LUCK.
[■ FROM THE LIBERAL REVIEW.J People who have big balances lying at their bankers are prone to say that there is no such thing as luck. All worldly prosperity is, they will lead you to understand, the fruit of sagacity and industry. They become terribly indignant when it is hinted that their good fortune is due, in no small degree, to circumstances over which they have had no control. Their scorn, when it is said that their poorer acquaintances have had luck against them, is awful to behold. Yet the truth appears to bo that there is a great deal of what is popularly called luck in the world. The man who rules tin l office which he once swept out m-iy be a singularly gifted and meritorious being, but there are others, equally excellent, who fail to rise as he has done. lie will, of course, say that this is their fault. But such is not the case. There are only a certain number of places which men may occupy with distinction to themselves, as is proved by the fact that the world does not appear to miss men who die, let them be never so useful when they live. Consequently, a large number of persons must look in vain for the means whereby they may distinguish themselves.
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 182, 6 January 1877, Page 2
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