The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-04
Self Reliance.


One Of the first lessons which we
young people have 80 learn. If we
would get on IN the world or achieve
any good for ourselves or others, is
the necessity q self reliance.
( Some might think il Necessary to
have at hand some income To start in
life
There was never greater mistake
a thousand lives OF beginners in
various cahlngs might be cited 10
snow that Sach 2n lucome would be
fatalt success.
! contepd that such an income
would destroy the chief stimulus TO
eXerti6n.
When parent once consulted an
eminent lawyer rs to the best means =
son could adopt TO secure success as
The bar. the iurist replied; "Let your
son spend his own fortune, marry and
spend his wife's, and then go to, the
bar. There viii, be little fear of fail
ure." This may sound strange to you,
but that juriSts observation had
taught him that a person who has q
sure means of support has not that
inducement to put his shoulder TO the
wheel which stimulates him who feels
the pressure of poverty, for want will
make the incident industrious.
One Of the greatest mistakes which
parents make is 10 over work and
painfully ecOnomiZe that they may
leave at death means enough To give
their vigorous aud healthy children
"A start IN the world" 1t is, rather.
an almost certain means Of keeping
them 10 poverty and obscurity
Let us fad out for what work we
are fitted and do that with all our
might without aid from relatives or
friends. aud 10 defiance Of advice,
warnings, opposition and sneers.
To GONE field OF labor, mental or
manual let US fasten not as degrad
ing necessity but as chosen theatre
OF improvement.
We should fulfill the laws OF labor
with muscle and mind and not sit
down and bless ourselves ia idloness.
We should not be ashamed OF hnu-
est labor, the dlngy work shops.
dusky fields or hard hands Scared
with service more honorable than
that Of war. We shOnld never be en-
viou7 of the titles and robes Of the
idle and vain.
To have little or no faith in ones
self. to lean O1 others for support,
to be an imitatur, % be thinking al
the time, Of what one might do under
more favorable circumstances or If
5his or that thing were different
these are fatal signs Of lack Ut power.
The successful person 10 these days
of 0 5erstocked professions and Intense
is he who instead OF sigh
ing. III mad III opening" makes
way when he can not ind enc; who.
conpels the difficulties that others are
moaning and standing still to he min
listers snd aids TO his advance
ment The block OF granite which is
an obstacle in ihe.r path now becomes
a stepping stone in his.
VINO are the foremost men at the
har, in medicine, and in the pulpit?
Nine tenths of them nave found their.
motive power ia what they lacked,
they have been spurrcd on by con-
seriousness OF want and self depend
euce and have climbed up the steps oil
their profession by their own energies.
II Is little at best that others can DO
for us. however willing.
Friends. affections and human sym
pathy may &c with us TO the beach,
nut every one of Us must set sail Tor
ourselves in the voyage OF NE ana
steer cur own ship.
By our own observation or the stars
and weather must we pilot ourselves
amid the rocks. quicksand and whlri-
pools that threaten TO wreck us, ana
with our own right arm must deiend
ourselves from the pirates that infest
every sea,
Ability end necessity dwell near
each other,
It's not in the sheltered garden nor
in the lot house, but on exposed Gins
where the storms surge most violently
that the toughest plants are raised.
How does Lhe statc sDau become
such? Nor by being 'rOCked and dal
led into "a lcCislalur" but by preSl'6
cDCe throu1h failures and defeats
and BY being ba.lled and checkmateu
again and aEaln. w.
Then let u consider the difficulties,
hardships, slrJg-. les and trials "h'ch
the beginner eucouters positive oIess-
iugs. They knit cur sine"s more
firmly and teach Us, IL We confront
them, self confidence. Just as by
wrestling with poverty we increase
our strength anG learn the secret OIL
self reliance.
81 Heaven is not reached by single bound,
But we build ehs iadGaT from whieh We rise
From, the icviy Earth 90 The vHulted skies
aud mount 90 its 5-nmis round by round.
BrILE Browsing.