The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-05-06
STUDENTS MUSINGS.
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With what e1ultTng young man
spends his time While ftting himself
70, bis fte,s vocation. When 4. col
lese he basks N thesunShins o. ples-
sure, and induIges the humr Of hope,
Until be considers this world aperfeet
elyziur Bot I few years and the
shadows Of care. anxiety and dtsap-
pofntmens begin 70 gzther around
hin, and he begins 20 think thasthat
which he measured fos genuine pasa.
sure xas I myth. n evening dream
. beautiful fower whose anthsSis
lasts aoIonger than asHyery deTdropi
Trembling on zslender bladeof grass
II eSrnulegs H.0saingen These.
.Ss..slsJ a
-ture Seems Threatened With = amishtEi
storm; vet ne da7es not sop foZ be
rolls l SiSyphean stone up LIES r1g-H
ged hill II Iast. after having .cEft .l;l
his burden over the ledgs care,
auziie:yanddiii zproiintnaei:E ssssaeh-
es Lis destiny and IsEs his burden
aside. and : allowed JUSTINE enough
10 take retrospective view, when.
10, he sees his trodden pathway clear
Of al clouds, and the aspec: Ike Il
WIS IN the May of Life and then
he says =wha; dupe I was those
threatening clouds that I dreaded 90
much were formed fom the rapors Of
nv Imagination Can It be :h=: all
are thus 50 deeeiyedz7 Perhaps, al
are not thus 50 deceived Up 70 the very
brink Of T5cactos; brtmossmen mzke
their own troubles by viewing them
in 4 distorted light. Every Young
man who / not blessed with CON-
peteut patrimony views these bless
fngs N disguise distortedly, aEd can
never realize that they Grs blessings
until MS @b7OE Is isengraven with the
thoughts Of years Ever object has
: b-isns and dirk side, and whilst
we are viewing the bright SIDE We.
<horid tEr1 70 tEe dark side There
Is an inclination among soue writers
20 depict The better walks OF lie,
without any fair Illusion 30 The thor-
nv. iagged and dingy paths that We.
often have 70 travel 20 reach these
better waIks- L young naeasEere
nsae eoG4steltin tkEeT 1a6lee
they would not have such Storm-beat-
en bruxs- The world isteemins With
vani:v, and younsmen Of the present
tlay cannot boast / freedom from it
solomon could he be reealIedfrum his
tomb. II which he has 50 long lain.
wnrIG sxeIal.n ag1in. = haze eolS:d-
cred al the works that are Under The
sun: and behold al i vanity and vez-
alton Of spiris- Let Ez cas-: away al
these de<pieabIe cLogs-vanity, pCrse-
pride, &c.,-and De ourselves, or ere
Ee are aware Of i, eloquent, Just
and mighty Death whom none can
adriise or persuade, VIII have drawn
together al our :ar-:e:ehed greatness.
pride. cruelty, anGaubi:iol- and coy-
cred them au ove, viii theSs Two
narrow words, -Hie jacst-- This is
not Z land n which Young men can
depend upon shot Of accident or the
dart Of fortune: blti: Is country IN
which Liberty has branded the words
National equality upon the fore
head Of al her treenen, and bid them
tt themselves. By proper edzcation
FOR the enjoyment Of those hOnors,
privileges and Immuaities, which
she has secured 20 them, telling III
eupasrits, who have nothing but
their birth 20 recommend them, that
the land Of the Ese- docs not claim
them as her sons Letno youus naan
despair Of success IN this counsEy,
even though TIE Curtains fFUturity'
look dark. and the Ocean Of LteEeas
not calm serinityT bat let him take
courage, and by an exercise Of zaoral
courage and N attention to business
bQcome one ofthe tonosed ofour wor-
:hvcitizenz-
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