Show the world owes ne me a living 1179 I 1 I 1 BY HORACE 1 I 1 the world owes me a living and ill have it says bays some blackleg as he finishes a luguri i ous repast here landlord another bottle of prime madeira I 1 half a dozen empty headed fops who sil si t gazing on him by stealth in silent admiration hail bail the sentiment with rapturous applause r 1 chats it the world owes us a living and well hwe have it landlord wore more wine her we wont go home till morning lets go it 4 while we are young who cares for expense exper iseP the consequence of this is the pilfering ol oi money drawers the ignominious loss of employment genteel loafer ism ac ac until one enterprising gentleman in in eager eager pursuit of the good living ahe world owes him puts the aroi wrong mans name to his check or in some way gets a ticket for the marble palace it at sing sa s1 sing where the state provides a living for those i ii considers deserving but not sach s te h an one as consorts with their own estimate of their exalted merits in exits I 1 1 i the great error in this case is in the maxim it is false and detestable the orld owes you a living how owes have aou ou earned it by good service if you have wier wie ther on the anvil or in in the pulpit or as aa a teacher you jia TO required a just liveli livelihood hod but if you have earned nothing or worse done little or no good the world owes you rb it thing you may be worth millions 0 enjoy every imaginable luxury without care r effort but isyou if you have bave done nothing to 1 i nerea the sum of human comforts instead of tp ti world owing you anything any thing its as fo fools 0 alsha have v e babble i you are morally a bankrupt and a a beggar bagga r i mankind are just awak awakening ning to I 1 anea of duty resting jon on every mairit am active an anil useful I 1 in every day and sphere all are are calle ballew to dig si pr hw h or OF pow plow oreja or plane e but bu every y man has g a sphere of usefulness allotted to him by providence and is to his hi trust if he deserts gilfor idle pomp and needless I 1 luxury u in r y one may be fitted by nature and inclination for foi an artisan another for st it 8 sailor ail 9 r but no q one ne ever born is fitter fitted for an a idler and a drone those who become so are the victims of perverse circumstances and a deplorably false education but has not the rich man the right to enjoy his wealth most cei certainly we would be the last lantto to deprive him of it he has a natural and legal right to possess it and enjoy it in any manner injurious not to others but lie he has no moral right tv bt be useless lecause because no lie nas superior me means ansol oi being useful let him surround himself w th all the true comfy comforts pom forts As and lux luxuries of life let the masterpieces master pieces obart of art smile upon him in his galleries and the mighty minds merids of all a ages 9 speak to from his library let plenty d eck deck his board and the faces of those he loves gather joyously around let him possess in abundance the means of satish satisfying yin g every pu pure ke and just desire of his nature and become wiser nobler larger in soul than his less fortunate neighbor but bullet let him never forget and if he is properly trained he never can an that it Is his sc lemn cluty to be useful to his alow fellow ae creatures agures especially to the depressed and suffering to t labor for their benefit a and it d suffer stiffer if need be for their elevation the servile ervile fi idolatry with which ignorance and vulgarity have looked to power and wealth the hosan nalis which the trampled millions have sung before the cars of conquerors and other scourges urges of the earth are fading flitting for ever in the twilight which succeeds this gross I 1 dar darkness kneis there comes a season of moral anar 1 j chy when men having lost faith in the juggles which once blinded and bound them resolve to believe nothing to decry and prostrate all that rises above its lowest level |