, 1881-11-20

u II
Stanley Brown. it may be well to state. WAS I'll.
| Presidents private secretary. -
| Consentnaent. -
| Enough Is good as feast" So said
Gnscolgne four hundred years ago; and poerq
| and philosophers have been laboring ever since
! TO Impress the truth Of tho pruyerb upon tha
! more and more restless world OF humanity. Tha
books ARE full OF passages like the following.
-" hen the best things are not possible, the hest
| may be nude OF those that are "Ile Is hunnv
I whose circumstances suit his temper: but hn Ia
| more excellent who eau suit his temper to anx
! circumstances "a quiet mediocrity Is still tn
+! be preferred before troubled supcrduity.
| ITO secure courented spirit measure Your da.
| sres BY your fortunes, and not your fortunes hv
; your desires.' ".rhut happy state Of mind ~
rarely possessed. in which we can suy, Il haya
enough Is the highest attainment OF phlo5oohv
i Happiness consists, not in possessing much. bnt
IN being contont with what We possess. He WIN
wants little always hus enough" Hut there ara
SO very few who want little " that looking fo-
he who has enough Is like ~hun,lnr
for needle in tho huymow-" alr. Go!asmtth's
Vicar Of Wakefield was equal to every emer,
gency of misfortune. But Mr.. Primrose wss
after all the mere colnage OF Nr. GoldsuEth's
brain, and oven that ingenious author had not
the heart to let his hero OF fiction 20 un,e-
warded, which was tact admission that in hIs
t,njnfoo ,ha y,s, tr5c,- ,v,,,t,f ,a ho,,,o 80
no.saesion n ,hu,,lnnce thnn IN a,I',r:.' 49, ~"
lin - uor,, +bar ur prto,rnaa ,po,t1 80" ae
measure his fortunes by his desires rather than
bis desires by his fortunes
It Is question, Notwithstanding alI the ana
epigrammatie sayings In support of the prupos[-
ton, whether a quiet mediocrity Is still to ba
preferred before troubled superaulty.".
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~ h;ann. .ha~ .a',a. ~ ao .s,t1sss' ano
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this era,a ~ r,irs ,y,a. aaroa.. ~ auu
~ o1nhtno, ua,,a. n,.sas"s 80 ~ 'usens
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~,. ~ No - uppo'. " tao
tah,~ ..'.s..,.x ~ 49,. .staA 10. "s' LUZ "st.
se1..-sl Aes ,' .uo "'s" ~ 'e oo'n9 sosooto'1s'
4| fos.peu 80 tuo - "se great ao-
.uu4u'".4on " pfo7eu scieaco' tle ados'
'A 80 "A'eo - '1o" sno ua'u
Occupation VI nanK'na' anu one 10 "nich thefa
- eeaoy test OF success ana failure ~ant'nS
III u"ny n'RneF pufsules' TUG sumo a1sposiuon 10
e->eess''e "et4on - "ppnto1t ~ careiuA ooseEs-
els. IaFe u every mama 1se caused oy tne impos-
o'oiits u gel peoolo 10 couuue tnensel'es TO the
auou"t u business tor WHICH tae'F capltal ls
suhlclen1' aao III "n1en tney eau engage sateiy.
opeFauons Win tnetr OVID capital Will
only occupy TOUR nouFs OF the oay' ana they,
wish 10 oe active ana tor eight hours'
and so they are ruined Ii they could only have
SAT Idle the otnef 1oor hours enes would haEe
been fich men,. he proceeds 10 remark upon
the soo]ecto OF tue increase OF macn'nes anu ln-
senuons" no" paln1ut Is the conclusion toae
II Is DUBIOUS "netner III! the nacn'nes anu IN
Fennons OF MANKIND nave yer hRoteneo tae
uay laoof VI nu"an pein8. lucy na'o
enaolcd more people TO eSlst, DUE tnese people
Work JUST as nara anu are JUST as mean anu
miseraoleas the e'oer ana the ie"er.
Ihere Is not inucn ofHereace between eo's
CONCLUSION OF the aueaor "uose oooR Is no" .
fresh from tue press ana tnat or the homan :.
emperor aurelius OF the SECOND century, VINO
safo: see NO" epnemefa1 anu "oeta'ess nu'
man tn1ngs afe' ano "nat "as ses'e'uas ntt"
mucus tomoFso" WILL pe mummy OF asoes'
eass' then' through to's tttle space OF t1"s
Suitably 10 NATURE anu enu my 3oueuey IN con