The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-10-12
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.

uepTlVo bn6il vi Tue power W uO any per
manent injury True philosophy has no
pretence about it; no chicanary, no fraud;
it does not worry itself in the endeavor
to make the worse appear the better rea-
son, or in making troublesome conceal
ments; on the contrary, it finds happi-
ness and grateful relief even in frank
ness which endangers storm of ridicufe
Who, for example, does not admire the
moral courage of the elderly negro noti-
ced upon the hurricane deck of steamer,
after the taking of Fort Donelson; with
a philosophical and retrospective cast Of
countenance, he squatted down on his
little bundle, toasting himself against the
chimney, in state of most profound med
itation. A person interrogated him:
Were you in the fight 2"
Had little taste of it, sa."
"Stood your ground, did you p
mo, sa, | runs"
"Run at the first fire, did you %
"Yes, sa, and would hab run soona, had
/ knowed it was coming"
Why that was not very creditable to
your courage.
Dat isn't in my line, sa-cookin's my
perfeshun."
Well have you ne regard for your
reputation ~
=" Regulations muffin to me by the side
OBJ life"
".Do you consider your life worth more
than other peoples ?"
Its worth more to me, sa"
"Then you must value it very highly?"
Yes, sa, does-more dan all dis
wull-more dan million of dollars, sa;
for what would dat be worth to man
wild de bref out OBJ him Self-preserba-
shun am de first law wild me-"
"Then patriotism and honor are moth
ing to you 2"
Muffin whatever, sal regard dem as
among de vanities"
There is another kind Of philosophy. Or
which may be called moral force, which
often enables men to live above disease,
and survive for many years, ravages IN
the constitution, which, preying upon PEI
sons Of less strength of mind, woull
hurry them to the grave in very short
time. We remember to have heard of
neighbor in early youth named Hume =
He was great miser and very rich. He
was apparently at the point of deati.
All his broad and fertile acres had been
disposed of, and he ceased to dictate 10
his lawyer, who, knowing he had large
amount of silver and gold in his houss,
said to him, after pause:
Well, Mr.. Hume, what disposition
will you make of your money 2"
My money! do you expect me to give
away my money, too! l will not do it !"
And summoning to himself what, under
the circumstances, seemed to be super
human energy, he rose from his bed, dress
ed himself, broke the spell of his disease,
and lived some years afterwards to advo
cate the making Of tin hats, as they
would not soon wear out
Of two persons having consumption,
with apparently equal chances of life, the
man who abandons himself to fate, hugs
the fire, and is afraid to stir out of doors
test he should take cold, invariably dies
in short time; the other, having force
Of character, indomitable determination,
and true philosophy, considers that life
is worth striving for, that he can but die
anyhow, and braving all winds and wealth
ers, fights courageousIy against his mala-
dy, and lives to be an old man So it is
in some forms of paralysis, rheumatism
and other disablements, the exercise of a
true philosophy is manifest iu brave re-
solves to live down disease, to live above
it, and by sheer force of will to break the
spell which was thrown over the succumb-
ing body; thus the mind may, and often
does, become power over human mala-
dies more efficient than the most famed
medicines of the apothecary.-Dr. Halls
Journal Of Health
The UNcHANGEABLE LAND. Things
do not change in the East AS Abraham