Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-07

OF q coach-and six, with all the ribbons in
his hahds and thorough knowledge of his
horses and his road, sits upon his box in re.
pose out u he should be constantly on the
LOOK out Tor some trick, and constantly ey.
am'n'uB us harness, aud constantly russv
any uneasy, should lose my confidence in
his. 0uV
We do not need to be taught that a rest.
less mIad Is not reliable mind There il
an instinct which tells us this There can
be no rell0bIcness of character without re
pose. If should wish to take ride. and
Two horses should he led before me to
choose from. l would take the one that
stands still, waiting for his burden and hi,
command, rather than the one that occupies
Inc road and his groom with his caracoling
ana curveIlng and other signs ofrestlessness.
should be measurebly sure that one would
oe"r me through my journey safely and
specdlIy, and that the other would either
throw me, or wear himself out, and so fail
OF giving me good service. Saint Peter
was restless man--an impatient man.
de was always the most mpulsive and the
most ready to act, as the seryent of the
high priest had occasion to remember but
he both lied aud denied his Lord. Ii was
John, reposlng upon the breast OF Jesus.
VINO most drew forth the Lords affection.
Martha, worrying about the house. cumber.
cd with much serving, choose part inferior
to that of Mary who reposed at the feet
oi Jesls. 1t Is only inrepose that the pow.
erS OF the mind are marshalnd for great en-
terprlse and for progress. 1t is in rcpose,
when passion is sleeping and reason is clear.
eyed, that the military cheftain marks out
his campaign and arrunges his forces. He
is poor commander who throws his troops
into the held, and fights without order or
struggles Tor no definite end aud there
are muItltudeS of men who throw themselves
into life with an immense splutter, and fight
the fight of life with great deaI of noise
but who never make any progress, because
they have never drawn upon reroSe for
plan.
Repose is the cradle of power 1t is the
fashion TO say that great men are men OF
great passions, as if their passions were
the cause rather than the concomtant of
their greatness Great Gle ,,hpnts have great
legs, but the legs do no: nak the elephants
great. Great legs, however are required
TO move great elephants, and wherever we
find great elephants we fad great legs
Small men sometimes have great passions,
and these passions may SO far overcome
them that they shall be the weakest of the
weak. The possession Of great passions is
often q disadvantage TO weak men and
strong men alike, because they furnish so
many asSailable points for outside forces
A fortress may be very strongly built, but
if its doors are open, l. scaling ladders are
run permanently Gown from its walls for the
accommodation ofinyadiDg forces, its strength
will be Of very little practical advantage.
/ Great passions are Uflerner the weak than
the strong points of great men. Now do
not believe it possible for man to exercise
a high degree of power upon the hearts and
minds Of others, and at the same time, be
under the influence OF any variety Of passion.
A man cannot be the shivering subject Of
an outside force, acting upon him through
bis pasSiouS and at the same Time and ef-
fluent center Of power Action and passion
are opposed to each other, and when one
has possession OF the soul the other is want
ing. They involve two distinc. attitudes of
the mind, as truly as do thanksgiving and
| petition.
The world often finds fault with great
men because they are cold but they could
not be great men if they were not cold, A
physician is often preferred by a family
or patient because he is $50 sym
pathizing," as they call it. They forget
that physician is necessarily untruStworthy
in the degree that he is sympathetic with
his patients. A physician may be thorough
ly kind, and ont of his kindness there may
grow a gentle manner which seems to spring
from sympathy but l say unhcsitatugly
that in the degree by which physician is
sympathetic with his patients, is he untitled
to perform his operation. The surgeon who
sensitively sympathzeS with man whose
diseased or crushed limb it has fallen to his
lot to remove, has lost a portion of his
power and skill, and has become a poorer
surgeon for his sympathy. Physicians them
selves show that they understand this when
a case fog medical or surgical treatment oc-
ours in their own families. If their wives
or their children are sick, they caunot con-
troll their sympathies and the moment they
are aware Of this, they lose all confidence in
themselves They cannot reduce the frac-
ture of childS limb, or prescribe for q wife
lying dangerously i'll, because their symPa-
thics are so greatly excited that their judg-
ment is good for nothing In other words
they are in an attitude or condition of pas
sion-they are moved and wrought upon
by outside forces, to such degree that
they cannot act.
If an orator rise in his place and show by
the agitation of his nerves, his broken sen
tenceS, aud his choked utterances that emo
ton is uppermost in him, he has no more
power upon his audience than baby, We
pity his weakness or we sympatize with him,
but he cannot move u.s. He is mastered
man. and until he can choke down bis pas
sion he cannot master US A man rises in an
audience in state of furious excitement,
and fumes and yellS and gestienlates, but he
only moves us to pity, or disgust or laugh,
ter. His passion utterly depriSes him OF
power. We call Mr.. Gongh an actor, as
he undoubtedly is; and we pretend to be
disgusted with him for stimulating every
night for a hundred nights in succession,
the emotions which move rs. We forget
that if Mr.. Cough should really become the
subject of the passions which he illustrates