THE YOUNG MANS WAY

TO INTELI.IGENCE, REsPECTABILITY Ho-


NOR AND USEFULNESS.

WANT or MEANS.
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To the above difficulties have been some-
times added, want OF access to the means
of information. This difficulty was once
far from being an ideal one. Books were
few and costly, and the sciences were lock-
ed up in an unknown language, or so loaded
with technicalites as to put them beyond
the reach of the laboring classes; who gen.
erally have to work their own way
without teachers. But happily this bar is
now taken out of the way. The world is
flooded with books on all subjects, interest
ing to men, books in our own language,
and rendered accessible by their cheapness,
or placed in public Libraries, for the benefit
of all classes. need not dwell upon this
difficulty II il so frail as to be seen to be
nothing but an excuse for idleness. Ihe
country is full of books-and SO cheap as
to come within the reach of all. The money
spent on the various holidays in the year,
if expended in books, would soon furnish
every apprentice with a tolerable library
And lectures are given during the long even
ings Of every year, on almost every subject
within the range of human science. Some
are gratuitous and all are cheap. He, there
fore, who pleads want Of means for intel
lectual improvement in these days, may be
given up az hopeless case, on whom an
argument would be wasted. Ignorance was
once misfortune, but it is now crime. ]
speak generally Of course, and that there
are exceptions, by no means initiates
against the force OF the remark. The en-
terprsing will hear me- We live in a
stirring, active age Of the world. All ma
tions are thrown together as into one COM
munity, requiring every man to know more
in order to success in business now, than at
prior period. The man who once did
business in small village, though he has
never removed, now finds himself in city,
surrounded by dense and stirring popula-
tion; his plans of operation must change
to meet the change in his circumstances, or
he will find the younger portion Of the COM
munity taking the trade all out OF his hands.
The readiness Of communication between
distant locations, causing sudden fiuctua-
tions in the price of commodities, requires
that merchant or mechanic should know
much more now, as to the philosophy OF
trade. than was needed formerly. Want OF
the knowledge of this fact has led to many
disaster in business, which a little fore
sight would have prevented. But let the
eye turn to another quarter.