Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

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Mercy to him that shows its
the rule.
Hard words mostly flow from soft
heads.
Things exterior to ones self most
always be the basis Of dreams.
Temptations are file which rub
off the rust of our self confdencc.-
Fenelon.
We do not count mans years
until he has nothing else to count
Emerson.
Faith makes the discords of the
present the harmonies of the future
RObt. Cottyer.
"a man viii defend his weak spots
a great deal more sharply than he will
his strong spots
Where there is much pretension
much has been borrowed; nature new
er pretends.
What tef ihlc thing it is to try
to let off little oit of truth into this
miserable humbug Of q world.
A word of kindness ia a seed
which, even when dropped by chance.
springs up into fower.-SigOarney.
How sad middle life looks to peo-
pie of erratic temperaments, everything
is beautiful in youth, for al things are
allowed to it then.
The blossom calnot tell what be-
comes of its odor, and no man eau tell
what becomes Of his influence AMI ex-
ample, they roll away from him and go
beyond his ken on their mission"
--''As the ignorant perform the du-
ties Of life from the hope Of reward, to
to the wise man, out of respect to the
opinions and prejudiees of mankind,
should perform the same without mo-
tiyes of interest +"
MY conception Of perfect man
is one full of power and life, moral sem
timent and imagination, but with all
.of these subordinate to central sum
mer Of love and that subordinate to
Sod. [ have never seen that man.
Henry Hard Beecher.
or permanent gfiefs there are
none, for they are but clouds The
swifter they move through the sky the
more follow after them; and even the
immoyable ones are absorbed by tho
others, and become smaller till they
vanish. .--Richter.
Love one human being purely and
warmly, and you viii love all The
hhe heart in this heaven, like the wan
dering SIN. sees nothing from the dew
drop TO the ocean, but mirror which
it warns and fills.
1t is easy in the world to live after
the world $ opinion; it is easy in solitude
to live after yonr own; but the great
man is he who, in the midst of the
crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness
the independence OF solitude.
1t always seems to US very foolish
to be forever defending those whose
character is itself 4 sufficient defense.
Is false word is spoken Of friend,
one must Of course deny it, disproye.
But to be incessantiy battling with per-
sonal prejudice or animosIty, we would
scorn it. Aye, as utterly as we woulI
5corn defending ourselves under similar
attacks.
Fame IS like river, that beareth
up things light and swollen, and browns
things weighty and solid; but if per-
sons Of quality and judgment concur,
then it fiIeth all round about, and will
not easily pass away; for the odors Of
ointment5 are more durable than thosa
of flowers Lord Bacon.
-"No matter how you arc situated;
Do the best you can. If you have
made mistakes in the past, rectify them
in the present and avoid them in the fu-
tnre Everybody makes mistakes,
therefore be not disheartened because
YOU have fallen into error, when you
reflect that error is common to all"
Gratitude is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul; and the
heart Of man knoweth none more fra
grant. While its opponent, ingratitude
i deadly weed not only poisonous
n .ts If but impresnating the very at
in which it grows, with tetid