The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22
sense aud sentiment.
NO. 25.

ethe.
Command your temper, lest it COM
mand you.
Nature is the domain of liberty
Humboldt.
Reason as much as you will, and on
what you will, but obey.-Kant.
o. w. Holmes says that humility is
toe first of the vir.ues-fOr other people.
Cato said: would much rather that
posterity should inquire why no statues
were erected to me. than why they were.
Not in the knowledge of things with
out, but in the perfection of the soul
within, lies the true empire of man.
BHiloer.
A woman who has been engaged, or as
good as engaged, to six or eight differ
eut men, cannot retain much purity Of
mind or strength of affection. FROM
AT Last by Marion Harland.
If men are to be fools, it were better
that they were fools IN little matters than
iu great dullness, turned up with temer-
| ity, is a livery aHthe worse for the fa-
cings; aud the most tremendous of all
things is = magnanimous dunce.-Sidney
SDith.
Mere Intellectual acuteness, divested
as il is, in too many cases, Of all that is
comprehensive and great and good, is to
me more revolving than the most help
lees imbecility, seeming to be almost like
the spirit of MephistOphiles.-Dr. ar
mold.
Ignorance 10 not so bad as error the
former is a blank sheet on which We may
write, but the latter is a scribbled one
from which we must first erase. Igno.
rance is content to stand still il goes in
the wrong direction.
1t is remarkable that persons who
speculate the most boldly often conform
with the most perfect quietude to the
external regulations OF society. Tie
thought suf6ces them, without investing
| itself in the flesh and blood of action
/ Hotothorne.
Differences of opinion give me but
little concern; but it is a real pleasure
to be brought into communication with
any one. who is in earnest, and who real
| ly looks to Gods will as his standard of
right and wrong, and judges Of actions
according to their greater or less con
formity.-Dr. arnold.
The csptain of trading vessel, hav.
lug some contraband goods on board
which he wished to land, said to an Ex-
ciseman whom he knew, "If l were to
put a half crown piece upon each OF
your eyes, could you see 2" The answer
was, No; and if had another upon
my mouth, | could not speak.
won't say the more intellect the less
capacity for loving; for that would do
wrong to the understanding and reason
but, on the other hand, that the brain
often runs away with the hearts best
blood, which gives the world few pages
of wisdom, or sentiment, or poetry in
stead Of making one other heart happy
| have no questiOn.-O. ". Holmes
The only way to meet affiiction is Il
T pass through il solemnly, slowly, with
humanity aud faith, as the Israelite:
passed through the sea. Then its very
waves of misery will divide and become
to US wall on the right side aud on the
left, until the gulf narrows and Darrows
before our eyes, and we land safe on the
opposite shore.-Miss Muloch.
There is no more potent antidote to
low sensuality than the alteration OF
beauty. All the higher arts of design
are essentially chaste, without respect Of
the object. They purify the thoughts,
as tragedy, according to Aristotle, puri-
6es the passions. Their accidental ef-
fects are not worth consideration. There
are souls to whom even a yestal is not
holy.-Schlegel.
Women, under any circumstances, can
scarce do more than dip the foot in the
broad aud deep river Of thought; they
have not the strength to contend with
the current. 1t is easy for women to be
heroic in action; but when it comes to
interrogating God, the universe, the soul,
and above all trying to live down their
own hearts, they dart down to their nests
like so many lsrks, and If they cannot
6nd them, fret like the French Corinne.
-Mdrydret Fuller.
Bene6cence is a duty. He who fre-
quently practices it, and sees his benev-
Olent intentions realized, at length comes
really TO love him to whom he has done
good When, therefore, it ia said.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,
it is not meant, thou shalt love him first,
and do good to him in consequence Of
that love, but thou shalt do good to thy
neighbor, and this thy bene6cence will
engender in thee that love to mankind
which is the fuIlness and the consuma-
ton Of the inclination to do good
| Knat.