The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-10-23
steps of the ladder ON which be

in his way to aid him, and thus turn
good to evil. The minor hopes which
spur to action are mistaken for the
final one, and we often look no high
or than some mean wish, allowing
that to rule us which should have
been our servant. From this false
view rises little exei tion, for it is i'm.
possible for man to believe in some.
thing better. and I've content with
worse. We all aim at self control
and independence while in tie chad
ow of a power which controls us
whispering inrerly. Thus far shalt
thou go, and no farther" but how
apt is eeliiindulgence to suit this
limit to its own measure, and suffer
vencration and doubts TO overgrow
and suppress the rising hope OF in
dependent thought. IL am not per.
mitted to know this, or to do this. I"
is the excuse of the weak and trivial;
but tue question should be, "Can |
know or do tl.is!" for what is not
permitted We cannot do. We may
not know the events of the future, or
the period OF n thought, or the Great
First Cause, but we may hope to zee
and combine the atoms OF things
pierce the realms of space-make
the wilderness garlcn-attain per.
lection offs soul and body; and for this,
uu, e"u, snI we may master a''
'",TSo "ceu'u', -,
no.e 70 "Vl'ii's p"ssioie tna' 'ai','
| anJ .'uu !, % I""dos ;"I Wv .aNo ,no .o"' ,i
thou1h % ,' s,rewr ,p" ,,i,h 'I 10 lde sr ond
NV. "o"xn s..ew" WIZ" u,nicu'.iee' ""u I.
e"a,, o"si '.o',I ,n'". pam anu s'aue. -
nInt H." u us s''I," ',. us y, =, ~" ,S ' " sI", W.
,r",'i m" W. ',, nas "a,eu a., wv; W nTpo 'oI' ne ~
o mI ra sIu'oeu no ,ot =, s'ncc n s'laa wH.G,, :;
n a drawn ror,h and ".hnt !. !, M, 10
,bere yo cannot m,;sh ''
Oar Wv yrestnst I ',raSh,cL ",, 70 M, ,ha,
We expcct ton much hnt that we Jn
too little. we SET onr worshin low
and let o,r HIGHER no,ross H., d..
mant: thus are we never masters but
Hind mon stnrhl;na IN oooL n,i,nr,,
w,v A. matnr;tv ,nnons soitnnr
trailing nowcr 60 ho wLo coin. mn,
this ia ch;I,;isb ami ,,n,, ssi'..;, =,
fant .likn ~ contr,iinJ br ' n,l,.., ~
This op;danco ,vc MT e,,d ;n nnr
nnwa,I conrso onJ ho ,ro,,,,,l g.,
tbe ch..,,. hnt - ~ go. " - "'e,", ,'o oo,h ~, -
wori. ~ !, ~ u., 80 ',',s, ~' ,'"i. "I0 h"S cav" =
heln ~ ;"I,.nand"'.n , WV ' 'Tn ,T,,o oei oiDn ","
hoy roco;res ali ~ ,s..,,;,n NV ,I ,,,'', ;,
may onn dav s,ive w;,j, h;s e, e,rn ,'n' ,,o,r W.
"r % e.. " H." y u i,..,.., W." !, n'' 1--WE I.I"
bo o,r ~" !, r",,'r 80 "T" wa ".'enus o'' "''P'
IT. vho so.r. ,,r % hi,,saifn , fnn,a,,,
hn, no~.iv fnliow. -. ,.h"r,. " o,h'"s ,,ay,,
been before. covering his own want
with anothrr's industry NAV tinl the
road not long or thickly set, but he
docs and gains nothing. He who
bows to difficulty, settling at the
foot OF the bill instcal of struggling
to its top, may get a sheltered place
"A snug retreat but the world in
its glory he can never see, AMI the
pestilencc from the low ground he
must imbibc. We may rest in per.
feet comfort, but th. health thar
comes Of labor will fade away. Tue
trees ol,hc forest were not planted
that man might pass round and live
between them, but that he might
cut them down use them. Tie saw.
age has little toll before him, but the
civilized man has greater power ol
happiness.
Would a man be powerful, a d
bid his genius rule his fellow mcr:
he must toll TO gain meons.wb;,. !, "a