Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-07-29
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0elesstos2S.
Boldly dare if ~ would nobly CO

mnnate.
! The vsy to fams is like the way to
Heayen-through much tribulation.
-Beau1y unaccompanied by virtue is a
flower without perfume.
-Self-respect, self-knowledge and self
control are the gate way Of power.
Choose what is most fit; custom will
make it most agreeable.
If you would escape the censure of
Others, hope not to escape your own.
Lay by good store of patience, but
be sure to put it where you can find 1T.
Mad wars destroy in one year the
work of many years of peace.
-Trifes make perfection, but perfec-
ton itself is no trihe.
The loss of taste for what is right is
loss of all right taste.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks
the bridge over which he must pass him
self; for every man has need to be for
given.
Who at the pressing solicitation Of
bold and noble confidence, hesitates one
moment before he consents, proves him
self at once memorable.
Who at the solicitation If cunning,
self-interest, Stiffness or impudence hesi-
tates one moment before he refuses, proves
himself at once a silly givcr.
If you would relish your food, labor
for it, if you would enjoy your raiment,
! pay for it before you wear it; if you
would sleep soundly, take clear con-
science to bed with you.
Tits filling child's mind as in pack
ing'a trunk. We must take care what
we lay in below, not only to secure for
that safe place, but to prevent it from
damaging what is to come after.
Tender emotions are not necessarily
soft ones. Because there is a kind heart,
/ it does not follow that it is attached TO a
weak head Tender people are almost
always tough in the harder principles.
A high forehead does not necessarily
/ indicate greatness, any more than does a
I low one meanness. 1t is not the outward
shape but the inward activity that does
the business.
Whilst we live let Us live we'll for
be man ever so rich when he lights his
fire, death may enter his door before it be
burnt out
The first virtue is to restrain the
tongue; he approaches nearest TO the
( Gods who knows how to be silent, even
though he is in the right.
A man of talent is lost, If he do not
join to talent energy of character. With
the lantern of Diogenes you should also
have a stick.
Humility with energy is often mis-
taken for pride, though pride with energy
/ is never called humble. Mankind expects
much oftener pride than humility. HUI
rnility must be amazingly, certain indeed
before it shall be acknowledged by the
humble and proud, readily as pride by
both.
The mind whose trifling gifts or joys
can absorb the general joys and griets OF
others is lamentably little.
Education does not commence with
/ the alphabet. 1t begins with mother ;
look; with fathers nod Of appreciation,
or his sign of reproof; with a sisters gen
! tie pressure of the hand, brother :
noble act of forbearance: with handful
of flowers in green and daisy meadows I;
with birds nest admired but not touch
ed with pleasant walks in shady lanes /;
and with thoughts directed, in sweet and
kindly tones and words, to nature, 10
beauty, to acts of benevolence, TO deeds Of
virtue, and to the source OF all good to
God himself
- And the greatest OF these j, Char
ity' The little that | have seen in the
world and know OF the history Of man
kind, teaches me to look upon their error,
in sorrow, not in anger. When, / take
tine history OF one poor ncaIt that has SIN
ned and suffered and represent to myself
the struggles and temptations it passed
through-the brief pulsation OF JOY; the
tears OF regret; the teebleness OF pur-
pose tho soor,, of tho world that has lit
tie charity; the desolation of the souls
sanctuary, and threatening voices within;
health gone; happiness gone-l would
fain leave the erring soul OF my fellow
man with from whence it came-DF.
thalmerS.
Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every mo
ment. with the cumulative force OF a
whole litc'z cultivation; but ii the adopted
talent Of another, you have only an ex-
tempuraueous half possession. That which
each, can do best, none but hi Maker can
teach HIM - Emerson.