The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
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Sound Talk from those of Long Expert
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New York Herald

OQ9 OF LueSe IetIcI>, JuS1 tSr'4'eN>'
runs in the following strain:--
l am q country boy. I came from
farm in New Hampshire to New
York with the hopes Of making a
name and fortune, Either the fame
or the fortune would satisfy me, but
T prefer both If they are within
reach.
Will you kindly tell me how l can
carve ont for myself successful
career?
The result Of orr experience and
observation are entirely at your ser
vice. Young man.
Suppose we begin our conversa-
ton by defining terms. What Go YOU
mean by "a successful career?"
#, as YOU say, you are ambitious
to become millionaire two or three
times over your chance is one IN
thousand
Possibly you may be that one. 1t
depends on your natural gifts and
your opportunities. But how about
the other nine hundred aud ninety
'Ssine? Are their lives to be failure
:sssSeause Ss.ause they can't acquire an I'M
mense bulk of capital?
In other words, IS surplus OF
cash the prime factor in the problem
of happiness, and is a citizens 5 use
fulness to be measured by his bank
account solely:
You may also get the fame You
wish. 1t depends on your education,
on the quantity and quality Of your
brains and'on your native genius.
With these. everything is possible:
without them, you will everlastingly
hunger for the unattainable, and IN
the end draw the coverlid of wasted
life over your head and die a dis
appointed man.
The number of those who achieve
such greatness that the public build
monuments to their memory is very
few, but if your name happens to be
in that list the Herald will gladly
subscribe for the purpose.
Don't make any mistakes in this
matter. If you wish to get out Of
life all there is in it-for y0u-there
is way to do it.
Real happiness consists Of health,
self respect, the good will of the
community and a sufficient income
to CRAFTY your reasonable wants.
Everything else is trivial and not
worth bothering about. The man
who has steady work, fair wages, a
cosy home, enough to eat, thick
oyercoat, and the consciousness Of
personal integrity, is nightly
favored fellow, in possession Of more
than three quarters of the best things
which this world affords.
Now, YOU can have all this if you
make certain rules the basis of your
conduct.
/. Don't aim too high, but aim
straight. Emerson's advice to ''hitch
Your wagon to star is the merest
buncombe Of rhetoric. You will pro-
duce larger practical results if You
hitch your wagon to well fed
mule.
Longfellow's poem, Excelsior" is
another bit Of exquisite trash. Of
course it is beautiful, and all like
that, YOU know" butt is not adapted
to rough and tumble fight with
circumstances.
The young man in that poem
shoulders flag and starts for--well.
for nowhere, SO far as we can dis
cover. He is one Of the climbecs-an
explorer Of the celestial Alps. When
he git.s 70 the top of a hill he turns
back and screams out ''Excelsior::'
What for we can't say. This is free
country, however. and he can do as
he pleases. Up he trudges until ne
gets to the snow capped summit OF
the next ascent. Unreasonable boy:
he seems to be Just as dissatisfied as
ever. Evidently he wants the earth.
In spite Of a chronic bronchitis and
in constant danger Of pneumonia. he
waves his bunting, yells ''Excelsior!!"
once more and strikes out for an
altitude where the mercury freezes
in the bulb.
He may be going yet. for aught
we know. He has undertaken a
tough job, though, and his flag by
this time must be in tatters.
You want to get rid of good deal
of this :excelsior" folderol 1t is a
mighty poor investment Of talent.
STAY down below. and let the glaci-
ers and mountain peaks take care Of
themselves.
Secon6-Do Your work well, 10
matter what it is. Study your busi-
ness. Make yourself master Of it by
putting your head and heart into it.
If it is Bookkeeping. then keep books
in such fashion that the Angel Cab
riel viii want to lend You his crown
as q token OF approval. If you are
q mechanic. or artisan, or farmer, be
proud Of yourself. and the rest OF the
world will soon come to be proud OF
YOU. Nothing is needed so much IN
this generation as 4 man with skilled
fingers. You may have long pull.
but the clock will strike al unex-
pected hour and the opportunity
which comes to everybody IN turn.
but which most people miss-will
present itself. Study the bulldog.
and when vou get your teeth into
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