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MBITIoN.

| In the sixth verse OF the Doth
Psalm We nud these words: "Oh
that l had wings like dovei" This
ia the prayer of true pmbitipn.
Kind reader, to make THIS yonr
prayer is the object of THIS article.
The very lr.t actions of'our lives
ere caused by the gnawing appe-
iitcS which God has given both TO
man aud beast alike. AS soon rs
we are born this appetite inciues
u to the breast which We draw in
stinct,vely like a calf and on being
satisfied we become troublesGmely,
uFgent aud PROFESSIONALLY soliclIous
until we fall asleep in the a-.ns al:
Morpheus through the medium OF
a rucking chair and lullaby.
After thilst had been qnenched
and hunger relieved our passions
I bdist forth in ali their fury. 1t is
/ then that We tfemble in fear aud
"lndnlge Ia the illusions Of hope. -
| We tl,ics IN love and chew the
venemous cud Of hate. We become
cooseiuus If desire AMI aversion.
As We approach manhood these pas.
sIons grow stronger and more use.
! ful. We learh without It tutor "tO
stop all avenues al which pair can
eGter' because we kuow by expert.
eAce and reason thai we shall be
! literally compensated Tor so doing.
Ii was DUNG THE period OF our life
that we repepted ia ck-clo hs
aud ashes" for stirring up the Gulf
of Mexico in the siop-bucket, wnd.
log he Pacific ocean IN q mui pud-
Gle, capsizng the gosilngs, ship
wrecklng The young ducks, droN Ia
ing the kittens and bobbing the
dog y tai because tor 80 doing we
had to dance a Jig to the music of a
hickory sprout. All, many times
have l been in tue Mast of wars
aud ruruors IF wars for turning
sumtrsaults ia mammals feather
b. d. Why is it thai u boy viii not
stop up the hornets neSt with his
habd second time? Why is II
that no will play with mules tail
only once in HE? All, It is perl-
euce.
these animal appetites and pas
sioas are MOI sufficient To fad us
employment as We advance to a
fuller exercise Of our powers. We
must have something npon which
to expend this exuoerant supply of
energy something for hose powers
or faculties which can not lie sill.
They must move in some direction
this eternal restIessness produces
new desires and passions. Thi> Is
the origin of anb;tlou. But, kind
readrr. keep forward in mird that
there are two kinds of ambition
one OF detesi able, the oih-r Of laud
able one possessed of by mortal
devils, the other by The good and
noble of our race. We shall call
one base ambition, the other lauda.
BILE ambition.
Let us follow in the foot steps of
the posSessot Of the base ambition
aud see where they lead us. " e
see him ~ b. turns his steps from
the fertile and happy fields that
smile around he village of contest
and seeks HE turIid Desert OF his
base ambition. He waudeIs long
through the parched aud burning
sand. A he presses on after the
palm OF victory his path is strewn
with sOrrows aud diSappolntmrnts.
Every mlla is marked with the
grave Of some sweet pleasure SLAIN
by the hand OF sacrifice. 1t brls~
ties with thorns piaote1 ny the fla
gers of envy and bate. The SCRIP nta
Of sin aud lions of temptation sur
round hlm on every side threaten
ing the tlestruc ion Of both soul and
body, but, he tolls on up the rugged
and steep cliffs whose bleak and
barren snnmits Scared by the tem-
pest and wrapped in eternal snow,
shoots far Into the bIaZ sky. de
turns aud looks back upon his
bloody loot prints with a sight. aud
Vet, he goes onward IN "A mad ru- b
TOR fame. Qnicklv he il waited to
the top as upon unseen wings, car
ryIng him up like leaf. There he
stands on the mountaiu's top, hui 3,
behold before him stands giant
pyramid, and in hls ambition he
cf ,mhs with eager haste its high
ana difficult steps, trying to reach
the .ery heav MS a. the FOOLS Of
Babel. There he sits, now, on his
granite throne unCer the burning
eun. The world H. 8 smiling bel.enth
ihe naughty wink of his eye. But
look closer. Sell he is wrapped in
DANES. Oh, see how he VIRTUES
and sighs in the scUrching hazes
St"pl Ny heavens, The shock! The
pyramid shuddlers. Therti 1t leaps
from it's sandy foundation. 1t henvrs
and tottrrs. All, lo"k! How sud-
,ia,,Lv a oWp tha rlitJs the fuiuti U