BE SURE HOW YOU BEGIN.

"When once begun, The work's half done," So says the proverb old; But even here, You'll see it clear, The truth is but half told; For wisdom says There are two ways, One loses and one wins; You'll find, young friends, That all depends Upon how one begins. If wrong begun, And work half done, So much the worse for you; If right—go on Until you've won The goal you had in view. In life you gaze Upon the ways Of virtue and of sin; Be led by truth, And in your youth Be sure how you begin.