The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-25
LOST OPPORTUNITIES NEVER RE-
TURN.

eve i've in deeds. not years; in thoughts, not
IN fee ing ing potin figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart thrObs. He most
Who thinks most feels the nOblest. acts the
hest -Bailir.
How is it that some men win fame
and fortune with apparently no ex-
srtion, while others, with chances
equally good never amount to any
thing?
We do not have far to go for an
answer to this question. 1t has been
said that fortune knocks once at every
mans door. If you let her pass by
without responding to the summons,
she is soon gone beyond recall. There
is no use in idle repining or railing at
luck. This earth furnishes an abun-
dance of good things for everybody,
but as Sir John Harrington truth
fully remarked
Fortune. men say, doth give iOO much to
many.
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There are thousands of young men
in tbs country who are drifting idly
with the current. They are ambitious
to a certain extent-that is, they are
desirOus of having a good time, want
more money and better jobs.
They want to get their share, or
rather more than their share of the
good things of this world without ex-
erting themselves and like Wilkins
Micawber, are forever and eternally
waiting for something to turn up to
better their condition. They are ever
looking for a hazy, mysterious, indefi-
nite will-o'- -the-wisp that manages to
elude their grasp every time they
reach out for it. This mirage is false
guide, and oft leads to despair. 1t has
been said, i.owcger, that
Distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robe the mountain in it. azure hu -
and Missionaries evidently draw con-
ISOLATION from this hallucinatiOn.
Such men rarely succeed in life.
They are an incubus to sOciety-a bar
nacle that impedes the movements OF
their more progressive neighbOTS. The
right kind of men do not wait for
something to turn up. Knowing that
chance is not going to seek them, they
go out to hunt their chance. They
are always watching for it, and are
ever ready to grasp every opportunits.
The young men who succeed are tn"
ones who work, looking out for the
interests of their employers as well
as their own. No matter Wha* they
are doing, they are never late getting
to their post of duty, and are not IN
too big hurry to rush away at The
knocking off time. In other Words.
they manage to be around wien want
ed and are therefore useful men
Many chances have beeh missed be-
cause men were in the habit of arriv-
ing late in going to work, or leaving
a little ahead of time.
The man who succeeds, and who is
always sure of a job, is the man who
does his work well. No matter what
he is doing-whether it be plowing in
the field, driving an OK cart, using a
hammer and saw, teaching school,
clerking in store, or pouring over a
set of books-he sees his duty and per-
forms it conscientiously Such a man
finds success, and he deserves it He
knows there is a chance for advance
ment, and is seeking that chance
The moral of this is that one must
always be ready to take advantage OF
au opportunity 1t will never do to
sit down and dream about what one
would do if he had the wealth of the
Vanderbilts.
Air castles are very weak strucCIr' :.
They are easily toppled over. 1: one
would meet the strugges of life. he
must hold himself in readiness to
grapple with and overcome every nb-
stacle. Delays are dangerous, ana L.
is a false policy to put OF until TO
morrow what can better be done to-
day. Lost opportunities are RESPONSE
bic for many a mis-spent life. Don't
wait for something to turn up, but go
aud turn it up.