The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-08-03
Gems Gathered in my Reading.
BY CHARLES REEMELIN.

"uaIiclsH always HICKS peTSeVe- |
rance, 4r
Human conduct is full of false reck-
onings. n . 3"
The more servants, the more dis
ordef.
Nature is not dead aggregate.
1t is always sweet to be lavish.
Union and uniformity are different
things.
The most improbable is sometimes
true. .,H ''.@ On -
1t is easy to irritate a populace, but
difficult to pacify it.
Make man reasonable and you
have made his fortune. ....5- .'t.,
The evil, which man can do, he
will most probably commit. 4
Do what we will, we always fall
back on the temper of our disposition.
He is indeed a slave who thinks
himself free and is not. I'D A
A good man abused by fools is a
horrible sight.
A dinner well cooked and we'll,
served should be entirely eaten up.
A sincere devotee to truth can not
ba a patriot in the usual sense of that
word. ! asfs ariEit go 1aHC''
A critic is a Judge, and he should
have dignity. ."' - ''..E .'''
Never place, in something beyond
you, all your hopes
1
AS you give yourself, so the world
takes you. 30. a
Historic truth should be as sacred
as religion. ed n- ..a
Be your own counsellor, and do
what you can not help.
I have seen, says Goethe, the most
sensible things miscarry, and the most
stupid succeed. s.u
The best service in Hotel, is that,
which allows you to serve yourself.
Dogmatic Phantasies before the
light of exact knowledge
Conscientiousness in an Executive
is indispensable to keep him from be-
ing tyrant.
1t may startle us to learn, but it IS
nevertheless true, Professionalism is il
logical. and Catholicism is logical
christianity
Nothing has for us a history, whose
conference with the entirety of events
we can not see, for this conference is
the life of history.
An Empire is formidable to is enc
mics, not because it has wealth and
power; but because that wealth and
power are constantly growing. ea
! Language is more than sign and
form, those people have most language
with whom it is indigenous. -,
| History that exhibits to us the eau
sation and conference of events solves
for us the riddles in the fate of ma
| tions. t..;.
The recipient of unmerited and un-
earned profusion, knows not the value
of the things that make up its exist
ence.
Men can be made to do almost any
thing, provided they are kept from
thinking of consequences.
Retire from the world as much as
you please, and yet before you are
aware, you become debtor or a
creditor, '-'' -F'-.i-.r. 5' q
Details when propeil ly connected by
staticians, teach US the causation which
| lies in all Phenomena. =-.' 1t as-
In the continuance of certain pro-
portions lies the preservation of ex-
isting order; in their changes lies the
disturbances of the Epoch.
What astounds us when we view
the Niagara Falls is our security,
when in close proximity to a terrific
force. % ".H.E-f- .'oit"H rt s+t oHf
We call progress, what is often but
modification Of previous <eenditions
and we overlook the actual progress
we make.
Political sciences, must: not be the
servants Of parties; they mus; stand
above them, and serve simply the
truth. 80
| An individual can not secure his
own permanent happiness without con-
tributing to that of hundreds of others.
Whether great projects are. also
wise, is a question which present gen
erations always forget to put, hut pos
terity puts it, as it settles the bills.
The highest form of organized So
ciety exists in communities, where all
portions. of a population, live together
harm oniovsly in order and liberty.
1t is an illusion to believe that man
kind can be brought hack to former
narrow conditions, or that anything
freed by force will resume its old cor
ner.
A good Government can hardly
have too much power; bad one, how
ever limited has always too much
There is golden mean, but no Con
stitution contains it. 1t Hes in the
vigilance of wise people. -
Patriotic folks who shut their eyes
to- disagreeahe facts, IN considering
the condition of their country are like
children, who stand before looking
glass, and who try to see how they
look when asleep
He who understands that in federal
compacts it is not the form that is
essential, but the sphere of the func-
tons allowed to the central govern
ment, has mastered the first rule! in
federal politics. r .;
] Capacities and opportunities need
liberty to develop fully, but equally
essential, If not more so. are integrity.