The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-09

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Ia fhe process q zceumAlatisu. net 70 the result,
q ous-rensral. 70 out-~i, and hoOd-mink their
fellow men i their darling employment, and The
questionable celebrity they thus ootAin i cue Of
iheir greatest Iuxuries. They are prsad, too
ofthsir repstatioa fsr Superior shrewdaess Aed
he sort 81 vor.hiP uhieh people Of groseling IN
stuets accord TO property irrespceti'e y the
manncr ID which Il Is amasscd gives then sense
Of Importance which is doubtless yery Agreeable
They 90 oct apply to themselves the moral stand
.rd ~ which CONSCIENTIOUS men measure their
acts and motives, but are eoutent TO take The
opinion of weat aud dsspieablo money worship
pers as he true estimate u their character and
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position.
4 Such iudi,iiuals are, We suppose, happy, ~
hsir ray So are the lower animals snake
I Ia the act u fascinating lie prey, or basking IN
the sunshine AFTER having gorged II, feels all that
! snake can feel Il pleasure, but happiness Is Of
different quallties, The higher the moral and
intellectual aspirations Of the man the more sI-
allied aud intense his sense ofeujoyment. Does any
boJy suppose that Elrocs, the miser, experienced
IN eouating his gold and chuekling over his pos
session.-sensa,ions as delicious as those Of How.
ard While ministering to the sex and dsstiluts. o.
that the e1ulatou u a speculation offs specula
tor, after having made thousands OF dollars BY
forcing rise in particular stock, is compara-
b 10 that Of C ,llleo when he had solved th'
problem Of the earths motion, or Of Colambu'
when he beheld from the deck Of his little bark
The shores Of The New World. time comes L
> MI men, smart or simple, when the near ap
proach Of the unknown future compells revie'
OF the irreyocnble past, when all temporal hope
) are at an end, memory asserts itselfwith wonder
;ul power, and il it presents nothing better thai
; long record Of sordd scheming' career Of sue
cess founded on deception, the selfish satisfaction
Of years will seem to the "smait man. but mis-
cradle equivalen, flr the stings ofremoTse whie
A sin ,le hours rejection will cause 10 rankle i
his soul; such smartncss does not pay. The dc
: size to accumulate propertyis a wholesome Dc
sire, II ii be reg ulated BY the laws Of honor an
b tempered by the charities Of life Otherwise,
isa curse lie who c,rries at the limits Of HI
i man existence with mi lions in hiseIchcquer, o'
: With black balance against him in the book
: the Recording Angel, dissa moral ptaper, an
: we're it permitted him to speak fom the maro
d purchased by his ill-so,,rh gold, he would CO..
e tradict his twn obituary notices, AID tell Il
world that
l. Evrn here upon this bank and shosl Of time,
h 20 say nothing Of the lie to come, here can be |
n elevated happiness without honesty OF purpos
d and faithful adherence to the "last and grea
= est commandment There is nothing in q
or world more true than that smart knaye
;e essentially as respects lhis LIE aud the !
~ to come, aud arranl fool
The door between US and Heaven cannot
ed opened if that between us and our fellow men
~ shut. " W. ".