Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-05
Youth and Maturity.

There is certain even-handed Justice in s.r-nsda
time; and for what he takes away he gives ..-
us something In return. He robs Of elas- ,. =.
ITCHY of limb and spirit and in its place he h'A 81
brings tranquility and repOse-the mild 7-silW
autumnal weather of the soul. He takes 4 -1eod
away hOpe,but he gives us memory. And the .,o- ft
settled unfluctuating atmosphere of mid -"' u
die age is no bad change tor the storInful 'lf"~ q
emOtionS,the passionate cries and suspenses, 10 .1+
of the earlier day. The constitutional mel .-r .o
ancholy of the middle-aged man Is dim .-
background on which the pale flowers of % B
life brought out in the tenderest relief 'TEan Hi
Youth is the time for action, midde-age ford gfw
thought. In youth we hurriedlY cr)p the ,rrfsr.,
herbage; in middle-age in a sheltered
place, we chew the ruminatve cud In a"'
youth, red-handed, red-ankled, with songs ,--v +
and shoutings, we gather in the grares; In 'A-
mddle-age, under our own shgtree, or inm emos
quiet gossip with friend, we drink the ,dt fsos
wine free ofal turbid lees. Youth is a lyr-
ical poet midde-age quiet essayst fond 4'"i.'
OF recouning experiences and of append-d strh97d
ing moral to every incident. yIn youth bic naat
the world is strange and unfamiliar novel t.,for
and exciting, everything wears the face and
garb of stranger; in mi dle-age the world ioN9'A
is covered with "reminiscences as with .p ha Ot
garment-it is made homely with usage, a t q M
| and it is made sacred with graves. The -o,.-,
| middle aged man can go nowhere without
treading the mark of his own footsteps. - aaos
And in middle age, too-provided the man IEij bc1
has been good and an ordinarily happy J4ip ,ltucg
| one--along with this mental tranquility, nv, -.
| there comes corresponding sweetness Of '!''
the moral atmosphere. Hehas seen the good o 90 nho
and evil that are in the world the ups and q nibfw
downs and almost general desire of the, "a srots
men and women therein to do the right - 49,.
thing they could but how-and he has 'i ''''t
learned to be uncens0flous, humane TO at Ga2obqsA
tribute the best motives to every actonl tgl s1sfu
and and dToe to 5e bay bGaary q %Pas3g ps %
the vangorous boast eeiihg Of respect nslns sFAh
for the shabby-genteel virtues Rpity fof 10 eTniRH
the threadbare garments proudly Svorna 4us-s b "a
and tor the napless hat glazed into fmore,, ,st ,s
than pristine briIllancy from FREQUENT f H' y"
brushing afterra He would not be satr IH o. shn
cal torthe world He hasnonger of se0rn sl yibHaiIl
to point at anything under the sum, Hauulco s,c
has hearty "Amen" for every good wish. 49, .,f..
andin the worst cases he leans to verdict IAH tlh
fnot proven. And along with this peas hne oy'9ih
ant blandness and charity certain grave .g9B1pbdO
serious humor, " smile on the~lip- and a
tear in the eye" is noticeable freqaentlylh
= q numor PEI 5sN sdT
tbemum to Deeember PS lies ~ ~ hs. flnasss sht
oft ustas pity lies at tnsbss1a
tom of love. Perhaps thsspecialquality ofp sss w"
humor-with its sadness Of tenderness ig sstr-a An
mrth with the heartache its gaty grown o "a ll ~
out of deepest seriousness like crocue on psaord TO-
childs grave-never approaches more s9 10 snoiiss
closely to perfection than in some passaoee ~ y -
OF Mr.. Hawthornes writings-who waS a
mddle-aged man from earliest boyhood.--H hehJ sa9
And although ,mddle-a2ed persons have noii9ss lac
lost the actual possession OF youth, yet IN sd 10 yT
virtue of this humor they Comprehend IL - IT., :, ~
see all around 1T enter maginatively into = Wv = =
every sweet and bitterof It. They wear the AhinAlo1
key memory at their girdles and fhsyda % ionnaa "
open every door In the chamber snlblod
Aserander 4Snsith s. ~ 80 y. -. s,. ~. 4, =. ssr4