Show The Advantages of Bein Being Poor and Living in the Country POVERTY taken to mean an absence 1 i of worldly goods is a great benefit to mankind mankind-a a blessing in disguise Of course there are often poor men who lack ambition and who on account of being unable to reach the top of the ladder without any exertion become thoroughly discouraged and ened Surround a man of this kind with wealth however an and you will find him living in luxury and vice his money acting merely as a temptation and snare to drag hims himself lf and o others her down to the lowest depths What an important part the noble mother moth moth- er plays in developing the character of the child Whether surrounded by wealth or poverty she knows how to guide his footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps that the highest ends may be reached If she is poor and has not the money to give him a college education she surrounds him with a neat cheerful home thereby encouraging pure noble thoughts Through her instructions he learns that if a man desires to rise it must be through self effort and he determines determines determines de de- to work Knowledge thus obtained obtained obtained ob ob- is entirely his own and he realizes realizes realizes real real- izes the benefits of it There is no obstacle obstacle ob ob- stacle that he cannot surmount if he has hasa a resolute purpose J t tIn i In order to acquire knowledge he must have a strong healthy body and here lies the greatest advantage of country country country coun coun- try life God made the country and man made the town What wonder then that health and virtue gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all should most abound And least be threatened in in the fields and groves There is no mind accompanied by a weak delicate body but what would have been better brighter and capable of doing more good if the body accompanying accompanying it had been strong and vig vig- orous Very often in the country a a boy is i k kept pt at physical labor so much that his moral and intellectual faculties are neglected neglected neglected neg neg- but this does not need to be the case If his mother has given him high ambitions this physical work will not deprive him of the finer qualifications necessary for his development but will willaid willaid willaid aid him greatly He has learned to apply himself diligently to his work and whatever he und undertakes in afterlife afterlife afterlife after after- life is sure to be he a success By living in the country we are led to study more carefully nature with all her beautiful lessons By being poor we learn to sympathize with our fellows and to educate our hearts which if we can only have one kind of education I consider th the most important Wealth too often makes us forgetful of those around us and we live merely for o our our- r- r selves It is true we can obtain the advantages of large libraries through it but the heart is very often forgotten When a boy has obtained all he c can ln while living in the country it becomes necessary for h him m to go to a city If he does not although he may be at the head of the heap in the country he has nothing to stimulate him The human mind looks for something to pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern after and as the brightest men go goto goto goto to large cities their examples and experience experience experience ex ex- will help him Where superior superior superior su su- intellect e exists it prompts others He may have temptations to meet in n a city but if he withstands them he becomes becomes becomes be be- comes all the stronger from resisting them Can wealth give happiness look around and see What gay distress distress distress' I 1 what splendid misery Whatever fortune fortune lavishly can pour pou The mind annihilates and calls for more Clarence t |