Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26
Supplement-.
AN ADDRESS TO YOUNG PEOPLE


YOU'VE man, you will never fail un-
less you fail in courage. Get the
blood to moving in your veins; spring
to your feet and throw off your leth-
argy as an old garment. You have
two strong arms and pair OF hands,
and four or five pounds of brains that
God gave you as an inheritance. Why
do YOU not use them? Why dawdle and
idle yourself away into mere nonen-
tityp Rise in your might and make
high resolve to be man.
We do not mean simply a man, but
MAN!
Are you disinclined to work, either
mentally or physically? Get familiar
with work. 1t is the very SAVIOR of
life; is the turbulent wave motion that
keeps the ocean of existence from
growing stagnant; it is the brisk sea-
breeze that sweeps away the miasms
of life. 1t was in Divine Wisdom that
the edict went forth: 'In the sweat
of thy face, shalt thou eat" Work is
the natural law of life. All things
work, from the holy angels that sing
"Hosanna to the Highest" down to
the monads that people a drop of
water. In all Gods plan, there is no
place for an idler. Out Of work come
life and strength and growth, and even
genius and virtue. Manac!e the limbs
of strong man for an entire year, then
set him free, and he will be as helpless
as babe. Nature will not keep
strength in unused faculties Shut
man up in darksome dungeon; keep
from him all books, companionship,
and all means Of observation and
thought, and he will quickly fall into
the state of the hopeless and helpless
idiot.
Healthy young men or women who
waste time in enyious longings and
winnings for wealth, are like babies
that cry for the candle flame. Wealth
when used as means of keeping one
in idleness, is an unmitigated curse.
Who are wealthyp-the effeminate
dudes who strut along Broadway, as
Stunning foreign airs, lisping the vacuit-
les OF speech, and doing absolutely
nothing for the welfare of their fellow
men; or the strong. ambitious youth,
poor in money, but rich in hope and
honor, Garfelds, Lincolns, Ben
Franklins and Greeleys, of our countryP
Remember this, you are not poor so
long as you have health and high
purpose Of living out a useful and
honorable career. There is no lack of
opportunity, but opportunities are not
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ness. You must search for them, and
when found, improve them. Begin by
choosing some light vocation, some
thing that you feel is fitted for your
capacity and temperament. DO not
be in hurry about doing this. Take
time to think about it,; study your
own capabilities and tastes, then, when
you have marked out your pathway,
let nothing keep you from following
il; determine to succeed at all hazards
and to live so that you will be an
honor to your chosen vocation. What
you lack in quickness and talent, make
up in hard work. Go into the fight to
win. Remember that the most valu-
able capital is time, and that you have
as much of this as anybody. Treat
this capital rs though every minute
were golden; waste none of the prec-
ious moments in silly pleasures and
idle companionship. Persist through
out every hour Of the struggle till you
win the battle, then there will be time
for play. Store your mind with the
best thoughts Of the wise and good.
Select your companions from among
those who will make you better and
stronger. Allow no day to 60 by that
does not record something of elevation
and self-improvemeht. Do all this,
and nothing can prevent you from
making your life a splendid and de-
served success.