The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-01-10
Turnlng over = Ncw 1.c ~.

There II wondcrous difference In
people. ~ regards tho propensity for
turning over new leaf. II Il odd that
for the most part, they who have power
VI will aud sclf-rcsi raint enough TO
keep good resolutions are least in the
habit Of making them, aud appear mos,
content to live on lower plane. with
out aspiration j: while. on the other
hand. they who are most sensible of
personal shortcomings, and most ap-
p,eciative II bcttcr modes of living
of,cncst break good resolutions, and
scldomcst reach the standard they cov-
Of. Thus sturdimcss Or stability Of
charactcr il frequently earthly By in
stinct, and incapable u that volatility
which, on its part, can never walk
steadily onward. hut Is always on Z
scric. u oxcuraiouary skils and hops
upward t. = higher lifc. whence Il "a
regularly founders aud now down,
bruised but not tanned, to tho clay.
Goethe xays that pcrs ms quite nns,abl.
and incs ,,ahlc III all i.nprosc"sv". rc'
qucntly accuse themselves IL tho bi.
tcrcat manner. conlcssing and deplorinl
their faults with extreme ingenious
nsm. though thcy posscss ~. the smal.
lost power within them to retire from
that coa~c along which tho irresistible
tendency Of their nature h dragging
thar forwsrd.' Nobody nccd DO down
hearted Il thi. dictum. Somc mcu
sosa TO b governed BY fate. Iccause
thsy have NJ will worth speaking u, o.
at least give no proof ef any; while
others apparently have will frye .,
fate. - strongly does !. act ON cirenn.
stances; aud II Il u answered that thi.
strong aud free will j. itself form q
fate, IT least !. Is QUO tho posscssor'
can neither fear nor complain of.
Many lads have such practical views
II lifs. joined with such sclf-consc on.
nsn aud sclf-cstcen,. ~ To mature >,
oaes. They imagine themselves grow'
men before their boards are out; !,
their elders tlcy go only their peers
and hence feel tho burdens Of lifc H.
rssdy Ia youth. These arc they wh'
bssoss famous bctimcs great traders
noasy.lsnders. railroad-huildcrs, mol
disss. lawyers, journalists. At tho daws
u active lifs. Their opposises waste
sseh New Year In wonderning wha
viii happen when tley grow 70 30 mon
when shc opportunity comes; whom IN
really opens wide. Humble and tinid
shsy fancy al other mon 10 bo wiser o
stronger than they. Al thirty. tho.
hear with wonder that yondcr stalwar
tAoushsful man. whom. In old chil,lisl
habit, they adlssss with dcfcrontia
sir = u only thirty years old. too. A
forty. thcy cling u their conciliatory
dsprccatory ways--fscl liko boys do.lg
Ing about bcwildcrcd among mcn
though msmlsood has cncompassod thel
twenty years. II comes upon then
like shock 10 and their hair whitcu
ing. the people describing them - 18th
old gentleman" while their foot ar
TOO palpably sliding on tho downhi
stretch. 1'ill then. they had nevc
thought themselves mature for "arccs
nor. ssapsstsd that thcy had reach
I'd tho now-or-nevsr of lifc I'LL L w
years away In tho past. Such mon TAX
an aroma u the cradle with them I
the grave. only quitting thcir first child
hood whsa thsy ester tho ssooad; sss
ars they drss.isg q she possible fsssr
and proposing . tsrn over : new lca'
-(Drifs-wood, BY Philip Qsilibsa !
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