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counsel. Such position is smost command
ing, and may be turned to good advantage.
TIL at young man who can see in suEh a
situation nothing that is desirable, who
finring himself ignorant and without influ-
enc 9, is willing there to remain, not making
the least effort to gain worthy standing,
is lready lost to society. He has no anbi-
ton, and no prospect is before him, but shat
Of being hewer Of wood and drawer DIVA
ter to the more enterprising, all the days Of
his life.


But there is another motive set, which
perhaps may be more influential than any
of the former. Every man is desirous of
| pos sessing mental energy and intellectual
sire ngth. We may safely inform him, that
it is; not likely he will ever possess this
without much reading and close thinking.


His mind may be naturally good, but it
needs something to give it start and fur
nish. capital on which to act. There must
be something to excite. What shall it be?
ExI pertinent the matter by taking up hook
and reading the speech Of some great man,
on some question Of thrilling interest -
I'll vouch for it, that you will not half finish
it before your mind will be in the highest
state ofexcitement. And were you then
to take pen and attempt composition,
ide as would be in readiness and words
would flow in an overwhelming torrent r.


LIE it be your habit to occupy every spare
moment in perusing some useful work, and
this activity of mind will also become
ha.bitual, nor will it ever forsake you whilst


it has any thing to act upon. Mind acts


upon mind as matter upon matter. Nor


is it possible to converse by books with
4 the mighty intellects Of former, or even


the present generation, without catching the


spirit Of their inspiration. Reading their


works provokes to emulation, and makes
4 us desire to be like them. Read until you
! get the spirit of reading, until taste is


contracted, the qualification Of which will
1 be more pleasurable than eating when you
Iare hungry, or drinking when you are dry,
4 Thus will..the mind be brought into appro-
lpriate and healthy activity upon all subjects
4 which challenge the exercise of its powers
until it becomes accustomed to the lolti-
! est efforts Of which its energies are capa.
BILE.