Show the executive departments offices are termed at washington 1 agton are the mausoleums mausoleum s of countless mausoleums of ambition dead ambitions my advice to any young man of Br Former R bert P ambition is ia to stay otay away from washington unless ho he relinquishes all hope one might almost ance above the doors of every department in washington this sign A all ll 11 y young pung men who ener here leava hope behind there is just one advantage that the executive departments hold for young men that is to give the struggling youth without funds enough 91 money and leisure to gain an education unfortunately however the great majority of young fellows who swartout start out with the intention of getting an education and then quitting get married change their minds ads lose courage and stay in a few isolated instances the departments offer OPP opportunities ort unities to enter a broader broade r field but ese instances instance i are rare ran I 1 havee have known men in one or two branches odthe of the government who have won reputations in special lines and now draw big salaries as counsel for large corporations buffor but for the most part the young man who goes into the government service however strong may be his intention to get out at the end of a certain period stays and stays until at af last his ambition dies of dry rot end and then he be himself dies I 1 know a man in one of the departments whose native ability would qualify him for any position in the government service up to a cabinet officer who is drawing the meager salary of 2000 a year a as s a law lair clerk he Heli lived vedin in my neighborhood as a youth wyoute was graduated asa as a lawyer built up a practice that won him a reputation outside of his own community and was in fair way to 0 become a leading lawyer of Ms his state he was the superior of any lawyer in his county and hada had a wonderful faculty for trying crying cases he got a job in washington as a law clerk and accepted it for what he thought would be a short time his associates of former days are arc now among the leading men in their profession and some are on the bench nearly all are arc worth a lot of money he has just enough to live on and his ambition is dead dehd and buried in one of the departments |