The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-13

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Life is opportunity, and therefore its whole circumstances may De EN- m .nem.
serve the purpose of those who are bent OF seH-governmeWo III W""e
selves capable O. doing thorough work. oua We
Opportunity is a word which, like 81 many others hat are exec s %rhIe
get from the Romans. 1t means zeal port, close to haven. II Is is On in.
occasion, time, or place for learning on saying or long d mMs1 $s ro what
to seek safety n refreshment, IN appeal, 10 maAe e So daeds from
1s To- n vulgar to- take refuge i'm high thoughts am wo"S U'
which flows increase of strength and joy. 1t is mnpWsen 40 wise
What We call evils, as poverty, neglect n suneTms; are, ~ nnr ;s vanity
opportunities for good. DEATH itself teaches les value noC less 1n a. clear
relief It's dark form follows u S like our shadows, to bid us WIN u t adeestroyer
yet there is time; to teach that if we live in what is permanent 49, belongs
cannot blight what we know and love; to urge is with a owe IL things that
tn nothing else to lay the stress of Ill u hopIng ooowe on DN
cannot pass away. 1n-."
Poverty" says Oaida. sis the north wind that hshes men int V1 lrs,
AIowiness is young ambitions ladder" What is more pleasant tthn 10 80 go
OF stronghearted youths, who, in the midst of want and narasnlpsG ~ a III =
Kinds, have chung o books, feeding, like bees to flowers? d NE me S5nure
b others are asleep, they ply their blessed task, seeking our1sn ne n tmh
the mind, a thirst for truth, yearning for full sight of tn hgn WORM vi faHh
they have caught faint glmpses; happier now;-lacklng verym nn n hon
and a great purpose-than in the after years when success s"o""o
applause N gold. $500
Life is good, and opportunities of becoming and doing good are. always
With US Our house, oar table, our tools, our books, or city, our country
III language, or profession-the people n owe US n those n hate' t"v
who help and they who oppose what is all this but opportunity! ,,
Wherever we be there is opportunity Of turning 10 gold Inc dust OF uaS
happenings. If 10 Id storm keep me at home is not here an lnVltaton 10 10
aurn to the immortal silent n who never speak unless the are addressed:
If loss Dr. pain or wrong befaA me, shall they lot show me the sol OF g0od
there is in evil things? -.
Good fortune may serve to persuade III; that thee ssenta god is a nOpie
mind and a conscience without flaw. Success will make plain the things in
which w fail; failure shall spr Us on to drawer hope n striving: II a
great city is my dwelling place, the superficial life of noise haste sn I
teach m e how blessed a thing it is to live within the company Of rue thoughts
and high resolves. -
Whatever can help m e to think AM love, whatever can gve me strength
n patience, whatever a make m e humble m serviceable, though 1t D. a
trhe light IS aMr is opportunity whose whim it is to hide in Inconsldereo
things, in chance acquaintance and casua1 speech, in the falling OF an apple IN
floating weeds or the accidental explosion of a chemists mortar.
Since life is great, Ia of inestinable value, n opportunity by which it
may be improved IAN be mall