OutofPlace
奥里森·马登 / OrisonMarden
“ButI’mgoodforsomething.” pleadedayoungmanwhomamerchantwasabouttodischargeforhisbluntness.
“Youaregoodfornothingasasalesman，” saidhisemployer.
“IamsureIcanbeuseful，”saidtheyouth.
“How？ Tellmehow.”
“Idon’tknow， sir， Idon’tknow.”
“NordoI，” saidthemerchant， laughingattheearnestnessofhisclerk.
“Onlydon’tputmeaway， sir， don’， IknowIcannotsell.”
“Iknowthat， too，” saidtheprincipal， “thatiswhatiswrong.”
“ButIcanmakemyselfusefulsomehow，” persistedtheyoungman， “IknowIcan.”
Hewasplacedinthecounting-house， wherehisaptitudeforfiguressoonshoweditself， andinafewyearshebecamenotonlychiefcashierinthelargestore， butaneminentaccountant...
， ， theymeansomething...
， hencehecannotberespected.
JohnAdams’ fatherwasashoemaker， and， tryingtoteachhissontheart， gavehimsome “uppers” ， holeandall.
Amanoutofplacemaymanagetogetaliving， buthehaslostthebuoyancy， ， ， ； amanoutofplaceisconstantlylookingathiswatchandthinkingofhissalary.
Ifamanisinhisplaceheishappy， joyous， cheerful， energetic， ； say“yes” ； herespectshimselfandishappybecauseallhispowersareatplayintheirnaturalsphere.
’tcheatnatureoutofheraim； ifshehassetallthecurrentsofyourlifetowardmedicineorlaw， youwillonlybeabotchatanythingelse.
， weakened， -respect， enthusiasmandcourageoozeout； webecomehalf-heartedandsuccessisimpossible.
Manonlygrowswhenheisdevelopingalongthelinesofhisownindividuality， ， whenthereisnoonelikeyouinallcreation， asthepatternwasbrokenwhenyouwereborn， isnotonlytoruinyourownpattern， buttomakeonlyanechooftheoneimitated.
