Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-20
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Friendship is love without its flowers
or veil
The mothers heart is the child's school,
room.
TO make pa.time Of time is to triie
with eternity.
If the staff is crooked the shadow car
not be straight.
"A man cannot escape what is written
on his forehead.
We open the hearts of Others when VI
open our own.
The power OF honesty is so great that
We like it in an enemy.
If you buy bit Of wisdom at any
price. it is \ good bargain.
conscience warns us As friend before
it Furnishes us as \ Judge.
Courage and molesty are virtues which
cannot br collnerftited.
He who wishes to secure the good o!
Others has already secured his own.
The spoken words cannot be taken
back. Their impression will remlin.
Persons will refrain from evil speaking
when persons refrain from evil hearing.
Upright simplicity is the deepest wis
dom. anil preverse craft the merest shall
lowness.
Never listen to callmn:es. because il
they are untrue You run the .ish OF being
L.. Of l.,%.
pc. CONS not worth thinking about.
Next to being married to the riy'!1
person. there is nothing so important in
ones life as to live under ones own
root.
"A definition is given OF politeness il
which il is likened to an air cushion
there may be nothing solid in it. but il
eases til. jol's Of tire world wonderfully.
Say little helpful words whenever yol
can. They are better than pearls or da
non,iA to strew SlOno the roadside OF life
They will yield far more valuable harvest
rs you will find, after many days.
Make home pleasant place for your
boys. Do not be afraid of your best par
lor that they may not Use it. Let til.
home I've place to i've and breathe in, moi
merely roof under which they may ea
and sleep.
Cultivate consideration for the feelings
Of others if you would not have your owl
injured. Those who complain most of i'll
usage are those who abuse themselves ant
others the oitenest.
A beautiful story is told of SIR Philil
Sydney. while he was borne away dyin!
from the battlefield. lie had just placed :;
cup of cold water to his lips, when there
vas carrIcu l,.,-r vv.-....~~a -roa,.a>.
who locked with longing eyes on tn
drauyllt Of the more favored Sydney. III
withdrew lis lips, and instead of drinkn:
himself, gave the cup to the poor maimet
soldier. With the simple utterance, 18th,
necessity i. vet greater than mine" Tha
was an illustrious instance OF unseliishnes:
and does honor to his character in tn,
sphere OF heroic deeds more than the mos
brilliant passage Of arms.
Nothing hurts a man more than tt
seem small and ignoble in his own eyes. L
is the slavish feeling that degrades tht
slave. A base ambition makes the thar
that cliershes it base. No one can debas.
you but yourself. Slander. satire. false
hood. injustice-these can never rob 20,
of your maninod. Men may lie abou
you, they may denounce you. they ma,
cherish suspicious manifold, they ma.
make your feelings the target of their wi
or cruelty-neyer he alarmed. never swerv'
IN inch from the line your Judgment ant
conscience have marked out for you. They
cannot by I'LL their efforts take away YOU
knowledge Of yourself, the purity o
your motives, the integrity OF your char
acter and the generosity OF YOU
nature. While those are left, you are, il
point Of fact, unharmed.