The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
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Few thnaa IN thla transient existence u
Oilra are tiiHaa few Incidents, mean
though we nnraelves arc often trillnrs.
light word, eaenlnsly insignificant,
ao,netmea lixea the deptlny of IN entire life
Hastily we utter y aaniimeut for the time
uprermoat IN our MUD. II goea fnrlh sane.
toned by our own Language, and, like The
doom of death. II may finger In care we love
and torture hea,s which we would rather
die for than E,iavns ..-.ar..-. :-
An air NJ Indifference anmatimaa wnunda
like q two-edHed sword, aud vet thia may he
assumed Oh our part involnnta,ily. IL Ia por-
haps racltaned Ivy VA tf considered AZ all, q
mere i,iile a,ising from prooroupation, or a
wiah to defer, fnr the time being conailera
tjon If any but An already engraasiua subject
present to- tho mind Yet thia evasion, cal.
lcuannaa or hcartlnae Indifference Cfnr In soma
such lght Ia the ahannoe " n warm tepronae
regarded by the waiting friend to whom We
are Mt thia time fatt), this evasion, we say.
cuts deeply into the scnaiiive spirit IT. Ia the
laat drop which ave, iowa hip cup Of BORROW
Though ordinarily n t,inn. thia conduct nj the
present iuncture, IN his ease, produces polg
nant anguish.
Think only ~ reaulia arising from aeemng-
ly Encouragement acts. and Wa find them often
Invested with paitantoua reauta. A great
naturalist rama,ks that "a generous nature
exit tH itH ahnuudn4 mobility IN na,rinu
out a dranght rf rHa water" The imput-
eive hand file without etiut a waiting vessel
There Ia welcome in tia Involuntary hretnw-
ment. Caution doea not reatrsin molten
prompted by the heart. even ia triflnR gilt
like thR.
But worta, thoee airy eworda. often keaner
than steel. how reekrasly are they aome-
timea erokenl And how carefully should they
be weighed Ivy the uttcrsrl An ardent and
hopeful lietcner II may hc awaita them as
the very breath 1T lie. while perhaps the
speaker considers not thsir import,
IL Ia an diaeynctacy ~ aoma minda that
they are deeply affected and Influenced by
small thingn With people nG nvnterata
plplndicea thts ia amna Invariably the caae.
s'Fr.fiaa light a. air. aava Shakespeare. ARE
TO the Jealous confirmation atrnnH IA prOofa
Of Holy Writ" But In this cape dlsnaaed
Imagination perve,ta raasan and to a certain
extent prs'nops moral inaanity.
Suspicious tenipt, ever \ anurcr Of mis-
cry To tis preseason, even when uniptluenrei
by Jealousy, IA moat prolific M terrible evila
caDinred from triilfH, lnonc. inanniuualy
considered, arsucd aud combined, form a
strong rampant around Tire victim which
eifrcually euts him oH from charity.
The fact Ia angular, hut none the lesa GER
tain. that thla Rsuia quality of auepiolnn
Rhnrp0na the taenitiaa aud lkans man 10
thosa wicked ntelilxeucea which are ultra
mundane
How pleasant Ia that graceful and regard
tul attention, where uihEtA are concerned In
minute thinRR. NATURAL toaonie. hut unattain-
able by many, There are two cIaaaea, how
ee,r, who employ TINS auiah cand charming
use OF eecming tlli'ap, IN word aud act, to
very bad purpose. lhnRa arr male and f.
male tllita, Their combinations are artistic
In the extreme. Hint side. Gianc,a Various
minnli'r Ut bat-uttertt, tmpll,d devotion. are
meshea Of deeeit firmly woven. though the
wnof be composed of almost insignificant
things taken separately.
Their practice. While Injurious to others,
arc degrading to themselves hollow heart
cd seltieh, vain.
The elegant and trrnrhant pen of Addison
haa keaniy diaaeetesi the head oE one anl the
heart OF the other. IA only he could conduct
80 nice aud aenlpnf trativa IA ptppnas. We
commend 10 tirta of both h,Aos. a careful no.
ruaat Of his napeia on this ,uhlpCt since time
can neither stale their classic beauty nor i'm
pair their moral utility.