Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-24
valedlc.ory Address.

The following is the very able valedictory address delivered last night by Miss Mary Wright, the sub ject being, Duty, the Key to Sue, cess"
 Duty is a debt that is due and 5 must be paid by every one who would avoid present diseredit and eventual moral insolvency.
 Success is the favorable or pros. peroas termination of anything st- l tempted; the successful attainment of a proposed object.
 The performance of ones duty not ] only leads to success, but it is also, in large degree the secret of and real key to happiness. Shakespeare says conscience makes towards of us i all. There is doubtless much truth ] in this statement; but 1t would prob ably have been just as true, if he had said, the consciousness of having done our duty, brings us our largest share of earthly happiness.
 Happiness is not as some people imagine, beautiful gem, rare and uncommon, that we may each search for. in vain; but it consists of numer- ous small gems grouped together zcontaining all the little pleasures strewn along the common path of life.
 No idle or shiftless persons ever are successful or truly happy. It is *only those, who are always busy do- <ing their duty and using their time to the very best possible advantage, who are the most contented and sue eessful. In learning the lesson to be content We have accomplished Large part of the journey toward Happiness. Rebecca at the we'll, with her pitcher, in the performance of simple, daily duty, with the look of 1uiet contentment in her eyes, and Inc blush of conscious duty on Trembling cheeks; it was this that won the true, brave heart of Isaac.
 Great men and women are excep- lions. Indeed, the range of most ives is so short, that few have the Opportunity of showing to the world Ehat they could do if they had the hance. Blu. each one. however owiy he may be placed, can do his uty, and that so we'll that he may be successful in almost anything he bay attempt.
 Although a sense of duty upholds ne in his highest attainments, it also Rlstains him in every day transac- Hons; and such person wears the lest and lasts the longest. And, in eed. in the hour and gloom of ad- ersity, the consciousness of duty Performed not only sustains and in- pires, but, like the renewal of hope, gives consolation. And 1t Is this pity consciousness, that often rompts to the most heroic and in- epid effort, and brings final success nt of diversity and disaster. A great nan-one of the few. the immortal names, that were not born b die-has said: Human virtue hould be equal to human calamity; pd, he himself, furnished the most ustrious example of the philosophy Rd wisdom of this great truth. Al- ough his character was one of the ftiest mountain peaks, towering gh above the surface of the great eean of human destiny, and pure as 5e spotless snows, that brood in ernal silence upon its far summits; hd although his life has been illus ated by achievements of arms as illiant as had ever blazoned a war prs crest, or adorned nation story; t, when calamity, like blackest ght, came upon him, with heroic ep he trod the wine-press alone, kd proved that human virtue should
 equal to human calamity. He re- ived the woes of millions of people l bon his great heart, and he did not l 1ail; as, in years before, he had 1 en the faithful devoted nurse of 1 ! s invalid mother, so now he walked 1 n in the pathway of duty. As it is not only the mountain tor nt and mighty river, rushing on- srd to the sea, that make the great |an, but also each drop of rain that Us into its welcoming bosom; as ch grain of sand helps to make the teat shore against which the oceans pves, for ages, have lashed in vain;
 it is that our small duties, the i fict performance of which is a gveat | cret of success. To neglect our hty Is to do ourselves as well as l hers injustice.
 Whatever path duty points out
 at path should our feet follow; us would We find life's labors less kiuous and receive the true reward 1 honest toil. As the poet says:
 Ionor and fame from condition rise,
 Df well your part therp all glory lies."
 To all of our most remarkable pub | c men the call of dnty has been all | Powerful. And they needed not in kin. 1t is said that one of the rules
 action, early adopted. by Wash gton. for the guidance of his career, as rigorous performance of duty. hatever he felt that he should do
 tat he did; but, whenever asked to that which was contrary to his
 eas of right no temptation or coer- pn could induce him to swerve from l De path of duty.
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