Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-12-15

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whose life had meyer known a Water
)oo is checkmated at last by the silent
king that respects neither wealth nor
rank. What food for reflection his life
affords to young and cd alike The
builder Of perhaps the most colossal for
tune in this country, he reached the
acme of his ambition, and one cannot
with hold certain need Of praise for
that indomita5le will that conquered
all obstacles and achieved the highest
success in the purpose he set before him.
But what satire on the word success,
his life affords and what commenta-
ry on the mad chase for wealth.
Sacrificing not alone his bodily health
and strength, but also the noblest at
tributes and tenderest instincts Of the
soul to his greed for acquisition, he is
now in the prime Of life, compelled to
leave all his glittering pile. and enters
in the great unknown, mental and a
spiritual pauper.
No sense Of loss, no pang Of regret by
the world at large, follows the an.
nouncement of his death. No moist
eyes, no sorrowing hearts outside his
own immediate family, will follow HIM
to the grave, and the inscription upon
his tomb, if written by the people.
would be here lies the greatest gambler,
the boldest lobbe:, the most treacher-
Gus friend, this country has produced
the wrecker of more fortunes, public
and private, the destroyer of the peace
and happiness Of more individuals and
homes, than any other within the men,
ory Of man
Contrast with his, that other gentle,
gracious life whose sunset still reflects
its radiance on the burdened lives OF
men and women everywhere, the whole
wide world around. We have been
wont to helleye that Whittier reached
the grandcst success possible to human
kind. If however, jay Could life IS
to lie pronounced an unqualified success,
then was the quaker poets life the most
wretched of failures. Measure by COM
parison the two lives-the one lived and
tolled for humanity, the other lived
solely for self the ones acquisitions lay
in his souls wealth and power which
he carried with hun across the bar the
OF ther's fortune was all external, and
stripped of all his possessions, he went
out ,he veriest pauper to face the mys-
terry beyond the one left the world in
6nitely better for his having lived in it
while his name and Influence are
wreathed with immortality; the other
contributed naught to the betterment
of the world or to the happiness of
humankind, and during their brief life i,
his name and deeds will be execrab!e in
the hearts Of the people.
We want new and broader dehnl-
ton Of the word success taught i'll our
homes and in our schools. Let 1t be
instilled into the minds of our growing
youth that success in lite has nothing
whatever to do with the amassing Of
wealth that success attained through
the purpose and methods of a Jay
Gould, Is the most pltlabe of failures.
Let our youth be taught that it is
crime to amass and hold wealth for
ones own satisfaction and use alone
while there are extant such things as
beggars, tramps, charities and poor
houses. Money Is Il sacred trust to be
used for the public good.' Rei'erate
it, parents, in yolr homes, teachers, in
your schools, preachers, in you pulplts'
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