# 5333 Go West Young Man

Horace Greeley at the time was the Editor of the New York Tribune in the Fall of 1871.

In response to a letter he received from a young correspondent on the staff, wrote these prophetic ideas and concepts to his protege.

This is how his response letter starts.

Transcript

New York, New York, November 15, 1871

Dear Sir;

So many people ask me what they shall do; few tell me what they can do. Yet this is the pivot wherein all must turn.

I believe that each of us who has his place to make should go where men are wanted, and where employment is not bestowed as alms. Of course, I say to all who are in want of work, Go West!

About the Photograph

South Rim Trail, Grand Canyon, U.S.A.

April 2017