The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-12-05
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~ AAAAANNAAAs
A aowerI love,
Not for itself, but that its name Il linked
With names love. talisinan OF hope
And memory. adt 9 frr
Life and the love of liberty are
given together, and the latter is the
better Gift Of the two. gHe
Where there is much pretension,
much has been borrowed. Nature
never pretends. EH
To seek to soothe a rufiian by rea-
son, is to attempt to bind buffalo
with garland Of flowers. 344
There is only one thing worsethan
Ignorance, and that is eoneeit. OF
all intraetable fools, AN overwise man
is the worst Yoa may cause idiots
to phiiosophize--you may cause o
donkey to forego thistles-but don't
ever think of driving common sense
into the head of Q eonceited person,
TRUE CONTENT.
There d q jewel which no indian mine q
No eheTnic art can counterfeit:
1t makes man rich ingreatest poverty
Makes water wine, turns wooden cups
TO gold, NaU EiH 8@
The lonely whistle 20 sweet music's
strain; lta a
seldom il comes, 20 few from Heaven
sent, tNa
That much l. little--An is nought-
Content N
Contentment Is softwo kinds, THAT
ofthe hog andthat ofthe philosopher.
But what an infinite difference be-
tween the swinish7grunt ofsatisfae-
tion-in view Of plenty of fodder and
good place to wallow, and the
cheerful smile Of the soul that feels
in every position Of life the loving
presence of the Great Author aud
Cherisher of us human children.
The contentment Of mortals range
all the way between the said grunt
and the said smile. Sufficient eating
and sleeping appears entirely to sat
isfy some. 10 others, more active
| pleasures are necessary. They are
like the sensualist, who arguing
with Socrates, ,eontended that happi-
ness consisted in having desires and
| in being able to crafty them,
"Then, ,'lreplied the witty old Athen-
ian, "he who itches and can scratch
without stint, must be happy 90 BY
which homely but fofcible figure he
conveyed the serious truth that very
much Of what the world calls happi-
ness is only kind Of itching and
scratching,
The most restless ambition prefer
able to sluggish content. But 10 ar
rive at the higher and purer peace Of
the soul, is the true aim Of life.
There are two opposite tendencies
in the human breast, which resemble
the centripetaI and centrifugal forces
| that balance planets ih their sphere.
Oneis ambition, the fyiRg-off ftenden-
Icy,-the other a love ofrepOse which
acts like gravitation. The swinish
character obeys only the latter, and
sinks into the first mire intowhich 1t
is drawn. There is an0pposite charac-
ter that feels only the centrifugal
power which impells it to spin off in
to space, like a wild colt Of a comet.
What is desirable for every one Is a
proper balance Of these forces, blend
Ing the two into a complete circle,
like the orbit Of a planet--the soul
| finding peace in motion, and wheel.
FAAiS loiGNCAt III HaAAnbAAAAla GNA4Nf
around the central sun Of light and
life.
] Always to do oneis best, in every
circumstance, and then to rest calm.
| ly patient, whatever the result, Is
characteristics Ofa true man.
| Never to be satisfied while ynuI
own conscience upbraids you, but al.
ways to cheeffully say, uThy will be
| donelp when your duty is done il
the golden key to happiness. For
whatever rest is gained at the ex.
| pense of conscience is buta pillowftlll
| of thorns; and be sure that, when
! you have done your best, and thS
night has descended upon confused
and imperfect work, God viii MAKE
it all right In the morning.
How Oft we see that some in humble
Are cheerful, pleasant, happy and con
tent; H att
When those, indeed, thnfare Of higher
state, l4zs FL
With vain additions do their thoughts
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