Show counsel TO BOYS r dukeley greeley i 1 1 i f i when iffat I 1 aras nin icino eyears ears 0 old oid herou hereu ke uni URI ni n i expectedly appeared one day dax a y in my fathers humble humula farmhouse the clergyman mil mii n doctor lawyer one at ait oit two uto other magnates of of our newrn beweng newen laud land rural township who addressed my parents to this thib thi effect your odet odst son is so promis promising lil til t i student so easy and rapid a lea iea learner I 1 thet we think he should have a belter better education than our common school can ti give glye e him we propose therefore thag that he eze ene be sen sent to phillips academy 43 an and d thence to college anti and we ofner offer should you choose to entrust him to us its tasee td see that he ia is thoroughly schooled seh sch 4 w without expense to you my IVY poor but proud parents pare fits lits responded with thanks bud but bu decad decided ed ithac they would give their children all the schooling they could fairly and that this niu A them and among the mally many things for which I 1 have haver cause for filial gratitude I 1 accord a high place to this decision n true had they accepted the generous pr onner onnen I 1 should have learned much thatIs that I 1 still till urgently need to tb know for I 1 never was even for a da day yo a pupil apil p in any se seminary higher or other than thau a very fi chool school but blit I 1 prize plize the in independence eg thus secured far aboe the learn learning ing which it atwould would br have ve dearly purchased J I 1 would like ike to red read homer hower and plato aud and demosthenes in their native onree but not at the cost of owing ruy rny luy cay abi lipe ity aty so to read nead theto W the bounty of off fonie conie sector education society who would reasonably expect of me mp the championship iop lop of its dogma C in retura I 1 would not be bot bound irid even by the tile silke silken U liga ments 6 gratitude to tome to me the imra 6 odi di day ivl lie lle were f thereby to berend be rendered bied vied even eien even dis inclined to accept and welcome the dee deeper per tr truth uth that may dawn on my apprehension to 6 arrow the per valent laxity orfia of fiure flure on this poin point cis Vis t ia one oy of our gravest perils it indicates a serious and d I 1 fear a growing defect of nat national loril character every one wishes to rise which is natural and perhaps laudable lan dable but the greaf majority aspi reto rise not by natural elasticity r d aou pers personal onal effort but byc byci lingin g lo 10 0 tiie the skirts of someone some one else bome some rich uncle orgene or generous brother some wealthy friend or freehanded free handed banded philanthropist is expected or at least desired to inflate the balloon whereby thefford the aspin aspirant int hopes tobe floate float edver vier bier we ane heads of into antoan youth in elysium A of waith er our youths s arg are generally ambitious but the crown of simple leaves which so richly rewarded the long preparation the abstinence and thorough training of the victor in the grecian gaanes iga maes would have havi little attra attraction tio n in fia their eyes they aspire to clutch quickly and easily those material advantages es which are blessings to those on only ly nr who ho have haye worthily aphie achieved ved them the 1 U doubtful gairis of speculation lra ira rather th er than the s ly aw I 1 reward 0 of ru useful ireful industry they aspire to be wealthy first and useful if ever aften after ward they mistakenly aney ancy tha fortune liVere somehow showered upon them they would excite gods goas astonished admiration by devoting a tithe 0 it to some unselfish beneficent use give fo runee today to day and they hey would soon conci conel conclude fide that a tithe of ofa a fiffe ia Is all they could spare for any philana pie pic I 1 e almand ailand aim alm aft iffy would rn ge even en R that a t e UJ U J s v we lve allenow all ali know men who began the athe world with nothing lif hagenow hav enow all tha theart could wish we know sons of uell lucli bhoj beginning with eve soon hall fall ran it down to n nothing th ing but we harshly misjudge mis mii judge g e them tha they did not begin git wit with ly ayery ry things m ef a ono jno boblo career ia as ivia f their V experiences rl r i ene enc es were directly imbue e th them with we the falau notion that it is the sum of ilfe life to eat and drink luxuriously dress sumptuously and ride sail sall or dance abundantly that it is mans chief end to gratify his physical bigl etl eti appetites and revel in sensual de lights thus blinded and mis educated they were from childhood impelled on the road to ruin and may largely blame their infatuated parents or guardians for their to perdition the tiie gr great eat first truth to be lin impressed pressed on every unfolding filing is ik the anen aaen inexorability or of retribution drive DITTO out nature a pitch dirk Cirk they themay the yay ay and she Slie will shirel surely egine coine e in tra urain bin Re tribu natt be driven tir ven out like to like ilke sot soi faro mu I 1 ell eil pai pal painah nad bad woe woo the aa oum of ovil evil liln dong uehl uchic uchi 1 elemental the tho 6 al law of ortho tho universe up vase as vital vitala and d 0 operative today to day OH tb this is earth in 6 dur I 1 u r ehg heg hordes t as ovea oven eve on n tiny plan blan L t th that at has giai revolved resolved evo any sun that ever shown T there he re sire fire sufferings which result from other klus KIUS ids than those of the present sufferer gln gun but bik n no i aone one ever did a wrong and aud esc ese escaped escaped aped or evaded the penal penalty iti ill in the day thou eanest thereof thou shail shall surely dle die which does not by riny any means emoly that you xou shall be alive and well troll 0 0 Inori ow but may no n b one ona never nver see seeh seek aid from flom others yea veril verll vernly verily yr if you are ign ignorant ci rall rail csak seel knowledge if unskilled and na seek ability and dexterity 1 sphere of useful eibrt you xou ou blast i nOting inviting bu dut but seeh seek t thee ese with every vely very other good equivalents for services renN rendered red pop nn say sas to the teacher the thy n eyou esou sou you have bave wisdom that I 1 neu n eu but buti I 1 have young voting elastic sinews that mav may be ba usefull to you I 1 propose to give and take oil on terms of mutual advantage what shall hll hil hii they be what you yon need is i iipp ap charity but opportunity nud and if this is not dot afforded on terms of reciprocal benefit in one direction resolve to freek it lp another better five jive and die the all an independent cobbler thail tharl tharl any gri great I 1 anians s st the darkest da day y in a manti manzi man earthly career is thad that wherein he firo first fancied t that there is colne onie easier easler a dollar than eahl bartu big ng it nt matter whether jtb 1 ly caurs ill lul rys it by beg leg teg rury gury by theft or iiii lily noy fashion of camb gamb luig that indri mannia mariia IA fe de n tr who looking at the tile dollar in his ins band baud says that batile diore easily than if if I 1 hjad e earned it by honest labor ori orf heba he hus bus 4 lost the clue to his wa ay thi through dugi this mortal labyrinth and wid must filst henceforth wander as chance may dictate to toll ilithe apprehension ul universe culliver liver ilver has become tv g gaming a table tind ani larul L succession rate cession of on oil the neld nned tr oto DIO aj we tile black hj pro specs e 8 of or winning therea in jn the tong long Z ril run n are ate miserable enough I 1 I 1 I 1 J al am pained t id hear bear auy anyone olie say of the wisest and besh best est man living pin my faith falth to him I 1 am sure he can never do wrong af p friend you have a right to repose implicit hilp licIt faith in jn god alone ilan man if frail al at best beat and lie he who was upright and noble nobie yesterday I 1 may prove fal fab e ennd avid unworthy 6 ifor mor rb cling to ta truth and justice though all the world should desert and decry deery them give your conscience eye eyo aha ana nelll never nevel fear that it will mislead you yon y dir dit may be richer in knowledge and wisdom wi dom thany tianyou thans than you buta pure and lofty soli sott has hael superior and sh should ouid recognize none hold sold fast to whatsoever is righteous and whatever clouds may play for the moment enwrap you and intercept ceat the smile of heaven never becq be so infidel in del dei as to doubt that the path olvir of vir i tile tue is ii the way oc safety the only way that leads to ito perfect and enduring peace I 1 the lame lawe corporal |