Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-10
DOOR OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OPENED
BYEDUCATION TO HANDICAPPED YOUTH
Questions and Answers
That Tell of a Constant
Struggle Up,cwd of the
Lo,Uly
Intellectual and Moral Edu.
cation Necessary to the
Preservation of Democ-
rUcy

and you have told me already that
you could earn more money IL yor
were a proofreader. If, after carerul
thought upon the subject, you should
conclude that that is the nearest way
to larger income, and that it is an
occupation which will add to your in.
tellectual strength, then get the books
and seek the help of friends and make
yourself a first-class proofreader at
the earliest possible day 1t will not
do to look too far ahead with the
details lest you be discouraged with
the amount of work ahead, but the
proofreading thoroughly done will lead
you naturally to the EDITORS chair,
and the newspaper life is in itself one
or the most magnificent universities
ever established. As a reporter, editor
or correspondent, you would be con.
tinually educating yourself in the
most useful and interesting affairs of
human life and would be fitting your
SELF every working hour for the
authorship of good books. You would
avail yourself of every opportunity in
church life. in social life and in po.
ltical life to use your talents and
knowledge in brief and carefully pre-.
pared addresses, all of which leads us
directly Congress, the United
states Sci tte, to the high offices of in
dustry and culture. That, while il at
first seems visionary and improbable,
is after all the usual course by which
men achieve greatness in America.
You should aim high and keep the
mark always in sight. but you should
not waste time or strength in bemoan.
ing the slowness Of your progress or
in foolish dreaming. DO the very
a
Drudgery Necessity
Question-"But 1 must care for all
my family and the children must be
given an education. 1t seems to be
my duty to do the drudgery and stick
by some humble occupation in order
to make sure that my younger broth
| ers Will get the education which j
have thus far failed to secure. The
| way TO any position of honor vi
wealth seems blocked to them. We
are really too poor to encourage them
with the slightest hope of securing q
business or professional education"
Answer-"It is not such a misfor
tune to be born poor. For nine.tenths
of our wealthiest men in America anC
a larger proportion of our intellec
tual leaders were poor boys. A grea
majority OF the most successful
women in teaching, in authorship, in
great reforms, in business and in th'
most lovely homelife have been poo
| girls whose best training was in th
conquering of themselves and in tn
strength gained by self-sacrifice. !
could truthfully be said of them al
that Vt was a great good-fortune t
be born poor. Inherited wealth is s,
generally an injury to the recipien
that the report OF a rich mans deatl
arouses a natural feeling of pity an,
anxiety for his heirs. Greatness car
not be thrust upon anybody, and tn
achievement of great influence o
great wealth by ones self, startin
without capital or friends, is of NOR
satisfaction to the successful ma
, than all the luXuries which his none
can buy for him. The only unfortur
J ate thing about the poor boy or gin
in America now is in the pessimisti
views which they take of life and thei
lack of courage to undertake tn
: necessary work and study always re
, quired for real success"
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