The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-07-20
CONSOLATION.
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U0aaoIasiou i the active work ofmoraI
philosophy. which, n It does Iitfle else that
Is effective. is supposed TO sOO.lse Is ID our
paiha. Aa nptasing Il more generally &C.
knowiedged th.h the emptiness and futiIity
of the consultations which We administer to
others, il might be hastily supposed that
muraI philosophy Is Of no use at all. There
Il, howexeF.sall the diHsrsaee imaginable be-
tween individual examples Of consolation,
winch ara generally as absurd as they are
well-meaning, and the useful disposition to
lock aisut the world for consultation In gem
esal. Happ.re ) NAN has lost bis child os
his fortune. We ali know the kind Of CON-
nonpisces which it was once fashionable %
@ldFcaa to him. Atcestain times ln the his
tory Of the world clever men set tlaeis sits
to devise fOrnula nf comEost The industry
Of thes 9toics came to Iittls more than this
and II gtssf can be lsguildea by game With
yeFbul ceaneers the writings nf ths Ssaira
are stiIa tlle beat Sehling Tor the afElietaa
I.ss man pessuade himself that an the 81
ten a tfe unixerae he Is les than . AZ On
The whesl. or tue dust By NE Wsy, and 1t u
not hard matter to be rcas0nAhly cohvins
cel Of that A. is i anGleniAhie that the
feelings u the 81 and the experience al ire
blown motes of dust are things iaGniasly
unimpaFtaa1. II ioilows that lbs l0ss a. chill.
sIrsa or of Eagtuas 4 unfmp0rtant TOO. "a
reader must be cunsnlsd on tho spas, 0sa
must Be illosieal UnEartunately the mo-
asrn way d looking q things inserfssea with
that ssrict sylsogism Sf which the coneluaiou
Is suicide. Thus the study of aaarcus Aure.
! Illus, " of Cicero. or Of EpictesuA. Il only sO
far cnns0laiinn AZ II iiskKmcEs the maind Gs0fn
| it, gFIef This is ~ generalIy acknowledged
that the fMahi0n ~ writing 10 nmfnrtuaatc
arquaintAnces sssrrufypsd Suggestions of any
| bat FeaiRinas cotnfors has alTmnak emtirely
slhlien into aleynnce After aiI, this Is In
isseif acnns0lss50n. and grisf and hnnlf
have psrslg lnas their sting.
ThOngh ahe nttnal aud ramplacsnE phi
lnsnphy DC sha thing haa gope 0uss the sye-
I lesaa & this nlpT nifty ArS 6lffI sdssk alans5aR
III XhAg catsAin All klis elements ug rnpDy-
| liz consolation. which, Is va shall see, nsny
~ nnk sliagaly ii brief and familiar smaxifls
/ Far axAnsfle, L 3 b faynFite trick wish Mef-
cua Aufeiiss 10 c0nkes. plate tiis sAsk lllskan-
O. al time nmss and future, lin tho midst Gf
which I'D fsrfunea 81 shs uszisiduhl dWiny3le
+ ID aotl.lnnmaAa. Consider tlsA Inan wha livea
l,es.,re Divns Julius and thase otls3sn who
i were even by them fsagosleu, anu all The
/ myEiads il every lard who have nnt Ian 8
4 memorial sfone. Whist tiiey are y6u viii lse,
| neither more nor less, and souf snfluEings aGa
no niore ta the wsFld than theirs. Thfs
woald be admirable consolation ii The suffer-
| es were the world, for then, "a s,e sure, his
amn0ynrcea would be ininitesimaI. Az it
kappens, t0Nessg, Ne is but "A indiviiual,
and III yaakIy more iBtegesE and impertngce
10 Isims0if thaa 10 EhQle wildesness gk
worlds. T0othacho is NJ mnFe usosnrnf -
i hsaa than the crashing snd j0stiing Of planets
without number. U4An the extinction uf 4
esnzem stare. and Ma sppnsAaepua cnmlnu&EAOR
of hasf ! ansxkrae- Ia 8 phiiOsophic eye
these cnmnie na0vernenss and that decay 0f
nasuFess sce6lar handiwusk naay seem ~ naats
Il inssress gllAn q petty nervous diamEFans seneme
bas lhe eauffsEef really ca Pei ees things Az
u lie sxfae iiahs IN all fae Esstueasss Of time
.Ihekimself kas hut fsw brief hpuss; and q
ffisse ldFEg appfSCia6la poTtf1n . mafse
Il bitterness hy pAin. Isis no fuaA eensulAsivm
~ knnw that lhas waate is bnt poignaus
example OF tho immense waste uf the uni
verse. These reflections reply TO the phi
l0auphy 0f the imperial St0ic, and they an
EstEes . we'll 10 slis humble consolation q
resigned Did ladiee. All TIE elnquence d
Marcus AuFeliuS and bis sublime remarks
260ut IN spcck II iafnity which y att VI