The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-11-17
Grains of Gold.

We find the following passages, culled
among others from the writings Of Henry
d. Tboreau, in the columns Of the Home
Journal:
l believe even the best things ere bot
equal to their fame.
The heavens are as deep as our aspiration
are high.
Lot our monnuess be our foot.stoo,, no,
our cushion.
Now-a. n,gbia, 60 on to tho hill to sec
the sun set as one would go home at even
ing.
Men are not concealed under habits, but
| arc revealed by them; they are their clio hes.
Men cannot conceive Of a state of things
80 fair that it cannot be'reslized.
1t is strange that men will talk of mira
c'es, rev citation, inspiration and the like, as
things past, while love remains.
We make conquest only of husks and
shells for tho most part-st least apparent
lS-but som otimes these are cinnamon and
spices.
Nothing makes the earth seem 60 spacious
as TO have friends at distance; they make
the latitudos and lopgitudes.
Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap lows
Let us be sad about ell we see and are, for
so We demand and pray for the better.
How often, when we have been nearest
Zach Other bodily, have We really been far.
thest otts Our tongues we're the Witty foils
with which we fenced each other off.
The present hour is always vealthiest
when 1t is poorer than the future ones, as
that is the pleasantest prospect.
1t is astonishing, as we'll IS sad. how many
trivial affairs even tho wisest man thinks he
N ust attend to in day, bow singular an
affair he thinks he must omit.
Love is severe critic. Hate can pardon
more than love. They who aspire to love
worthily subject themselves to en- ordeal
more rigid than any other.
What wealth it is to have such friends
that we cannot think of them without eIe-
walton! And we can think of them at any
time and anywhere, and it costs nothing
but the lofty disposition.
Even the tenderest plants force their way
up through the hardesr earth. and the crew
Ices OF rocks, but man no material power
can resist. What q wedge. what beetle,
what catapult, 10 an earnest man What
can resist hims
Let nothing come between you and the
light. Respect men as brothers only
When you travel to the Celestial City carry
no letter Of introduction. When you knock
ask to sec God-nope of the servants.
Man is continually saying to woman,
Why will you not be more wise? 1t is not
in their wills to be wise or to be loving; but,
unless each is both wise and loving. there
can be neither wisdom nor love.
Pursue, keep up with, circle round and
round your life, as dog does his masters
chaise. Do what you love. Know your
own bone. Gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,
and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral
You may cheat yourself out of much life so,
Aim above morality. Be not simply good;
be good for something.
know many men who.in common things,
are not to be deceived; who trust no moon.
shine; who count their money correctly land
know how to invest it; who are said to be
prudent and knowing; who yet will stand at
desk the greater part of their lives, ss
cashiers in banks, and gimmer, and rust,
and finally 60 out there.
How shall we earn our bread is grave
question, yet ii is a sweet and inviting ques-
ton. Let us be content to get our bread in
some gross, careless, and hasty manner
Some men 60 a-hunting, some 'hshiog,
some a.gaming. some to war; but none