Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-30

sparrow which did you wrong, when the
birds sing softly in the trees and the sur
j. constantly shining on your pathway
il Is easy to live but when night comes
when the world seems against you, wher
one is almost destitute of hope, and al
the rowing Is against the stream. with
tough currents on all sides, il is SO easy
to give il up and quit.
The fellow who Langs out. who grits
his teeth and says ne won't be whipped
il the boy for me. And after all. if We
to keep fighting as il is To lie down and
allow the world to trample all over you.
Hard luck is not such a bad friend, aft
er all II teaches its lesson and leaves
YOU humber in spirit and better able TO
cope with the world.
For instance. listen to the story OF the
seif-made man. Are not the first few
chapters always devoted to hard luck
How many ut our new milliOnaires come
into the world viii anything like a de-
cent prospectus attached to them. When
they have made their pile they love 10
dwell on tht nights when they read the
lives ~ great and good men by the light
from the tallDw candle. Self made men,
when the story NJ their lives is told, al
ways took To literature by night and tai
low candle. There j. no record that their
eyesiEht suffered in consequence.
When the boy Who had hard luck AMI
good eyes grows To manhood and makes
his fortune. what are the things ne loves
TO talk about?
We don't hear him tell how he ripped it
into the stock market for a few thousand
which gave him his early start. He
doesn't refer TO his marriage day as the
happiest of his life. Not a bit of it The
pleasures Of life do not appear TO have
any fascination for him when the world
j. at his feet. When he allows himself
to take a fragrant rose from memory
precious caskct he just digs out the old
hard luck days ana has a delightful time
with his thoughts.
So you don't want to dodge hard luck
at all. Just let it come YOUR way, give it
a wrestle. throw ii down in its own cor
uer. chain it, and then go out and win
your battle. 1t isn't necessary to relate
hard luck stories while you are broke.
Such a recital bores men who might take
"A friendly interest in your career. The
world doesn't care a rap about the dark
side Of your life if YOU happen 10 be
broke.
But when YOU get the dough ana plenty
OF il you can always find an audience
which will sympathiZe with your early ct Y
forts 10 make a start in the world.
II is the game man who wins. All the
world likes gamenesS, and the strugglcr
against the stream can generally lind
somebody or other who will give him a
helping hand shou.u the opportunity pre-
It is quite the fashion to say this is
beastly narrow, selfish old world. and in
many respects perhaps il is. Though the
opinion depends greatly on the point from
which We judge things. If good meals
good beds, good uigestion follow in
ones wake he's apt to regard the world
as a fairy good place to hang out bust
ness sign for at least a few years.
SO if your position is not just what
YOU want it. go out and fight. and if you
tight hard and in the right direction the
betting is ~ to l you will win. Don't
make charity fight. 1t is not necessary
TO plead poverty as an instrument to aid
your cause. Neither can the other fellow
be expected to take up your quarrel and
land YOU where you belong.
If you happen to be the under dog in
the fight the right people generally know
the circumstances. 1t is not necessary
for You to cram it down their threats.
If YOU have a decent education, good
health and a desire to get along, just
start for NE goal and don't quit until
you get to it. Depend upon yourself and
don't pa any attention to the fellows
who stand listlessly around complaining
that the world is engaged in a conspiracy
belong to them.
Nothing belongs TO you in the world un
less YOU can get 1t.
If it comes your way just catch on and
never let so your grip.
Opportunities go by every day which
might lead to fortune. They only come
your way once, twice or three times.
Don't fool with opportunity. He's a good
friend. but if You turn him down once
he's not apt to come back in hurry.
For he has good memory and he doesnt
care to be sighted. me mill, you know,
will never grind with the water that has
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