Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

The highest excellence Is seldom at
tanned in more than one vocation. The
roads leading to distinction in separate
pursuits diverge. and the nearer we APP
proaCh the one, the farther we rcCcdc
from the other
We celebrate nobler obsequies to those
we love by drying the tears of others,
than by shedding our own and the
fairest funeral wreath we can hang on
their tomb, is not 50 fair as a fruit offer
ing of good deeds. / Jean Paul.
I am fully convinced that the soul
is indestructible, and that it's activity
will continue through eternity. 1t is
like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems
to set in night but it has in reality only
gone to diffusc its light elsewhere.
Goethe.
The last, best fruit which comes to
late perfection, even in the kindliest soul
is tenderness toward the hard, tOrbear-
ance toward the unfOrbearing, warmth
of heart toward the cold, philanthrOphy
toward the misanthropic.-[ Jean Paul.
True poetry is the disclosure of the
real but half-hidden import, the subtler
sense and spirit of things, and not as the
matter-of-fact, to whom poetry must
ever be "a sealed book" are apt to i'm
agine, the artificial expression Of arti-
fetal thoughts and feelings.
There are some natures that are act
ed upon by circumstances as the EOlian
harp is acted upon by the winds-thc
music of their tCmpers being constantly
varied as they are effected by the rude
weather of stormy fortune; or the soft
er, balmier, and less disturbed atmos-
phcrc of joy and gladness.
-Multifarious reading Wcakens the
mind more than doing nothing, for it be
comes a necessity, at last, like smoking;
and is an excuse for the mind to lie dor
mant whilst thought is poured in, and
runs through a clear stream over unprO-
ductive gravel, on which not even moses
grow. 1t is the idlest of idleness, and
leaves more of impOtenCy than any
other F. W. Robertson.
The true art of being agreeable is to
appear well pleased with all the COmpa-
ny, and rather to seem well entertained
with them than to bring entertainment
to them. A man thus disposed may not
have much learning, nor any wit; but
if he has common sense, and something
friendly in his behavior, it conciliates
mems minds more than the brightest
parts without this disposition. - Ad-
olson.
Alexander Hamilton once said to
an intimate friend; Men give me credit
for genius. All the genius l have lies in
this when have a subject in hand l
study it profoundly. Day and night it
is before me. | explore it in allits bear
ings. My mind becomes pervaded with
10, N "a i0l, | Ia m
people are pleased to call the fruit of
genius 1t is the fruit of labor and
thought.
The whole difference between a
man of genius and other men, it has
been said a thousand times, and most
trnly, is that the first remains in great
part a child, seeing with the large eyes
of children, in perpetual wonder not
conscious of much knowledge - con-
scious rather, of infinite ignorance and
yet infinite power; a fountain Of eter-
nal admiration. delight and creative
force within him meeting the ocean of
visible and govenable things around
him. Ruskin.
Who will bell the cat? Who is da-
ring enough to be the first to do a wise
thing ? Only some eccentric person
There are no people who can more fully
Justify their right of being on the earth
than eccentric people. They are, for
some purposes, the salt Of the earth. |
do not know how we should ever get
any thoroughly new and wise thing done
without their aid. | would rather let
all the wise and prudent people in the
world die out from it than part with the
eccentric people, They are always the
leaders of social freedom ArthurIIclp
in Good Words.
The progress of the years They
donOt 20 from rs. but we from them.
and always leaving behind us some bag
gage. no longer seryiCCablc on the
march. Look back along the way we
have trodden there they stand, every
one in its place, holding fast all that was
left in trust with them. Some keep our
childhood, some our YOUTH and all have
something Of ours which they will give
up for neither bride nor prayer-thc
opinions cast away, the hopes that went
with us no farther, the cares that have
had SUCCESSORS and the follics OutgrOWn
to be reviewed by memory, and called
up for evidence some day The Moral
list
y Sacramento paper saya:--"A num-
Der Of sheep on Patton's rancho, north
of the American, were not shearcd last
fall and hence their fleece i, very long.
During the fall it got very dirty, and
probably grass and other seeds fell into
it. At all events. sine rain commenced
to fall, grass, with h3adt : say two inch
"s )on-, Is growing 'uyuriant;y cut #
H. wool. and II -hnp travel about ear
ryj0g th'i- na>.H'.~ upon th"ir back.
Any E~a~~ yhirh ii n op cannot reach
itself, a friend is allowed to nibble, and
he or She reCipr0catce We have not
seen the sheep ouraclvcles.
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