It inspires them with Hope, for in the bright exicon of youth there is no such word aa 1 fail. Alas ! say many, this is correct — is true with regard to the youth who has never. abused his strength — and to the man who > has not been " passion's slave." But to that youth— to that man, who has wasted his vigor, who has yielded himself up to the temporary sweet il!uremeut3 of vice* who has given unbridled license to his pas- ' sions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. _ 'What Hope can he have? What inspirations ? "What chance of leaving ' his footprints on the sands of time? For j him, alas ! there is nought but dark despair [ and self-reproach for a lost life. For a man to leave his footprints on the - sands of time, he must be endowed with a. strong brain and nervous power. He must possess a soiatid, vigorous, healthy mind, in a healthy body -the power to conceive— the , energy to execute ! But look at our Au3- | tralian youth ! See the einaciafed form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, , the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note hia demeanour aud | conversation, aud thea say, is that a man to 1 leave his footprints on the sands of time, i Do parents, medical men and educator o£ ! youth pay sufficient attention to this sub- ; ject? Do they ever ascertain the cause of this decay ; and having done so, do they (as a strict sense of duty demands) seek the skilled advice of the medical man, who hag 1 made this branoh of his profession his par- ticular speciality, whose life has been devoted to the treatment of these cases? Reader > what's your answer ? Let each one answer , for himself. Parents see their progeny fad-. 