and you will die by despair," says the Italian proverb. Save all you can
honorably. Harness it up and make it pull also by bringing in to you a
little interest. Here will be your first real business move--one of
grave importance. The little cloud that ariseth out of the sea, like a
man's hand, will soon cover your financial sky, and bring an abundant
shower of the good things of this life.

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COURAGE.

I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.--Shakspeare.


Courage is adversity's lamp. Perhaps the young man's
courage is more sorely tried than that of the man of middle age, for age
dreads the whip of events, while youth champs their bit. Youth cannot
endure the thought of a long siege. The ladders must be put against the
walls, the breach must be clambered through, and if the citadel be
strong, the rash onset will be repulsed with heavy loss. But Hope dotes
on youth. The young are her flock, her fold, her children. Into the
hands of her children she puts the scimitar of courage, and bids them go
forth again. Let us suppose you have been cast down your ladder, and
have little but your courage. It may be necessary to leave your pleasant
little town and seek employment where men are used as machines--in the
great cities. Such a fate is, indeed, a sad reverse. The safety of