Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1870 — Hoe Your Own Row. [ARTICLE]

Hoe Your Own Row.

There is no better way to ruin a young man than to give him to understand iu early life that his future success will not depend upon his own individual efforts. There are cases in which young men,who have had such teachings, have overcome their prenicious effects, but as compared with the whole, these are exceptions and not the rule. The parent, who thoroughly impresses upon the mind of his boy the idea that he will bo dependent upon his own exertions—tfiaxtbe responsibility of bis success or failure rests with himself— Will find that a good work has been wrought, tho effects of wliicjl will be seen only when the boy enter* upon the grand struggle which is to result iu triumphant victory or lamentable defeat. A boy thus taught feels that he line a duty to perform —that *while he may have tho support and influence of a parent to assist, still, upon his own energies and efforts will depepd his success. He recognizes, therefore, that he is a power within himself, and this knowledge puts a restraint upon immoral tendencies, and prompts to habits of active industry and prudent economy. Who that lias, been the architect of his own fortune cannot recall tho pride of the moment when he himself the pos•si'ssor of tho first thousand, or the proprietor of t.fie workshop, factory, store or offlije !n which 'the fiAmdatibri of his Vveauh was laid. There may have been happier moments of his life, but none that carried with them more genuine and perfect satisfaction. -Parents, teach your boys to rely upon themselves. Teach them tq,stand alone in early life. Implant in ”em a feeling of confidence isl their own ability and tneir ttwn powers, coupled with a feellog of personal responsibility, whictfwlll steady thorn when tfidy incline to vacillate or waver, and inspire them with that spirit of solf-dependencc which rarely over {tils to win a trimph.—tyW--1 ern World.