The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-23
Gems of Thought.

You'll larn by waitin' that Chance won't stop
to listen to debatin'. Lowell.
II has done me good to be somewhat parched
by the heat and drenched by the rain of life
LLongfellow.
Every spirit makes its house. and we can give
>hrewd guess from the house of the inhabi-
tant. Emerson.
He that seeketh liberty and ease shall ever
live in disquiet for one thing or other will dis
please him. Thomas kempis.
1t would be strange infatuaion, indeed. to
legislate on the idea that man cares as much
for his fellow creatures as he cares for himself,
Macaulay.
Fastidiousness is only another form of ego
t>m. and all men who know not where to look
for truth, save in the narrow well of self will
find their own image at the bottom and mistake
it for what they are seeking. Lowell.
Intercession should be definite and detailed.
aguencss is lfelessness st. Paul besought the
Romans to pray for him, and then told the m
exactly what he wanted, four definite petitions
to be presented for him. Frances Ridley Ha-
vergaI
The bosh poetry of the present day depends
for lis effect upon high sounding words; a GER
tain originality of expression, which is attrac-
tive; any amount of gu>h, which is cheap,
coupled with thinly yelled doubled entendre,
which is disgusting. Iioppin.
You dare not have opinions, or, having them,
you dare not declare them and act by them.
You compromise with crime every day. because
YOU think it would be otficous to declare YOUR
self, and interfere. Iou are not afraid of out
raging morals, but of intcting e,e,4i upon >oci
ety and of losing Your popularity. LTbackeray.
Who are the men of history to be admired
most: Those whom most things become: who
could be Weighty i'll debate. of much device in
council, cOnsiderate in sick ROOM genial at
feast. joyous at "A festival capable of discourse
with many minds, large souled, not to be >hrv
elled up into any one FORM fashion or tempera-
ment. Helps.
never waste moment of life in dispute or
discussion. 1t is at least ten Years since ceased
to speak of ANYTHING but what had ascertain
ed: and thus becoming. as far as | know, the
most practical and positive of men; lett dis
course of things doubtful to those whose pleas
ure 1t Is to quarrel; content for my pupils and
myself to range all matters under the head of
things certain, with which we are vitality con-
cerned, and things uncertain. which don't in
the least matter. Ru>kin.
If any one be to make dry wall or an ord-
nary hedge. it matters not much if ne make use
OF ordinary wood or common stone. any old
graNestOnes or the like; wicked persons who
contusedy mix and blend all their designs and
actions in one heap care not what materials
they put together. But the protcients in viz
tue. who have already lail the golden solid
foundation of Il yirtuous life, of sacred
and royal building. take especial care of the
whole work, examine and model every part of
it according to the rule of reason. believing that
it was well said by Polycletus that the hardest
work remained for them to do whose nails must
touch the clay that is to lay the top stone is the
great business and masterpiece of the work
The last stroke gives beauty and perfection to
The whole piece. [Plutarch.