Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-26
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

-. The character Of the sincere christian is
imperfect until it finds embodiment in that Of
the true gentleman.
.... Little can be done without determine
ton; and certainly no great requirement can
be made without patience and steady applica-
ton.
49,. There is no, occasion to tramplc upon the
meaucst reptile, nor to sneak to the greatest
prince Insolence and baseness are equally I'M
manly.
-. Lord SALISBURY says that he would be
virtuous for his own sake, though nobody were
to know it; as he would be clean for his own
sake, though nobody were to see him.
-. The longer We live, the more our expe-
rience widens; the less prone are we to judge
our neighbours conduct-to question theworld's
wisdom. u stla.s .er5
=. The fireside is a seminary of infinite i'm
portance; it is important because it is univer-
sal, and because the education it bestows being
woven in with the woof of childhood, gives form
and color to the whole texture of life. ~
s.s.,.. We may CLEAN knowledge by reading,
but the claf' must be separated from the wheat
by thinking. knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much Wisdom is humble that she
knows no more.
-. Beware of confding in distant prospects
of happiness, lest they be suddenly intercepted
by the most trivial present vexation. A lenfin
the foreground is large enough to conceal a
forest in the far horizon.
Is The life of man is in reality but one con
tinued existence, the end of which is to make
himself perfect.
....Sound economy is sound understand
ing brought into actioni it is calculation real
lied; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to
Practicei it is foreseeing contingencies andPr
viding against them; it is expecting contingent
cies and being prepared for them.
-. Said one to an aged friend, 81 had
letter from distant correspondent the other
day, who inquired if you were in the land of the
living" mo" replied the s,lint-liEe venerable
man, "but am going there. THIS world is
alone the land of sEadows; and the eternal is
the only one of living realities"
-. Tho glory of an ago is often hidden
romitself Perhaps some word has been spo-
ken in our day which We have not deigned to
hear, but which is to grow clearer and louder
through all ages. Perhaps somesilent thinker
among us is at work in his closet, whose name
is to I'LL the earth. Perhaps there sleeps in his
cradle some Retormer, who is to move the
church. and tho world.
-" The Bible, . in the words Of another,
.'is the christians telescope; and with it he
looks into the third Heavens, and reads things
which, but for It's aid, had remained unuttered
and unutterabIe. 1t is his best man of the
world that is seen. and his best chart to TINT
which is unseen. BY it he learns what's most
necessary Of t,e country in which l,e lives and
makes ms way win the greatest SAFETY towards
that which ne desires"
Seek virtue rather than riches YoIl
may be sure to acquire the tirst +. Int cannot
promise for the latter. No one can rob Won Of
the fifst without yonr consent. Won NAV he de-
privetI of the latter 4 hundred 'wavv The first
will grar Won tbe estro ~ in s;,d 4nJ ,,;so
mon; the latter Will get you flatterers enough !;
but not one real friend. The first will abide
by you forever; the latter viii leave you at
death, to shift as YOU can for eternity.
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