# 0533 Go West, Young Man

“Go West Young Man”

Horace Greeley; then Editor of the New York Tribune in the Fall of 1871 wrote a piece on the future for young people, it still applies today.

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

This is how his response letter originates:

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!

April 2017