The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-06
Good Words TO o Young Man.

Beecher to his son is declared on good
authority never to have been published j:
BROOKLYN, N. y, October 18, 1873
MY Dear Herbert: You are now for the
first time really launched into life for
yourself. You 60 from your fathers
house, and from all family connections,
to make your own way in the world. 1t
is q. good time to make a new start, to
cast out faults of whose-evil you have
had an experience, and to take on habita
the want of which you have found to be
SO damaging:
-. You must not 60 into debt. Avoid
Edebt as yousweuld the,devil. Make it q
fundamental 3 No debt-cash OF
nothing.
2. Make few promises. Religiously
observe even the smallest promise. A
man who means to keep his promises
cannot afford to make many.
: 3. Be: :scrupulously careful in atlstate::
mentst. Accuracy and.perfect frankness,
no guesswork. Either nothing or accu-
rate truth.
4. When working for others sink your.
self out of sight, seek their interest.
Make yourself necessary to those who
employ you by industry, infdelity and
scrupulous integrity. Sel6shness ia
fatal.
s. Hold yourself responsible for e
higher standard than anybody elseye1s
poets Of you. Demand more of yourself
than anybody else expects Of you. Keep
your personal standard high. Never ex.
cuse yourself to yourself. Never pity
yourself. Be hard master to yourself,
but lenient to everybody else.
r 6. Concentrate your forces on your own
proper business dc not turn off. Be
constant, steadfast, persevering.
/ z. The art of making ones fortune is Ia
spend nothing. In this country any in.
telligent and industrious young man may
become rich, if he stops all leaks and is
not in a hurry. Do not make haste be
patient. &
8. Do not speculate or gamble. You
go to land where everybody is excited
and strives to make money; suddenly,
largely and without working for it. They
blow soap bubbles. Steady, patient in
dustry is both the surest and the safest
way. Greediness and haste are two
devils that destroy thousands every year.
9. In regard to Mr.. B., he is 8
Southern gentleman =; he is receiving you
as favor to me; do not let him regret it
10. I beseech you to correct one fault
severe speech of others; never SPEAK
evil ofany man, no matter what the facts
may be. Hasty fault.fnding and severe
speech of absent people is not honorable
is apt to be unjust and cruel, makes ene'
mics to yourself, and is wicked.
II. You must remember that you go te
Mr.. R. not to learn tomanageafarm like
his 0ne;or tWo;hundred acres, not forty
thousand IS to b yourfuture homestead
but you can; learn .the care ofsesttle
sheep, the culture of:wheat, the climate
country, manners and customs, and q
hundred things that will be needful.
r@-12.. If by integrity, industry and we'll
earned success you deserve we'll of your
fellow. citizens, they may, in years te
come, ask ycu to accept honors. Do not
seek them, do not receive them while
you are youpg-wait; but when you art
established you make your fathers name
known with honor in halls of legislation
Lastly, do not forget your fathers ant
your mothers God. Because you will bt
largely deprived of Church privileges
you need all the nerve tokeep yourhear
before God. But do not despise small
Churches and humble preachers. "Minl
not high things, but condescend to men
Of low estate"
Read often the Proverbs, the precepts
and duties enjoined in the New Testa
ment. May your fathers God go witt
you and protect you.
HrNpy WApD REEcuEp