Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-11
Wise Items.

Our passions act as tho winds which
propel the vessel our reason Ia the
pilot that steers her, Without the
winds she would not move without
the pilot she would be lost French
Proyerb.
Iftho mind, which rules tho body,
ever SO far iorgcts itself as 10 trample
upon It's slave, the slave never. forgets
or forglvcs tho injury, but at some
time will rise and smite lis opprcsso ,
-[Longfellow,
The most unhappy OF all men Is
the man who cannot tell what he il
going TO do, that has 90. no work cut
out for HIM in the world, and does not
90 into any. For work Is tho grand
cure OF all tho maladios and miscrics
that ever beSct manklnd-honest work
which you intend getting DONE
[Carlyle.
Ifyou would not have person de-
ceive you, be careful not to let him
know you mistrust him.
The great highroad OF human wei
fare lies along tho old highway OF
steadiast well'doine, and they who
are the most persistent, and work in
the trucst spirit will invariably be the
most successful success treads on
the heels Of every right effort.
None Of us wish 10 charge our
identity for that Of another; yet we
are never satisfied with ourselves. The
unknown has always charm, and un'
less blinded by misc:able vanity, We
know ourselves too well to appreciate
our special characteristics at o very
high rate.
A man who has the elements so
mixed within him that he naturally.
as one says, borrows trouble, and
crosses bridges before he gets to them,
and permits things small or great to
fret him, is bound to worry. He may
as well attempt to alter his complexion
Or change the thickness Of his skin,
as to stop worrying. The most he
can do is to control the expression Of
Ii. ....,.i state within himself
that is often more wearing TO him,
however it may be to others, than 10
give vent to his feelings.
How little is known Of what is in
the bosoms of those around us! We
might explain many a GOODNESS, could
we look into the healt concealed from
us; we should often pity where we
hate, love when we curl the lip with
scorn and indignation. To judge with.
out reserve of any human action is a
culpable temerity, Of all our sins the
most unfeeling and frequent.
Power is not always proportionate
to the will. One should be consulted
before the other; but the generality
of men begin by willing and act after
wards as they can.
Great want proceeds from great
wealth, and makes riches almost equal
to poverty.
Life is the greatest thing that could
be given to us. 1t is the greatest
thing which man can communicate to
his iellow-man, when he enlarges in
any way his lite,-gives him new
faculty. When the artist finds new
beauty when a new fact is discover
ed f; when Galileo turned his leadeD
tube to the skies, and saw the phases
of Venus and the satellites of Jupiter
when Columbus returns with tattered
sails to bring the glory of new
world when Cuvier reads the earth
in its minerology and its animal struc-
lule, passing from fibre to fibre, from
organ to organ, until he reaches the
highest truth whenever human phil
anthropy gives new utterance to the
divine love,-it auds 10 the life of hu-
manity, and contributes the greatest
Thing man can give to the human
race. Christ has enlarged it more
than all. He has given the whole
soul life. He has brought it into in.
Unite communion with the Father.
He has made the eternal world real
% U.S. Chaplin.