Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-04-23
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What are We Living EOr3

Tasa ,tls1seJ J3oE t--. 9nesia7- Ut -~
81 What are We living for? Very .fe~fof
us.know Or care to- inquire. We do not
provide ourselves with charts when, We
launch our barks on the broad ocean of
life, tus sail with sealed papers, not caring
to know the por! Of our destination. There
is . pleasant mystery in floating about at
random, and gliding dow, Il, known eur.
rents our cnjo5ymen. heightened mean.
while BY the uncertainty as 10 whittier
they viii lead as It We think Of the life.
voyage on sunshiny days, ,siris hs pleas
ure trip, To- becnjoyed as we'll IS We may !;
Or a, asssdins voyage, to gather floating
sea weed, barna!dl currency--in ex change
for brain, and heart, aud time orj ns On
>idla sxeearsien,' undertaken 70 kill the
time, to BE- accomplished With the least
rcars or thought Then whsarthe clouds
darken, and the, rein falIs heavily about
ferce Winds seize our frail YES.
sssl 10 their grasp, and sbriay bitter waves
threaten toaeagulph,us ia ttbeir .dep.ks-
the. We watch the il'ows with a meIan.
,eboly pleasure, sadly, hoping fos the final
plunge, and thinking Of our dreary voy.
age, as q hard. peeess;ty.; from which i.
would be a pleasure to be released On any
terms. Very few Of vs can breast the
storm with lor,i,ude, Very few Of US look
:, ou. beyond the, thick darkness to the glim.
mer of the fain. beacon light. which marks
our goal. Or rather, very few of Us steer
FOR the beacon. light at al, but g. Of in
vague, aimless excursions, content with
the pleasure Of floating calmly on lie
waves E2'. ""' .'7',@''.' '>'"'N@ 0'''
~ wha. do vve live for? Is i, to glide
easily, fom birth to dsalh--,tsn ";o die
and make 20 sig n" por learea bs1qsd
the fragile stone which qpis,iy crumbies
beneath the breath sof time ?ss jagged
srit$ are We, fitting loosely ID iihes s.ruc.
lure j. fFaguen,ary beings. made, up Of
doubts, and hopes, and feArs, wishoa. an
earnest purpose, hglesioos7 possibilities,
imperfec,:y developed, into mediocre attain.
meats. Liga. was given TO- US, far pur'
possg-it, is.a fs.epeiug,s:sAe9 10 = higher,
pOre gloriops, state ref, being. Il is our
business to Ct ourselves for our transform.
ation--to keep up the sacred Gre which is
burning in, our hearts, and feed it plen,i.
fully with fragrant oils that its aroma and
light may be ditused through all about US.
The possibility of a glorious life lies lid
den in each human breast; i. is the bust.
moss Of each owner 70 ussar;h the gem,
and to eut and polish il, that its rays may
sparkle in their pures. brilianey. The
true, end Of life is self culture, progression,
perfection /; 10 deyelQpe and mature the
gems imp!apted in our r;a,ures. No o4e
a,,ains this end who does not Do the bsst
thing in life that be capable Of. Talents
we're psver, given to men that they might
ba.y them in napkin: Every homan
being has q speciality, it is his business to
improve it. de may not be an eagle,
soaring over the mountain cliffs, ye. The
sparrow g'adlsas as many hearts in the
valley as the eagle does in The eyrie. The
trouble is that through indolence or iniif:
hedenee, we DC, DC not try our wings; or If
we mount from the ground We fear 10. lose
sigh, Of it, lest -sou.s. unknown son may
dissplss our pinioas, and cast us from our
'eiday height. But no one ever .yst,a,.
taiued1tu eminsuos' who did mob loss sight
Of himself in gazing on the goal.r The
purpose must swallow np the individual,
lclss ahe indisidnal ssiil swallewso op9 ,be
purpose, And issaqd tdiscpovpedo and alone
in the midst Of A desert. :aspiriDg tos be a
kings yst, wahoas q prospective kingdom.
AS regards or sposial. wotk In. lif... il is
evideu. thatlasbtion aitsot 4kes khe place
of capabili,y, assl5 d. azles the uh wary by
gli.!ering iynns' tnat This does no. do
the YYoi,a much harm, for The lions skin
must ft Closely u Jes awaorh siacsfdny Out
to the misguided victims it il q source cf
slss. los. 'hs.ehy y their ,|r own - se sork in
life u 4lsft haaape and M other caa doit,
fos thsm.a trta ,aira3 ITO siai ra~aaaaa I
,'lilf va woafd do shisoine all ia,e ssis,,awo
must prove, a0r oven natures With, d skil.
.ful ppsparing La.d. seeing the limit of our,
capacity And when stbuAdb press sarAsa,lyt
eon'' nor stop till We Attain il, taking care, ),
meanwhile. tha. w do not ,oseressim,a,e.
eur abilities. ,1iR,is larger than most
People thiak.ilWby ,beaapa apiopsi,sW Why,
not WORK calmly. and sarnesily lsoynri the
right 3ao We sSe but sands ia, ,,hs dsmpinl
Of time. We can ah,fas best bas .snslli
coraer in our fsnlaty. Iii..csssly worth,
iwhils ~ b. dazslsd With the glare of per-
sbsal anbi,ha Ambition, ~hsn il .snast.
'nscetsAti.5 Ss sb'a aestihGa i Yss shssssner'
Is par. Of The world, aud n h nsceskry
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