, 1876-06-10
MAXiMS AND REFLECTIONS,

loytr.-thauaers' Journal.
MAXEAS AND REFLECTIONS.
From Inc Gr'"'tn u G;aettc.
All that I. wi:u Inns leen thought nlscas}y; ws
must try, however, 10 think 1t a..ui,l.
How sIlaIi yuu learn to litw yn'.ryelf7 Not
hy ~ltr,Apntif,:t. bt uctsun. Strive 10 t1u
y1r duty. aiul y4il will tuuta Lis,n;tr what stuff
fuu arr nI:s1e Of.
l;a. what IL your duty To fulll tie claims
uf tie d.y.
T!,c rational universe Is tn bc considered as d
great uHaying individual, witch Is ttccst!,.Itly
prt,tlucin:! that which It nl'ist, and thereby
uA.e: itself 1"rtl s.srr .ven the accidental.
Tlm longer Iivr, tllr 1,ure Il sln.luys me to
see ina wih'hc highest fliuctita consists In rul-
Ing Nature i,Ml il, rlanc;Hitng hinsclf anil
t"Ac a 'e,igl'- tu Lin lroIn tis: riEtdHtassfug
1tcer .,Ity,-Wi,t1' rcc hin, f:,,ln :c fnlEc lrr-
cucrisr.! ntti''. ,l.,t. The vrry reverse III what
l'c intc'n!,H, H1l tnn lli.trnhly tslu.llg ahuut
III iir parts bee.uic i!r tleaiyn u tc whole s
sE,D.,
l.lt the active, Gbc tian ,lcstr:e tull expect:
IitlGl the tireat-giatt:
FtuIu .he f"w'vtUt-t.>yur;
Er,.nl the {f'nnl :tiItl -Att;:c--EeiI;
From the stulittMir--!ik|lE,;
From t,: Observation-Disclosures.
Every one ll>l thihls In his nw'n way for liu
VIII nlWay. discover ht,Ine sort ul truth, ur ar
prtISi!uati,n tu truth. which llcll~ tn HrutIGh
ills lle. i'u, hs nl,.et 10, Ill himself !rilt
.lun.: !1c nst exercise sell-chntfni; ttlicscc,,s
nut man 10 allu" hi.Asc!t tu be ruled ly islcsa
i!ta;iHet.
Unii,stttl activity ri whatever kind must as
last rEtl III bankruptcy.
IL the works " man, ns in those Of Nature,
i Is Tie Intuition which Is chiefly Worth study
Men come tu .n.takr themselves mud others
!'erAuee they tfeat slm me:,.s 81 An e,nI,-the
cuIt>tll:pllct being that tutr very a;ttyily pru-
vents 'eir ar.nsnplisl,i.. asiy:I4ss. or perhaps
effects tlie rcFtrs" of what @:ls dt>ignut!.
Nhnt We plan, what we undertake, should
already le M clearly nIarrrl nut MMl Ac:l.l-
titn til H. Iral'urtitn', tIEl! thu world hy inter-
t,'rtn. rt'I't nIly nar tt. We sh,lN thus b. In
III atly.nt Ige;nts luHilian to rtjtst What might
.larc gut etsl 81 joint, a'n to silarr w!lat laI
! been destroyed.
ii il extremely dtf1lrnlt tn ,urrrrt and sill
Whole, half, nnlt quarter rrsul:, mud to put
What pf truth they cnntain III It's proper place.
Truth need nnt always lc e1ulollrd; eHMIgh
/: 1t hnvcr arol.,tl liHr sIIr!tll csstt,ce, wgl.
gives nlc llearr, unI ills the atmosphere with !
e"lcsEsi sWsesucss like larn,antous music ut
brll5.
Blowing is not playing the lutte; you must
use yuur ilnEcrS.
GencrnliXatioEs mud great scll4unec!t nrc III.
| ways Irr[arng the ,ns,st lal,scntat,lr nEllhps.
| ltulaf;I>,s hare glass nf plants which they
nahe Incomplete; W. llii.ltt iu tlc same sense
speak of ttlcntntlrte, imperfect I,,st,,-tlluht,
namely. whose l"n.l'ls: nll struggling arc not
! IN rruiprtiun tu Their sit.ay AMI Performing.
| The smallest ,,laiI ltay c complete by cons
| lining his uctions within tte l'lits of Ills
| eap:u;ty and ekill: hut rve, line gifts asd
oi'scurtd. rs'tn't ai annililafr'l, if ,he indis.
| petis:ihlc prolmrtiun l,r wanting. Itis inlsehci
Wtil t,ltrM display it.Iff III tl> new time; fur
wi. lloIr /" fulfill Enthusiastically the elaina
of MI N.Y. every way tull nf c1agsvratiun a,d
| ulSn Ii, r.pl,lest 1siuyttnclt!
| Dnly f,trnt,lIs uf wise activity, who, having
ga,1gtt tlicr FI,Eert, nst them will ec,lsc and
inmltuliu,', l,ay lo,,e to lscnnnc pro!jrirhts III
| tln'Ir knnW'slgc ot tl.e universe.
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