HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



(all him. This young fellow will make a success of whatever he 

 undertakes in this way, while he will make a miserable failure 

 of any tiling else that is forced upon him, even if a fortune be 

 expended on his education, and a princely amount of money 

 given him to start the repulsive work. 



This young man, if allowed to follow the trend of his own 

 desires, with a rudimentary education and no money, will bud, 

 blossom and bear fruit of the richest kind, and will distance 

 his unfortunate contemporary to such a length that the latter 

 will be completely lost sight of and left, even in the dawn of 

 his career, and will have to fight for every inch of ground, till 

 footsore, weary and worn out, he reaches those splendid years 

 of early middle age, an old man, while the companion of his 

 youth of equal years, is young, vigorous, happy and contented, 

 dwelling in the midst of love, peace and contentment, in the 

 bosom of his family, respected and beloved by his fellow men 

 and honored by his country. 



Nature, through his brain, tells the normal young man 

 whither to steer his course, and nature directs and guides 

 him over the smoothest seas and easiest paths. It is unnatural 

 to choose the wild Atlantic Ocean when a placid lake will 

 serve the same purpose. It is against the dictates of a normal 

 brain to pick out a rocky mountain path in preference to a 

 beautiful country road when both lead to the same place. 

 obstacles at every gust of wind in the one case, and at every 

 step in the other, present themselves, yes! throw themselves in 

 the way, while the other path is smooth; and by the very 

 choosing of the one which nature has whispered in the ear to 

 choose, the waves, pitfalls and quicksands of life have been 

 avoided. 



S<> it is then, that the young man who voluntarily chooses 

 that which he knows is best fitted for him, is bound to make 

 a success, while the other poor fellow, bravely as he may fight, 

 who has had his path and calling chosen for him, only finds 

 failure at the end of an almost impassable road and a heart- 

 breaking journey. 



