Nebraska advertiser., 1857-10-08
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Be wise ;; for in gaining wisdom,
you also gain an eminence from which
no shaft of jealousy and malace can
hurl you. .aa.g4gl1 ~ 4
A man without predominant incli-
natien, is not likely to beeither useful
or happy; he who is, eyerythings is
nothing.-MGyp.
Mankind, in general, mistakes diff
fculties for impossibilities; that is the
difference between those who effect,
and those that do not. .-
In the affairs of life, activity is to
be preferred to dignity; and practical
energy and dispatch, to premeditated
composure and reserve. '-
He who knows enough to act, in all
cases, as his true interest would dictate,
is wiser than King Soloman, and must
Hive, on the whole, a more worthy life.
Happiness and sorrow are the meas
ures Of our mortal life; we willingly
record the moments of gladness, and
sorrows hours make their own inn
Ipress. d 7 hei adi %
NAdversity overcome, is the brightest
glory, and willingly undergone, the
greatestvirtue. Sufferings are but the
trials of gallant spirits, aooo
Friendship has the skill and obser-
vation of the best physician, the dill
! gence and vigilance of the best nurse,
and the tenderness and patience of the
| best mother.
If we scrutiuiEe the lives of men Of
genius, we shall find that activity and
persistence are their leading peculiar
tiles. Obstacles cannot intimidate,
nor labor weary, nor drudgery disgust
them. II sji me9i- - I.iv
Love not your children uhedually
or if you do, showritnot, lest yOp make
the one proud, the other envious, and
both foolish. IF nature has made a
difference. it is the part Of the tender
parent to help the weakest. 2lal
In the commission of evil, fear no
man so much as thy own self. Another
is but one witness against thee; thou
art thousand. Another thou mayst
avoid, but thvself thou canst not
wickedness is its own punishment,
There are many people who falter
}. and tremble as long as there is any
mixture of doubt in their minds as to
what they can or what they ought to
do, but who, the moment that doubt
ceases, have power and will to dare ev-
, erything.
It is easier to still the wave of pas.
sion than to break the dead sea Of diff
ference, which, like the Lake Asphal-
tes, destroys the energies of all that
| approach it, until, like the birds who
are said to drop lifeless on its dull
| surface, the heart sinks to rise nc
: more. u '.-.
know nothing which life has to Offer
so satisfying as the profound good un.
derstanding, which can subsist, after
, much exchange of goodofices, between
two virtuous men, each of whom is sure
of himself, and sure of his friend.
How easily we read IN old books
when men were few, of the smalles
action of the patriarchs. We require
3 that man should be so large and col
I umnar in the landscape, that it should
deserve to be recorded, that he arose
e and girded up his loins, and departed
, to such place.
Politeness, that, cementer OF, friend
ship and soother ofenmities, is nowher,
e so much required and so frequently
S outraged as in, family circles: in nea
5 and dear connections it is continually
: abandoned, and the result is that al
e the illusions of life are destroyed, ant
e with them; much Ofits happiness, Ola
Pain and pleasure, good and evil
come to us from unexpected sources
: 1t is not there, where we have gather
ed up our brightest hopes, that tn
dawn of happiness breaks. It is no
there, where we have glanced our ey
with alright, that we find the deadlies
: gloom. What should this teach as P
), To bow to the great and only Sourc
j., oflight and life humbly, and with con
! fding resignation,
= 'constitdte d perfect gentleman
r the best attributes Of the heart an
) head must be combined. He VII
If would indeed deserve that proud ep
t tibet, must be devout, courteous, an
y accomplished, gentle, generous, an
d brave; pure in word and deed, disintel
k ested, philanthropic, and, above al
h, incessant' and intrepid in charitabl
nj succouring the weak, the legly, an
the poers 6i Ial -; sIiirarals