Middletown transcript., 1876-03-11
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but does not ring. y s'@ si's
A thoroughly honest man will not
lie. even to his dog, Or in any way
betray the brute's confidence.
In this envious and calumniqus world
every great man walks with his head
in cloud Of poisonous lies.
The politician who recently s'fell in
the estimation Of the public" Is now
trying to crawl up again.
i It is in seasons Of sorrow that love
more especially roots ITSELF, as trees are
best grated in cloudy days
Two beings are joined by love as two
words BY apriuter's hyphen- --sigu At
once Of separation and ceDnestionl ID I.
Perfect peace is not possible even in
the deepest retirement. A wolf viii
creep into the most pastoral life.
There is many an unfortunate one
whose heart. like ! sunbeam, always
appears lovliest in its breaking asunder.
Whatever is. is right. If only men
are steadily bent to make it go By CON-
pretending and fulfilling its designs. 81
The tumbler is the glass fireIbueket
which a man often plies when his soul
is on Ere, but il increases the eonaagra-
tion. ges4r r4.af
| When the blossoms and leaves Of
woman's beauty fall, We dircover her
defects, as we behold ravens nest. "a "a 9
the trees in winter. - ss e sisi.
Every fact is impure. but every, fact
contains the juices Of life. Every fact
is a, clod, from which may grow an
amaranth or palm.
The winning-post Of the race of life
is slab of white or gray stone stand
ing ont from that turf where there is
no more jockeying.
A sour-faced fanatic would probably
cut bis Kittens tail of if be caught her
playing with it. Please say who taught
her to play with it.
Pride is an extravagant opinion Of {
our own worthiness vanity is an in.
ordinate desire that others should share j.
that opinion. Cummings.
z Sit at home, and the spirit world
will look in at your window with moon
lit eyes; run out to find it, and, rain
bow like, it will have vanished.
If sense of the ridiculous is all
there is in man, be had better have I
been an ape at once, and so have stood
at the head ofhis profession.
II the tear Of woman passes away
lightly, so Autters away still mere light
y her smile; and the latter, still oftsn-
er than the former, is only appearance.
Only our cradle-songs. only these ola
cradle-songs, sounding back on The
memory, soothe the sorrowful soul to
slumber when it has wept itself hot
and feverish.
In free and delightful conversation,
all generous minds have horror Of
what are commonly called '.facts.'
They are the brute beasts of the intel
lectual domain.
If you have any excellency, do not
vainly endeavor to display it.; let it be
called into action accidentally: it will
infallibly be discovered, and much more
to your advantage. faa
Everybody seems dissatisfied with
their lot. but If they should change
places with the 6rst man they met they
would all be willing to give something
to boot to trade back tomorrow. =
We all complain of the shortness Of
time, and yet we have much more than
We know what to do with. Our lives
are spent in either doing nothing at all,
'r in doing nothing to the purpose, or
n doing nothing that We ought to.
We are always complaining that our
lays are few. and acting as though
here would be no end to them. s7l5
People always fancy that we cannot
become wise without becoming old also;
'ut 10 truth. as years accumulate, it is
lard to keep as wise as we we're. Man
becomes. ia the different stages of his,
ifs, indeed. different being !, but he
annot say that be will surely be better
s he grows onward. and in certain
matters he is as likely to be right in
lis 2osh as in his Goth year.
Wherever unselHsh love is the
nainspring of mans actions; wherever
appineas is placed, on what We
an impart to others, wherever we
lace our highest satisfaction 10 graft
ying our fathers and mothers, our
rothers and sisters. our wives and
hildren. our neigbbors and friends. We
re sure to attain all the happiness
'hich the world can bestow.
Heroism, in fact. is rarely under
TODD to be. simply uncompromised
uty, Heroism which is not duty is
ut dream Of the dark ages Duty
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