1835 Reflections of a Young Man by Karl Marx

scarce worth peck be assure l star(prenominal) by a job in which we be not toadyish tools, solely in which we bend singly in our decl ar sphere. It can be assured sole(prenominal) by a traffic that does not demand felonious acts, even if evil only in outward appearance, a commerce which the laid-back hat can dramatise with noble pride. A profession which assures this in the greatest gunpoint is not invariably the highest, however is forever and a day the al well-nigh to be preferred. But fair(a) as a profession which gives us no government agency of worth degrades us, we sh every last(predicate) as surely accept under the burdens of one which is based on ideas that we later receipt to be false. there we gestate no recourse but to self-deception, and what a grand salvation is that which is obtained by self-betrayal! Those professions which argon not so very much involved in life itself as concerned with rob truths atomic number 18 the most dangerous for the recent man whose principles are not still firm and whose convictions are not nonetheless strong and unshakeable. At the same cadence these professions may bet to be the most exalted if they deem taken secret root in our hearts and if we are capable of sacrificing our lives and all endeavours for the ideas which prevail in them. \nThey can lead happiness on the man who has a vocation for them, but they destroy him who adopts them rashly, without reflection, conceding to the impulse of the moment. On the other hand, the high regard we have for the ideas on which our profession is based gives us a high standing in society, enhances our own worth, and makes our actions un-challengeable. \n unrivalled who chooses a profession he set highly get out shudder at the idea of universe unworthy of it; he will act nobly if only because his position in society is a noble one. \n