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LucK-Rev. II. W. Beecher says in one of his leetures ssi may here, as well us any where, impart the secret of good aud Dad luck. There are men, who, supposing Pro- violence to have an implacable spite against them, bemoan in the poverty of a wretchetl old age the misfortunes of their lives. Luck forever yaa against them and for others. One, wi.h>a good profession, lost his luck in the river. where he idled away his time a-ishing when he should have been in his ofIice.- Anotiies, with gsod trade, perpeiually burnt np his luck by his hat temper, which pro- voked his employers to leave him. Ano- ther, wiih q lucrative business, lost his luck by amazing diligence as everything but his business. Another, who was honest and constant al his work, erred by perpetual misiudgmenss he lacked discretion. Hun dreds lose iheir luck by endorsing by sall- guine specula,io,ls; by trusting fraudulent men; and by dishonest gains. A man never has good luck who has bad wife. inever knew an early rising, harI-work, prnden. man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest, who complained of bad luck. A good character, good habits. and iroi: indus ny ars impsegnaole 10 the assanlis of all the iIl luck thai fools ever dreamed of. But when see a tasierlemaiion, creeping out of grocery late in tho afternoon. with his hands srlck in his pockets, the rim Of his lssl turned ID. and the crown knocked in, l know he has bad inck--foT the worst of all lnek is to he q sl,lggard. knave, or tip pler.v