The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-29

nAfur.tly snevx or iacks enterprise, bot b.
eanss he never has beer E.shea sv dire
necessssv into the nost restless sna rs
cessfnS activity Ct al his rn-asal ard
boazEy rswerx
II yosr rsch youth in Of socssl srd ger
cross. symrsfhses his vfrsues ssszaiiy De-
generate ints ertrsvagzaee and disssrs-
ton. IL be rs rriser b. il secsss curse:
If be ~ s~nevoasnt be lack Of practical
h1stness expe-ieace, won By wrestling
with the world, sposis al his schemes, 50
tssst they become but the clossa-espped
towers erowsfng the baseiess fabric 81
sosns Humanitarian wixaon- Rarely, very
rarely, DO tie sous Of rich mes rise 20
eninenee, roe became they are inse-1or
In natural inseilect and moral quality 70
ether boys, but because thesr so-called
early advantage ard fortunate cream
stances a-s really Disadvantages.
Men spend money rapidly o. the re-
verse az rule, according 70 tie degree OF
difncaIty REPRESENTED BY he sehIsTenent
A superior workman 10 aps &c Be cissoaute
because he knows be - IN demand. inst ~
o beautiful vomaz IL nos llkszy 70 be ~
hard student or worker as Der bornesy
sister, shs trust. TO her face and her fg-
IRE 70 make mp for her lack Of solid At
tssnnents. The nan who has earned his
money By hard work has acquires habits
of selt-denia4, economy and rrucsncs,
while the man who never had 10 earn .
dollar Jacks the virtues necessary 20 coz
serve wealth from wasting whsn it has
been hardly won.
Caracifv is the gift OF God, but character
is Ehe conquest Of men. II 10 he useful
and Efficient in your tine be the desire OF
the poor. bright bay today scratching the
rocky hills for . rnesger harvest. be has 40
need 20 envy the boy who Is born very
rich. fos sach boy usually finds the gold
spoon TOO big for his mouth; he IL born 10
dire temptations with No opposing ian1-
ence 70 help him keep lis feet This -
Jast ~ true Of .Sterssure, Of the professions,
OF ,aa.gsses. o. war and art a. il IS OF COM
rne-cs The inspiration q effort 10 the
soaI of al good work
The best literary work has been pro-
daced by men who we're forced in youth
bitterly 20 earn their tread. The great
lawyers. statesmen. physicians End sclea-
fists 90 both sides o: the water as q rule
we're men whose chief wealth as boys vas
good health Hard work Is not born OF
ease. opalence and felicity; 1t is born OF
struggle with poverty, difficulty and sor-
row. Your life Of ease and contemplation
bears al its best insipid, at its worst noI-
soas fruit. The boy who starts with a
fortune may escape financial wreck or
shove an arnisble obscurity. . sober snob,
an enthusiastic dude in the pursuit and
dissemination Of innocent but useless in.
formation.
Hereditary wealth sometimes makes q
| patron. seldom . poet: sometimes founds
IN ar. gallery. bat seldom stands for IN
artist. No man born 10 large wealth in
America rose 10 great distinction as Z
statesman save Hamilton Fish; no man
In English literature rose 20 great distinc
ton who Was the child Of rich father
save John Raskin. Lord Byron's poverty
orufc Nun Va MS pea. iSl AA~ " a. tsSSE
lord. Samuel Rogers and Walter Savags
| Lander inherited wealth aud acquired con
| siderable literary distinction, bat the ru!.
10 the other way both in Europe and
| America Thackersy Inherited q comfort
| able sum Of money. bat never woke up and
did anything until he had spent AL hi,
money.
/ In America none Of our men of superior
| literary distinction were born 20 wealth
few Of them died rich: most Of them wer,
born poor; 1t t~xes the spur of povert,
| logging the flank q the sieed 10 get th'
best speed out Of q gifted boy, and probs
| bly, Mr.. Watterson 10 right when he say.
that wealth - an end is not happiness
probably the honorable pursuit Of weslti
and the wise and noble employ msnt Of Il
after il IS won Is the chief happiness tina
rich man wins in this world.
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