Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-25

HIS nerves. his muscles, his boass are
szz.ss~n with this palsy. He vegetables
rather rnsA hives. crseps rather thaa
w&lhs. yswns Fsthes tkAa bsss<hos- The
sHinai Ia his nature j. stronger than ths
Intellectual. he h generally great
eater and active only when ne cannot
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mach effort for him u walk as for otheFs
- run I4Aaguor and drowsaness are hss
natural inheritance. He Is bniit fo<
slow sailing ve-sei-s heavy hulk and
an insufficient caswaser. Place n active
nan In snsh . bodily structure and tbs
latter wcniA b SHAKEN 20 places IN ons
day. Every law OF physiology demands
that he be suptns. Such one Is no, re
speusibie for this powerful tendency u
his nature HIS great duty u resistance
When zee man fighting an unfog-
tonste temperament, al my sympAthies
are aroused. and think Of Victor Hugos
account of . scene on q warship whore,
In the midst Of Q storm at sea, great
cannon got loose. and it was crashing
this way and that aud woald have de-
stroyed the ship; and the chief gunner.
at the almost certain destruction Of his
own life, rushed at il with a handspike
to thrust between the spokes of the
wheel Of the rolling cannon and by q
fortunate leverage arrested the gun till
in could b iashed fast. But that strug-
gle did not seem so disheartenirg as
that man enters upon who attempts to
fight his natural temperament, whether
il be too fast or too allow, too nervous or
too lymphAtic. God help him. for God
only can.
INDoLENcE AND WEALTH.
Frrfhermore, Incidence Is often q re-
suit OF easy circumstances. Rough ak
periencs in earlier life seems To be neces-
sary In order to make q man active and
entsrprising. Mountainous 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 DELIVERIES
Of nations once had not where tc lay
their heads. Locust and wild honey
have been the fare Of many John the
Baptist. while those who have been fon-
died Of fortune and petted and praised
have often grown up lethargic.
They have none of that heroism which
comes from lighting ones own battleA
The warm summer sun of prosperity has
weakened and relaxed them Born
among the Injuries OF life exertion has
been unnecessary. and therefore they
spend their time in taking it easy. They
may enter into business, but they are
united for its application. for its hard
ships, for its repuises, and after having
lost the most Of that which they have
invested 60 hack 10 thorough 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
encouragement. There are those around
Us who started life with the most san
guine expectation. Their enterprise ex-
citsd the remark of all compeers. But
some sudden and overwhelming misfor-
tune met them and. henceforth they
have been inactive. Trouble, instead of
making them more determined, has
overthrow them. They have lost all
self reliance. They imagine that all
men and ell occurrences are against
them. They hang their heads where
once they walked upright. They never
look you IN the eyes. They become
misanthropic and pronounce all men
liars and sooundrels. They 60 melan-
choiic and threadbare to their graves.
You cannot rouse them to action by the
most glittcring offex.
/ In most cases these persons have been
honorable and upright all their lives,
for roguss never get discouraged, a
there u 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 undoubted capacity giving up
life a. q failure, like line Of magnif.
cent steamers rotting against wharves,
from which they ought to have been
carrying the expectations Of q nation.
Every great financial panic produces a
large crop of such men. In the great
establishments where they were part
ners in business they are now weigherz
or draymen or clerks on small salary.
i Revere Is also a cause Of Incidence
There ere multitudes Of men who ex
pect 10 achieve great success in life who
are entirely unwilling to pat forth any
physical, moral or Intellectual effort
They have great many eloquent theories
Of life. They are al the while expecting
something to turn up. They pass theil
life In dreaming. They have read in light
literature how men suddenly and unex
pectsdly came 10 large estates, on found
pot Of buried GOLD at the foot Of tn,
rainbow Of Good Luck, or had some
great offer nado them They have
passed their lives in revcrie.
Notwithstanding he IL ptnched with
poverty and any other man would b
downoass At the forlorn prospect, he il
always cheerful and sanguins and jovial
fog he DOES not know but that he msy
b within day or two Of astounding
success. Yen cannot but be entertained
with his cAesrfaiaes Of temper. AL
the world wishes him web. for he nevel
did anybody any harm. At last he die,
in inst the saxne condition In which b
lived. sorrovful ocly because be mus
leave the world inst ~ the time wheE
his long thought Of plans were about h
b successful Let no young man begi,
life with rcveris. There il nothing &C
complished without hard work. Do not
in idienses expect something 10 turn up
ss win turn down Incidence and wick
edness always make bad luck Thes'
people Of r~veris are always about I.
begin They say, '.Wait httie"
go with the child who hsd cage con
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