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Show Worldly Prospects of Young Men. When young men arrive at an age which tnakes it almost imperative that they should seek some mode of supporting support-ing themselves, they are too apt to rely more on the influence of their relatives and friends than upon their own exer-' exer-' f t tions. Many become discouraged at J the slightest rebuft', and foolishly yield ii to despondency, when their next effort might meet with the most unexpected Vs. Buceess, Some bitterly complain of the f ' chances of prosperity without capital, i and consider it would be useless to make i N4 nny exertions without that assistance, while others are so choice and fastidious ji V in their taste, that it is almost impossible to please them. These views of life and business are all wrong, and emanate Ny, more from an idle disposition and a v. species of false modesty than from any actual cause. Instead of harboring such tsw thoughts and yielding to their gloomy influence, how much better it would be to form a resolution to succeed, and to carrv it out bv vour actions and exer- f tions. Energy, perseverance and a strict V attention to business will accomplish Vjir almost anything; and success and prosperity pros-perity are as certain to follow as they are practised. There is not a community but what has an example of this kind; and some of the wealthiest men in our nation started penniless and unknown. It was by .4 their iudustry and perseverance alone that they were able to accumulate their i immense wealth. Girard's life is replete ..J ' with reverses, but they only stimulated ' " him to renewed efforts, and at hi death he was worth millions. A6tor had nothing noth-ing but his exertions and indomitable will to depend upon, and . tbeyproved . ' : De8t capital. A. T. Stewart is another an-other example of what perseverance will do, beginning life in a small and unostentatious unos-tentatious manner. In a word, the . history of nearly all the millionaires in the United States may be given in, "Industry, Economy and Perseverance." The sons of rich men who begin life with the capital which so many poor young men covet, frequently die beggars. beg-gars. It would probably noc be going too far to say that a large majority of such monied individuals either fail outright, out-right, or gradually eat up the capital with which they commenced their career. And the reason is plain. Brought up In expensive habits, they spend entirely too much. Educated with high notions of personal importance, they will not, as they phrase it, "stoop" to hard work. Is it astonishing, therefore, that they are passed in the race of life by others of less capital but more energy, thrift and industry?. For these virtues, after all, are worth more than money. In fact, they make money. Nay, after it U made they enable the possessor to keep it, which most rich men declare to be more difUcult than the making. lie who enlarges his expenses as fast as his earnings increase must always be poor, no matter what his abilities. And content may be had on comparatively little. For it is not in luxurious living that men find real happiness. G. W. |