The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-09
WILL.

VI Tie Sta-SecklnS river III ltS course,
Or cause the asc, nding orb of day to wait2
Each we'll born soul must win what 1t
deserves.
Let the fool pirate Of luck. The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never sweryes
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim. Why, even Death
stands still,
And waits an hour sometimes for such
will.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
There are many impulsive and en-
thusiastic writers who never reveal
any evidence of philosophical medita-
tion, or the ability to reason correctly
when dealing with the facts of life
and the doings of mortal man. Emo
ton runs without restraint, and their
feelings shape their thoughts far more
than critical observation of facts and
forces. Toassert that neither chance,
destiny or fate, can clrcumyent or
hinder or contlol 4 determined soul,
is to .sscrt nonsense and foolishHess,
for the human will is not onlHipotent
il is Invariably subj ct TO conditi his.
" hen condi ions are favorable TO. it
to act, ii can do SO successfully ;wLea
they ale not, it does and must fail TO
accomplish restl desil,d. Napoleon
had just as much vii, power and de-
termination after he Was baLished To
the island of st. Helena as lie had
before that event, but his power to
act was restricted hy conditions be
could not change or Escape froth
Willie men of strong Will at times
produce great results, sail things do
not ''2ive way before it soon or late
No man is invariably successful; SO
something is required besides will
power, aud that something is circum-
stances and conditions. For many
years men of great ability and strong
will power have pursued certain def.
mite Objects only to meet with failure
and defeat and Tie case of our own
James G. Blaine in his prolonged
and determined efforts to bee me
president Of the United States, is an
Of this fact. Could vote
have been taken at the close Of Col.
Ingersoll's speech, placing him in
at the Republican nation
III convention in 1876, he would un-
doubtedly have been the chosen can
didate and successful one at tue
polls but---the gas that lighted the
hall in which the convention was be-
ing held was either turned eff, or shut
off By natural causes, and this COM
PEELED an Adjournment until the next
day, which, gave his active opponents
an opportunity to influence mahy
minds and thus insure his defeat.
Was this chance, fate, or destinf,
luck or something else. ? ''Let e
fool pirate of luck" and yet it was
his luck to be defeated when vietory
was almost within his grasp. John L.
Sullivan entered the ring at New Or
leans with will as firm aud strong AS
Napoleop's at the battle of " aterloo,
and vet he found that science was
greater than will, though Ella Wheel
er Wilcox Informs us that "will alone
is great" How many man has
started out in life determined to sue
coed in his chosen work, and how
many OF this number have eacou ter
ed condi ions and circumstance, not
dreamed Of, that prevented success
and made life a failure. II the de-
sire to succeed, backed up rs u strong
sid, was all that is necessary to IN.
sure success, faiurcs would he few !;
but conditions play \ m ne important
par, and if the coalitions d. not TX.
st to take ,uvantage Of, VIII powei
is not sufficient. There is DO escape
from this conclusion, amy more than
m1u caa chop wood without IN axe,
and the strongest will power may be
dissipa.ed f,uitlesslv, if conditions
are unfayolab.e. "impossible,' said
Nap0lcoa at one time, is the adj Give
oI fools = and set the time came when
it was impossible for the man who had
swayed the des.iuies Of Europe to
have ANY further power or lnHuence
in the affairs Of nations and his once
proud spirit suffered the tolments of
hell until welcome death brought re-
lief from misery he could not escape,
whether this misery in whic. lie found
himself on the lonely isle of st. He
lena, was credited to chance, destiny,
fate or luck, CT was for.seen and de-
sired, as the language Of some writer's
| would indicate. tut let sentimental
enthusiasts deny that luck or fate is
the lot Of mortal man, the facts are
all against them and every man is,
without exception, the slave of con
ditions. L. ID.
| Nervous debility is common com.
plant, especially :mong women. The
best medical tr atment Tor this disorder