Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08
Gems of Thought.

@"What was poetry but the language of the di'
vine embodied in the human form-the emanation
of mind that could not drink deeper into the
matters of nature than another, and who express
ed it in language that captivated the heart of his
fellow man, and thereby instructed him in. the
knowledge of God and of nature! 1t was beauti-
full; it was something more; it was, in fact, the
harmony of Gods laws in concord brought wonder
fully down to their reason, and captivated their
hearts with the love of harmony and the love oi
nature, that wherever they went it inclined them
to seek for it everywhere else.''
What is beauty of nature but beauty clothed
with moral associations! What is the highest
beauty of literature, poetry, fiction and the fine
arts, but moral beauty which genius has bodied
forth for the admiration of the world! And what
are those qualities of human character which are
treasured up in the memory and hearts of nations
the objects of universal reverence and exulta-
ton, the themes of celebrations, the festal song
the enshrined idols of admiration and love! Are
they not patriotism, herosm, philanthropy, disin-
terestedness, magnanimity, martyrdom?
We should make it principal to extend the
hand of friendship to every man who discharges
faithfully his duties and maintains good order who
manifests deep interest in the welfare of general
society-Whose department is upright, and whose
mind is intelligent without stopping to ascertain
whether he swings hammer or draws thread.
There is nothing so distant from ali natural claim
the reluctant,th backward sympathy, the forced
smile the checked conversation, the hesitating
compliance, the well-o apt to manifest to those
a little down, with whom in the comparison of in
tellect and principles ofvirtue they frequently sink
into insignifeance.
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists-in the
heart. They only deny its worth and power who
never loved a friend or labored to make friend
happy. .--.---- .a.
The triulnphs of truth are the most glorious,
chiefly because they most bloodless of all vic
tories, deriving their highest lustre from the NUM-
Der of saved, not of the slain.
You cannot fathom your mind. There is well
of thought there which has no bottom. The
more you draw from it, the more clear and plenti-
full it will be-
by love and persuasion. kiss is worth thous-
and kicks. A kind word is more valuable to the
lost than mine of gold.
Wealth, honor and favor, may come upon a
man by chance; nay they may be cast upon him
without SO much as looking after them; but yir-
tue is the work industry and labor; and certainly
it is worth the while to purchase that good which
brings all others along with it.-Seneea.
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has
to do the less time he has to doit in. One yawns,
and procrastinates, one can do that when one will
and therefore, one seldom does it at all; where
as, those who have great deal of business; must
Ito use vulgar expression) buckle to it, and then
they always find time enough to do it in.-CAes-
terfeld.
The triumphs of truth are the most glorious,
chiefly because they are the most bloodless of all
victories, deriving their highest luster from the
number saved, not of the slain.
All the world is complaining of the want of
of friends, and yet scarcely anybody gives him
self the trouble of bringing the necessary dispo-
Witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls
slipping off broken string, but a word of kind
ness is seldom spoken in vain. tits seed which
when dropped by chance, springs up flower.
sectarianisn, when carried to extremes, is a
miserable short-sighted prejudice. 1t makes you
hate your neighbor because he eats oysters roast
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Every young man should remember that the
world will always honor industry. The vulgar
and useless idler, whose energies of body and
mind are rusting for want OF occupation, may look
with scorn ON the laborer engaged at his toll.
But his scorn is praise; his contempt honor.
Deride not any mans infirmities.
. Despair blunts the edge of industry.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the vir-
tue of adversty is fortitude. E
There is no more fatigue in laziness than in
labor. sa--s ..==sls.- .5ra e-rs-
The more we help others to bear their burdens
the lighter our own will be.
Surely some people must know themselves;
they never think about anything else.
Nobody ever sees an action as very wrong
when under the excitement of doing it.
Men and actions, like objects of sight, have
their parts of perspective; some must be seen al
a distance. So
Love is like honesty-much talken about, and
but little understood.