Middletown transcript., 1877-08-25
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truth.
Some good may be extracted from.
every evil.
There is nothing 50 fearful as bad
conscience.
Real glory consists in the conquest
of ourselves.
Virtue deserves respect even IN beg
gars clothes.
In calamity, think how much may
have been escaped.
Principles can only be strong by the
cogency of religion.
Born, lived, and died, sum up the
great epitOme Of man.
Girl babies, from sixteen to eighteen
years old, are extremely popular.
A long life without rest or peace in
God is nothing but long martyrdon.
Charity is frequently best displayed
in helping others to help themselves.
Nationality is the aggregated indi-
viduality Of the greatest men Of the
nation.
He is rich who saves a penny a year;
and he is poor who runs behinds
penny a year.
Poverty Is the only burden which
grows heavier by being shared by those
we love.
Have more than thou showest, speak
less than thou knowest, lend less than
thou owest
The genius Of liberty and poetry
brought into action the brightest pow
ers of the human mind.
There is no error so crooked but it
has in it some lines Of truth. That is
why it is SO unsuccessful
Calumny, although raised upon moth
ing, is too swift to be oyertaken, and
too volatile to be impeded.
The bread of life is love; the salt Of
life is work the sweetness Of life poe
try; the water Of life, faith.
In the modesty Of fearful duty Tread
as much as from the rattling tongue Of
saucy and audaeious eloquence.
4 Life is too short to nurse ones mis-
cry. Hurry across the lowlands and
yOd may linger longer on the mountain
tops,
It is not until we have passed thro'
the furnace that we are made to know
how much dross was in our compost
ton.
Science is good piece Of furniture
for a man to have in an upper cham
Der, provided he has common sense on
the ground floor.
Boys that have been properly reared
are men, in point of usefulness, at six
teen; while those who have been
brought up in idle habits are useless at
twenty-One.
Amy work, no matter how humble,
that man hOnors by efficient labor
will be found important enough to Sc
cure respect for himself and credit for
his name.
Many who find the day too long,
think life too short but short as life
IS, some find it long enough to outliye
their characters, their constitutions and
estates;
Flattery is q safe coin which our own
vanity has made current, and which
viii never be out of credit as long as
there are knayes to offer it and fools
% receive it.
The supernatural hidden forces and
inal causes of nature are beyond the
reach Of the human mind but If we
,ould discover them they would beof
10 material benefit to life or its pur-
,oses.
The past is disclosed. the future con-
'ealed in doubt. And Jet human ma
ure is needless of the past and fearful
,fthe future regarding not the science
nd experience that past ages have
unveiled.
Implicit submission in man to his
7ife is ever disgracefnl to both; but
IMPLICIT submission in a wife to the
Till of her husband is what she prom
sed at the altar, and what the good
i'll revere her for.
Ancient Arabic places Of worship
ave been discovered on the high hills
long the Nile, with circles Of stones
ke the Druid circles Of Britain, and
ther memorials within the circle, of
God Workmanship.
Each grave on the broad breast Of
lie whole earth, whether men have
iarked it, or forgotten it is IN Gods
Beping, briers and weeds cannot hide
from his eyes, neglect and desolatiOn
innot cover ii from his care.
Beauty is as summer fruits. which
e easy to corrupt, and cannot last
ID, for the most part. it makes dis
lute youth. and an age a little out Of
untenance . but vet. certainly. again.