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who is able to help himself, to desire the help of others in the accomplishment of his plans of life, is positive proof that he has received a most unfortunate training or that there is a leaven of meanness in his composition that should make him shudder. When a young man becomes aware that only by his own efforts can he raise into championship and competition with the sharp, strong, and well-drilled minds around him he is ready for work, and not before. The next lesson is that of patience, thoroughness of preparation, and contentment with the regular channels of business effort and enterprise. This is, perhaps, one of the most difficult to learn of all the lessons of life. It is natural for the mind to reach out eagerly for immediate results. As manhood dawns, and the young man catches in its first light the pinnacles of realized dreams, the golden domes of high possibilities, and the purpling hills of great delights, and then looks down upon the narrow, sinuous, long, and dusty path by which others have reached them, he is apt to be disgusted with the passage and to seek for success through broader channels, by quicker means. Beginning at the very foot of the hill and working slowly to the top seems a very discouraging process; and precisely at this point have thousands of young men made shipwreck of their lives. Let this be understood, then, at starting : that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek, but it is essential to that preparation of your mind requisite for the enjoyment of your success and for retaining them when gained. It is the general rule of Providence, the world over and in all time, that unearned success is a curse. It is the rule of Providence that the process of earning success shall be the preparation for its conservation and enjoyment. If he be a stranger, he will find every man busy with his own affairs, and none to look after him. He will not be noticed until he becomes noticeable, and lie will not become noticeable until he does something to prove that lie lias an absolute value in society. No let ter of recommendation will give him this, or ought to give him this. So, day by day, and week by week: so, month after month, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patient and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepareu to receive it and keep it. The development which you will get in this brave, patient labor will prove itself in tl’.e end the most valuable of your successes. It will help to make a man of you. It will give you power and self-reliance. It will give you not only self-respect, but the respect of your fellows and the public. A. W. M. )•
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Getting a Good Start [ —t—t—t—t—] The first great lesson a young man should learn is that lie knows nothing; and that the earlier and more thoroughly this lesson is learned the better it will be for his peace of mind and his success in life. A young man bred at home' and growing up in the light of parental admiration and fraternal pride cannot readily understand how it is that every one else can be his equal in talent and acquisition. If bred in the country, he seeks the life of the town, where he will very early obtain an idea of his insignificance. This is a critical period in his history. The result of his reasoning will decide his fate. If at this time he thoroughly comprehend and in his soul admit and accept the fact that he knows nothing and is nothing; if he bow to the conviction that his mind and his person are but ciphers, and that whatever he is to be and is to win must he achieved by hard work, there is abundant hope of him. If, on the contrary, a huge self-conceit still hold possession of him and he straighten up to the assertion of his old and valueless self, or if he sink discouraged upon the threshold of a life of fierce competitions and more manly emulations, he might as well be a dead man. The world has no use for such a man, and he has only to retire or be trodden upon. When a young man has thoroughly comprehended the fact that he knows nothing, and that intrinsically he is of but little value, the. next thing for him to learn is that the world cares nothing for him— that lie is the subject of no man’s overwhelming admiration and esteem—that he must take care of himself. Society demands that a young man shall be somebody, not only, but that he shall prove his right to the title; and it has the right to demand it. Society will not take this matter upon trust, at least not for a .ong time; for it has been cheated too frequently. Society is not very particular what a man does, so that it prove him to be a nun: then it will bow to him and make room for him. To me one of tiie most disgusting sights in the world is that of a ycung man with healthy blood. broad shoulders and a liundrt d and fifty pounds move or less of good bones and muscle, standing with iiis hands in his pockets, longing for help. I admit that there are positions in which the most independent spirit may accept of assistant c—may, in fact, as a choice of evils, desire it; but for a man 21.
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