Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-28
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that and would have DESTROYED the shin
and the chief gunner, at the almost certain
destruction of his own life, rushed at /
with handspike to thrust between TIN
spokes of the wheel of the rolling cannon
and by fortunate leverage arrested tn,
gun till it could be dashed fast But tina
struggle did not seem so disheartening a.
iaat man enters upon who attempts {,
light his natural temperament, whether i
be too fast or too slow, too nervous or too
Emphatic. God help him, for God only can
WEALTHY AND INDoLEST
Furthermore. Incidence is often the re
suit Of easy circumstances. Rough expert
ence in earlier life seems to be necessary il
order to make a man active and enterpris
ing. Mountaineers are nearly always
swarthy, and those who have toiled among
mountains of trouble get the most nerve
and muscle and brain. Those who have
become the deliverers of nations, once had
not where to lay their heads. Locusts and
wild honey have been the fare of many a
John the Baptist, while those who have
been fondled Of fortune and petted and
praised have often grown up lethargic.
They have none of that heroism which
comes from fighting ones own battles.
The warm summer sun of prosperity has
weakened and relaxed them. Born among
the Injuries Of life exertion has been UNI
necessary, and therefore they spend their
time in taking it easy. They may enter
into business, but they are untitled for its
application, its hardships, for its repulses,
and after having lost the most Of that
which they have invested, 20 back to thor
ough inaction. This costly yacht may do
well enough on the smooth, CLASSY bay.
| but cannot live an hour amid chopped
sea.
| Another cause of Incidence is severe dis
couragemenE. There are those around ms
who started life with the most sanguine
expectation. Their enterprise excited the
remark of all compeers. But some sudden
and overwhelming misfortune met them,
and heneeforth they have been inactive
Trouble, instead Of making them more de
termined, has overthrown them. They
have lost all self reliance. They imagine
that all men and all occurrences are
against them. They hang their heads
where once they walked upright. They
never look you up in the eyes. They become
misanthropic and pronounce all men liars
and scoundrels. They go melancholic and
threadbare to their graves You cannot
rouse them to action by the most glitter
ing offer.
In most cases these persons have been
honorable and upright all their lives, for
rogues never get discouraged, ms there is
always some other plot they have not laid
and some other trap they have not sprung.
There are but few sadder sights than
man OF talent and tact and unidentified ca
pacity giving up life as failure. like a
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wharves. from which they ought to have
been carrying the expectations Of nation.
Every great financial panic produces a
large crop Of such men. In the great es.
Establishments where they were pa .sners in
business they are now weighers or dray
men OF clerks ON small salary.
Revere is also cause Of Incidence |
There are multitudes of men who expect |
to achieve great success in life. who are |
entirely unwilling to put forth any phys
ical, moral or intellectual effort They |
have great many eloquent theories Of |
life. They are all the while expecting |
something to turn up. They pass their
life in dreaming. They have read in light
literature how men suddenly and unex
pectedly came TO large estates. or found Il
pot of buried gold at the foot Of the rain.
bow of Good Luck. or had some great offer
made them. They have passed their lives
in reSerie.
THE UNREAsoNING OPTRusT.
Notwithstanding he is pinched with
poverty and any other man would he
lowncast ut the forlorn prospect, he +
always cheerful and sanguine aud iovial.
for he does not know but that he may he
within day or two Of astounding success
You cannot but be entertained with his
of temper All the world
wishes him well for he never did anybody
any harm. At last he dies in just the
same condition in which he lived, sorrow
'ul only because he must leave the world
Just al the time when his long thought OF
plans were about to be successful.
Let no young man begin life with reverie.
There is nothing accomplished without
lad work. DO not in idleless expect
to turn up II TlIl turn down.
Incidence and wiekednc,s always make
lad luck. These people Of reverie are al
Ways about to begin. They say, Wait
title" So with the child WHO had a cage
a beautiful canary, and the
loor of the cage was open, and a cat was in
he room. Better shut the door of the
age" said the mother wait minute.n
aid the boy. While he was waiting the
cline creature with one spring took the
anary The way that many lose the op-
Of lifetime is by the same prin-
iple. They say, wait minute" Ny
dvice is not to wait at ALL
Again, bad habits are a fruitful source
{ Incidence. Sinful indulgence shut a
mans shop and duh his tools and steal his
rofits. Dissoluteness is generally the end
industry. There are those who have the
are faculty Of devoting occasionally day ,
r week to loose indulgences, and at the {
EXPIRATION Of that time 20 back with
feared eyes and tremulous hands and
loated cheeks to the faithful and success /
Al performance Of their duties. Indeed /
heir employers and neighbors expect this ,
musement or occasional season of frolic /
nd wassail
Some Of the best workmen and most
xillful artisans have this mode Of con $
ucting themselves, but as the time rolls {
n the season of dissipation becomes more {
and the season of steadiness {
nd sobriety more limited. until the EN- q