. . .upon work as if it were a degrading thing, and only to be used until they can afford to live without it.  Life is not worth calling life that is not downright honest work, and a man is hardly a man at all who is not a working man—working either with his hands or his brain, or both.

In determining what your calling in life shall be you must consider two things, 1st.  Whether the calling you wish to follow is an honest and lawful one. 2nd.  Whether you are fitted for it.

If you can say yes to both these questions, then, provided your parents approve, follow out your natural inclination.  A lad is far more likely to succeed in life if his heart is in his work, than if he p. 12has to work against the grain.  On the other hand, you will never deserve success if you go against your parents’ wishes.  If they see reasons against the particular calling you wish for, (and perhaps are really fitted for), your duty is to follow their wishes, . . . Read More