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&quot; Let us begin by frankly confessing that we know no 

 royal road to desirable wealth, and greatly doubt the exist 

 ence of any. We have heard of this or that man making 

 a great pile in a day, or night, or some other short period, 

 by speculation, forestalling, gambling, or something of the 

 sort, but have no faith in that sort of acquisition as either 

 desirable or (save in rare instances) practicable. The Old 

 Book says, * He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be 

 innocent and a more important truth has rarely appeared 

 in any book. If those who are hot on the scent of coffee 

 plantations in Central America or sugar estates in Cuba 

 don t believe it now, ninety -nine in every hundred of them 

 will rue their skepticism before they shall be ten years older. 



&quot; Nor can we advise any one to rush to Pike s Peak in 

 quest of the eagerly-coveted gold. A good many are now 

 streaming thither, and more perhaps will follow them, 

 some of whom will probably succeed in their quest, while 

 a far larger number will return poorer than they went, be 

 sides being sick, sore and weary. Of the few who make 

 anything in the new Dorado, many more will owe their 

 good fortune to success in gambling or peddling than in 

 personally digging gold. Still less can we counsel any 

 young man to seek a classic education, with a view to emi 

 nence in some profession. The professions are all over 

 done ; it would be a blessed thing for all if not another 

 lawyer or doctor should be ground out during the next ten 

 years. The market is already glutted, and the stock held 

 for a better demand is deplorably heavy. Nor do we think 

 it well for even one more youth to addict himself to trade. 

 There are this day as many as two persons engaged in sell 

 ing goods to each twenty families throughout the country. 

 In other words : Productive industry is paying about one- 

 quarter of its products for the trouble of exchanging them, 

 not taking into account the cost of transportation. If 



