The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-30

and the cheapness or proauctlou'-aPP"
Ton.
Man was made for society. 1t is not
good for man to be alone, is true In announcer
sense from that of its original signincance:
1t ia neither in harmony with the evident
design of his creation, nor compatible Win
the powers of his mind and feelings OF his
heart, to shut a man up from his fellows.
He wants society-he seeks friends, he can
not dwell comfortably apart, he desires to
Interchange thoughts and feelings; and, II
prevented from doing 80, he seems to be
inclosed in a ruthless iron cage, and, ike
the startling Sterne mentions in his Sem
timental Journal" cries necessarily, 81
can't get out"
1t is all very we'll for oysters to act on
the exclusive principle, and, shut up Ia
their several shells, to have nothing what
ever to do with one another. Oysters are
not men; and the man who acts hke one
as if, forsooth, he had q pearl to hide
cannot always resist, any more than they
can, the intrusion of q sharp blade. Shut
yourself up as you will, it is impossible to
preserve inviolabie seclusion. People
cannot be alone, and it is not right they
ahould be.
There are very few people who would
care to be alone If they could. They abuse
society, perhaps denouace it as an untamed
and untamable animal but they would not
| willingly resign the advantages which it
affords. For the one Quixotic champion
who runs q tilt against the windmill OF
| society, there are q thousand who are con-
tent to grind their corn at the mill.
People feel the necessity of companion
ship. They want friends and acquantances.
They have satisfaction in finding their own
double, an intimate unto whom they may
reveal all their secret thoughts, all their
Inexperienced in the ways of the world,
unsuspicous of men and manners, the
young readily make friends. Novelty
charms them. They are delighted with a
new companion. He is everything that
could be desired. After while they
tain asperities in his temper, certain
uncong enialities in his mental constitution.
more experienced person would have
expected this. The young expect nothing
of the sort. They are grievously disap-
pointed. and are ready to trample their
idol under foot.
When we begin to make acquaintance
with the world, and to choose companions
for ourselves, it is necessary to use much
Judgment. We shonld choose our friends
} as the Vicar of Wakefeld's wife chose bel
wedding gown-something that will veal
we'll.
, Cynics sueer at friendship but who will
:. o warm heart cares for cynic's sheer
+ They tell us that friends are not to be found
t that the thing called friendship, like thu
D word which indicates it, is but an empty
:. breath. They will not admit the sincerit!
t bitter jest of old familiar faces, bosom Gro
Q MES, and tried friends. 81 have lost I
9 friend" said one, in q burst of feeling
}. "a frieRd!" said the cynio happy ar
: thou never found one"
Q But who supposed the cynic would eve
}, find onef He has not the right splri
d within him. He has no fervor and no en-
= thusiasm and what is friendship withou
IT both What is friendship without heart
i What is a heart without warmth in it
: without o good blazing fire of attachment
II who can expect any one to linger besid
It the cynic's empty CRATE
l. Friendship must be reclprocated, or
T. ia not likely to last. AS iron sharpenet
o iron, SO does the face of a man his friend
le As glimmering, half red embers laid to
, pether get into the brightest white glow
J. 80 are the delights of friendship kept aliv
'r by being brought together.
l. Some people forget their friends, an
e. then rail against them. They cease to sc
lie them, forget to ask after them, never writ
to them, or keep q corner in their hear
a. for them, aud then, when they in their tuT
lie become Indifferent, complain that there
o. no such thing as true friendship in tt
tn world.
ne sis u vase, which, when it is hawed
y, heat, or violence, or accident, may as We
e. he broken at once it can never be trustG
e after. The more graceful and ornament
Is it was, the more clearly do we discern Il
es hopelessness of restoring it to its form
at state. Coarse stonee, if they are fracture
n may be eemented again-precious on
er never"
ls, There are certain elements which belo
DIS to true friendship, and without which
a. can exist only in name. These are sin
its larity in deposition, Kindred tastes,
Ter generous. disinGerested, affectiOnate spir
ITS elevation of character, and 6rmness of pri
t" ciple.-Lou9hrea Journal.
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