The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-14
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Every spendthrift TO passion is debtor
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Cur ptssions are the only orators who
arc certssn to persuade us.
Confoa comes not for Che callins
grief IS not argaed down aa 60 90
Our time is capital, our business 4
duty, andsour life atask--only q task.
It's a:strange truth that only in the
agony Of parsinglye look intosthe'deptba
Of lese. EI5lssss ,sssssass
sWe confess our little faults to con-
yine4 ourselves that we bave no great
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pentance for the evil We have done, a. q
fear of what may be the consequence.
Religion would have no enemies If It,
self were not an enemy of vice. ga
The prevailing love Of this world is q
fatal enemy to all true and practical re-
|ligion. ssF
A mean man never knows that he Is
mean-he only thinks that he IL eau
tions a,iEi pss BY!es
Ii is the ussster outside the Ship that
tosses it about; but it is the water that
goes into the ship that sinks it.
|. To feel Che want of reason is next 10
having it; an idiot is not capable Of this
sensation - sssT9zfeys o. 1svs
Contertnent works its own mill and
fills its own barn. 5aa .slsw @s;ss
It only great souls who know how
much glory there is in being good. gss
Carlyle says that .'there should be no
man die ignorant who had capacity for
knowledge; this I call tragedy"
Philosophy triumphs easily oyer past
evils and evils to come but present evils
triumph over philosophy. e se s's1
Old men delight in uttering good pre-
|cepts 10 console themselvesfor being no
longer in condition to set bad examples.
A woman preaching is like. q dog
standing on his hind legs; it is not well
done, but you are surprised to fnd 1t
done at all.
The great question Of life is the suf.
fering we cause and the utmost ingenu-
ity Of metaphysics cannot Justify the
man who has pierced the heart that loves
him. @ sg
We very rarely love those whose love
we have not either possessed or expect.
ed-or, at any rate. for whose love we
had not hoped-but when it has once
existed, ill-usage will not destroy it. 81
When character is strongly marked
in the face, it may be considered as an
index to the mind,to express which with
any degree Of justness in painting re,
quires the utmost Efforts of grea.
miasls /,
Swearingis a most unmanly vice, and
cursing poor and low onsssinoe it pro.
claims the profigate's want of power
and his own wickedness at the same
tine, for could such one punish as be
speaks, he would be fiend. 7
Truth has all the advantages Of ap-
pearances, and upon every account sim
ceritys is TRUE wisdom. As to the affairs
of this world, integrity has many advan.
tages over all the arts of dissimulation
and deceit 1t is much the plairiet and
easier, much the safer and more secure
way it hath less Of trouble and difficult.
ty, of ENHANCEMENT and perplexity, of
danger and hazard lit is the shortest and
nearest way to our end, carrying Us
hither in a straight line, and will last
when deceit and cunning, which contin.
ues to grow weaker and less efiectusl,
will finally fail US. x ssas,.
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