Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-05-07
60 r,Y or YouNe MEN.

Tho Young man who hesitates 10
accept or assume stations Of respcn-
sibility and trust because Of his
youthfuluess, and waits for the dig
nifying and solidifving influence of
maturer years to fit him for the po-
sition, is not a close student of the
lives Of men who have impressed
their names on their country's his
tory. While older men shake their
heads and remark in half complain
ing tones that boys know more than
their fathers these days, yet from no
source does the ambitious, deter
mined young man receive more cor
dial encouragement and support
than from these same men who de-
clare they are being shelved for the
boys. 1t is not that youth knows
more than age. But when youth,
buoyant with hope and confidence,
his vision undimmed by the doubts
and prejudices engendered by long
acquaintance with the world, his
ambition not withcred by years OF
dreary struggle for subsistence, his
heart full of love for humanity, and
his soul vibrant with the grand pos.
sibilities Of life-when such youth
fresh from study and with intellect
well stored, can mount at once Il
the point reached by his fathel
through years Of bitter experience
and from this vantage ground begir
the battle of life, he is the bette
equipped of the two, just as dwar
perched upon the shoulders of I
, giant can see further than the giant
, Those youths who think younI
/ men have not fair chance, an'
: those older men who think younI
t men not able to fill important sta
: tons, may each learn lesson from
: the record of the past.
Henry Clay was in the Senate c
the United States, contrary to tn
: constitution, at 81. Webster was /
o college at 10, gave evidence of hi
;. great future before he was %, an
4 at 80 he was the peer Of the ables
r man in Congress. Charles jaime
Fox was in Parliament at nincteei
z Martin Luther had become largel
8 distinguished at "a and at SO ha
8 reached the topmost round Of h
II world wide fame. Peel was in Pa
e Lament at 81. Napoleon, at 2
d commanded the army of Italy.
d 40 he was not only one of the mo
d illustrions generals of the time, b'
d one of the great lawgivers Of Il
re world. At 46 he saw Waterlo
d Washington was colonel in u
p army at %, President at 81. judi
is Story was in Harvard at Is, in Co
e gress at 20 and Judge of the S
n preme Court of the United States
n. 80. Gladstone was in Parliame
at %, and at "a was Lord Of II
Treasury. William Pitt enter
lie college at IA, was Chancellor of [
d. Exchequer at %, Prime Minister
"a, and when 35 was the most pc
: erful uncrowned head in Euro
Byron wrote English Bards a
Scotch Reviewers" at 81 and pl
lished "Childe Harold" at "a.
exander Stephens Of Georgia went
We the Legislature at "a and Congr
ire at 81. Henry Grady refused no
an ination to Congress at 81 and ms
mt his New England speech, VIII
, il gave him a national reputation,
.st- thirty-six.
,k- These instances are only cited
viii remind older men that the VIC
ION has ever been ready to give dist
inc ton to young men who comman'
nat by their abilities and to show yor
nv. men of brains and pluck that
ON body is trying to keep them ba
Ne At no time in the worlds hist
ION has ability been disregarded
cause coupled with youth, and ne
h,r were there more doors open
n; young men than to-day.-AuguI
~, Ca, Chronicle.