, 1873-12-07
OUR ACQUAlNTANCES.
Tho TOfblcs Of Our Friends. and
the Friends Of Our
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i"aSn'acu rs our pFesont associations nro de-
'oi''.l'ls our coarao'oEe, anu our charactora are
oApsc'uu ~ oolof''''o our hta'rs IN tile next
':' Notlc' IL becomes h'shEy important question
w." "uon we sl'a'l 1--WE. Ihomas q hompis
says: =" 1t iB no Rroat maltor 10 assocnto with
Tie good aul gentlo; for tlia ia naturally ploav-
iuu to nl nnd oycrv ma w,1l,r,1, n,,n,,o,1,
neare. on1 ,,voth thooo 1o,t ,1'ae sss.s .',..
f0' n'. 'o''4 'A'po ''o' ''."' "6'ce WIN
with hard and rorycrso persons, or with tho dis
o:tlerly or with surl ns rn contrarv to us ;u
rroo. gruro, ana mast eo,,,nont.l,,. al ,,..,.,
s,,r, = ''S' ~''1''''''oao'' ""u n''nlS
t1om this paragraph one might aln,oa. fancy
Tint tho aantly ,nolsk of old .l4ong]t that socln
contact ought to bo SOFT Of c,ncry-f]ust In lilo
xonl AMI nio,a1 Li,I,ox -.a,,,. ~, H., 1.,.,.a
kna Hol'-conefol born OF tho constant on'tliranco
Of things unpleasant than Oh tho contont and
sweetness a1,rlnging from pleasant ]iyoH. But
Kcmp;s vroto IN n inv w,,en uolf.uagol,atlouv vas
p1it y, 'no ehsth'A's ottea' "'u I'u'n n,,. "',.'
''o"s ha'o ohaheou. a modern "il1oF IN f'foc"-
qeood says, LII spoaking Of persons whoae sompors
malo tLon unpleasant to 1.-Two with:
"!1appy uro they whose own temper is not
st4on ~ oS"'po."''" ~ ia'ln6 so''aeS "''44 ''so
Of these social monsters. $ 1t moods
n worry ino nature not to DO narrowed aud sourel
under sstcl, contact even whore it IL borno
patiently and wlsely. til row Indeed who cat,
...,a,, ,,a.,, ,.s,..t, .a.. "sa.,, .".
uhuusu 9aen no!iu"s", 1nouen tnoy boch' " neaF
II WELL Without suffering. not only IN feeling
but in character mud sinking below the level to
wl,;ch hapniuess and tntnrcor,an with fus. and
9cntle natures would hnye ,aised them"
Unrortuaate,y. ourmost familiar aaso.;ntca arc
not ours Of choice. Int Of necessity, We wake IN
to 4 consclousnoes Of lies DoBspttics only to
flpd ourselves placed IN Certain conditions
which ara ,1ucop scious1y molding us, Wills our
cl,aracters ara yot nlasiIc. Into t1,a{ form va
must wear through eternity, Eyory soul with
which our own. comes in cputact is destined to
lnyo no yoico AZ to whom wo sha1l meet. Lut a,o
iii tho mc,n iustrun,out. at A hipi,cr aud uusacu
powor, which orders wl1oyo wo orc burn. what
pIlnJt Lappou to us, and whom we shall din.
Morooyei, no ill-aduplod arc tic events occur
rounding III, to display our innate graccs and
virtues, That nc arc forced to conclude That Ma
eu Of human life Ia not to givo us m opppr-
tunity Of exhibiting tlo virtues no naturally
no, ssss, but rather to deyeIop and pc,fecs n
cael1 charactpr thoso virtues not indigenous to
Il. Thjs ia a very consollng toaectjon at thoan
limos when ,Yo have al ri iitatcd co,,Bciousncs,
that things arc MI going wrong with u.s. and tlat
our mortal exstcuce. II, However, We lays ito
good luok to belong to that iorsruato class
culiod
CHEERFUL PEOPLE,
we sEI a nn ", ~ MI "asso rny ] 'e ol ,esns
r - n' ~ NC aa H,i e a,o
pr'SAy yooo. aIa oaS siaie .a eIra'a aro nave
~ "o6". - ,!... sa' Ill mnaaoset 10 ~
naso ~ sa,,ra, o., ~ "a 'q WV ~
here sro thoea .hosa chcosfnneea - not '1u p'n.
.a;as oe.sa y - ,,I,;1nsmn1,;aa .;,o
rag,3us ~ t ~ ~ pTosotu'o9twama rnoso-
Guy m ~. "ycr o,,n y hoon"a =
~ ~ nn,, tras ,n,, H.. .,,a" as,e,4 on
Remainder tn bo ctntl that It isn't your ,,ack-ns
a1.os . ole neeh mas 1a'fly osonen ~ suot
ano 'o a ro ~ Ii ypn atU
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senecslHs On tno au.!Assins lqwness gS VI somo-
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