The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-25
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Compare what you have done
with what you might have done.
] Laziness grows on people; it
begins in cotWeLs and ends in iron
chains.
We often hear of people being
very brilliant in their own circle,
who shed very little light beyond
it.
Govern the child by gentleness;
even the camel moves not switter
before the whip than behind the
flute.
The greater the difficulty, the
more glory is there in surmount-
ing it. SkiIlful pilots gain their
reputation from storms and tenn
pests.
Time can heal the wounds Of the
body, over which it holds its en-
pirc but those Of the soul, ike
the soul itself, spurn its transitory
sway.
There is no point on which the
world is so sensitive rs that Of
age. Many people would sooner
confess their worst sin, their most
ridiculous weakness, than the
date of their birth.
Courage, when genuine, is new
CT cruel. 1t foresecs evil. Its
trcpidations come either before
or after danger In the midst Of
peril it is calm and cool. 1t is
generous, especially to the fall
en-.
| Among many other evils that
attend gaming are these: loss
Of time, loss Of reputation, loss of
health, loss Of fortune, loss Of tenn
per, the ruin of families, defraud-
ing of creditors, ami at last the
loss of life itself.
The deceitfulness Of the heart
produces ignorance Of ourselves.
1t keeps men strangers to their
own characters, and speaks of
peace when the moral principle is
ready to burst with antagonism
and despair.
1t is proof Of mans alteration
Of the other sex that in all ages
the virtues have ever been repre-
scrted by females, showing that
women have always been more
pleasing, pure, and attractive by
their perfection and grace.
Wars presence is a curse, its
breath is cruelty, and its progress
isinscparable from sightsand tears,
and libations Of human blood
Yet war is called glorious, and
those who are most successful in
its work Of carnage are styled he
roes.
Our inquiries into Immortality
are, alas! too often made in the
time of mourning and sorrowful
bereavement, and therefore our
views are not sufficiently bright
and cheering. We never walk
amid the graves save with Grape
upon our faces.
Cruelty to dumb animals is
one of the Distinguishing vices
of the basest Of the people
Wherever it is round, it is GER
tain mark Of ignorance and mean
ness an intrinsic mark, which
ali the external advantages of
wealth, splendor, and nobility can
not obliterate.
Nothing exists so base and vile
as not to have some redeeming g
quality. There is no poison with
out some antidotc no preciplce,
however barren, without some
trace of verdure; no desert, how
ever vast, without some spring to
refresh the parched traveller.
misunderstanding is beauti-
full and joy-inspiring always. All
things animate take on new life
in its presence. Not flower but
gratefully recognizes it, not a
song-bird but carols the sweeter
under it's touch. How the riv-
ulets fash, and the broad waters
skinner to its glance, while the
valley atmosphere is goldcnly
ahaze, and the grand old woods
and mountains are all afame with
it's kisses. Earth, that under the
cloud and the night-shade seemed
like one stricken with a mighty
sorrow, now treads her round of
space like q new-crowned queen.
Who amid the gushing sunshine
can think Of aught but life, health,
Joy. music, beauty, and splcndor
Gcntleness subdues all hearts;
and also enncoles them. Not On
" vice is seductive, virtue is so
likewise, aad in equal measure
Who can resist the charms Of flove
and kindliness? Who car Insult
a meek and gentle person with
out at once blushing at his own
vilencss ? Who would give himself
Up to unrestrained passion when
he has the happiness of behOlding