, even in this life, will get far
more out Of this world Ito say nothing ~
the better life where he will reap life
everlasting) than the mere time-serVer,
whose L thought is self-adVancement.
1t is all right for a man to lean upon
himself. The man who leans upon other
people is a drone; a cheap sort of fell
low. But that is a natural proposition.
The trees of the forest show US that they
lean upon themselves; the vine which
to them is however, just as much
of a success. The sturdy oak grows its
grow, but the grape vine which clings to
it, bears it's fruit and does all that should
be done. If a nan wants to have his
wife help him get along-if he is decent,
is just as strong, and stronger to our
mind, if he acknowledges her strength
than the clam who throws her aside and
that he can paddle his own canoe.
The man who has a friend will find in him
much strength and much assistance. We
rather have two friends than to
have a multitude Of general admirers.
There is the false and the real. The
real friend, in all walks and in all ways
is a support-a strength.
The frown of the world is nothing.
The world is simply a great whole. A
man may be doing business in North
Carolina and the world will not frown
upon him, unless be gives it an oppor-
When NAPOLEON met his Wa
terloo there was no frown in his defeat.
The history for centuries will accord to
him the greatest military genius of any
age. The little insects who buzzed
around and about SHAKESPEARE frowned
him-but the world will applaud him
as long as there is water on it. The fell
who gets the "blues" which is at
east a weakness will see a frown where
he other fellow who dares and does will
see a smile.
There is no success in life-except one
hing. That is to do good and to be
good. In speculative markets.; in the
commercial centres where fortunes melt
and disappear, it does not follow that
he man who has a fortune is or has been
successful. This old mar would rather
lave an hour at home without the though
,r care of who was angered with him
han to have the privilege of heading a
procession of millionaires down Broad
way.
Men say that to make money means
1t means financial success and
t means worry and it means toll and it
means a base a~mbition-one that worries
nd frets and tears down.
We may have quoted it here before,
ut in this connection the advice of BOB
NGERsoLL-why do We all call him
5oB?-comes home again. That great
has said of you have but a dol
ar in the whole world, spend it as you
would a dry leaf and you the possessor
f boundless forests. | would rather be
beggar and spend my money like a
ing than he a king and spend it like a
Briefly success in life is:
Be happy.
Be decent.
Help those who need and appreciate
our help.
Spend your money for your wants and
our neighbors wants.
Don't be & clam, and never become a
ebukist unless you have power to re-
uke.
WI SHALL INSIST.
Ii COLONEL WASH DUKE finally sub
tits, as has been intimated, and sub