Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-03-26
Gems OF Thought.

we mink tLaJ tn6 WOTlu Is Iull
commonplace human beings, and tina
genius, and power, and her, ism, and 70
nance, and beauty are exceptional ant
rare, Just because we know so littl
about the real lives and characters 0
our friends and neighbors. We are ia
miliar enough with their faces perhaps
but how much do We know of thei
inner strivings, their hopes and fears
their motives and principles. We may
safely assert that the more thoroughly
we come to understand the inner live'
Of our fellow. men, the less disposed w
shall be to call them commonplace.
Much of the intellectual feeblenesl
which cares little TO acquire knowledge
or to distinguish truth from error
which escapes from the drill of study
as from an enemy, comes not from in
capacity, but from cowardice. The
power to do these things lies latent with
IN ut, but we lack courage to put il
forth. This is why idleness and cowar
dice are 10 often found together. One
who, loving his east, constantly yields
to the self.indulgenc4. feels less and less
courage to make an effort, and the
coward in one thing soon becomes the
coward in all
People talk Of getting over y a
great sorrow passing it by, thrnsling
1t into oblivion. No one ever does that
at least no nature which can be touch
cd by the feelings Of grief. The only
way Is 10 pass through the ocean Of
atllictOn soiemplS, Wih humility and
faith, as the lsTa, iits passed through
the sea. Then its very waves of misery
" i'll divide and become to us q wall on
the right side and on the left until the
guilt narrows and narrows before us,
and we land safe on tie opposite shore.
Steadfastly set your face against
needless delays in doing any work for
The good OF your fellow. men or for your
own edfcaiion. A dilatory spirit is
one of the most delusive of all the temp.
taticrs Of the great destroyer. ltpur-
poses merely to postpone, perhaps for
an hour or day. 1t would shudder at
the thought of final and utter neglect
Of what it thus defers. Do this very
day and hour the duties which this
hour and day demand.
When We begin to live out or our
selves, TO appreciate interests that wedo
not share, ard sympathize with Joys and
SORROWS not our own, to respect know
ledge that we have not gained, and wis
dom from whatever source 1t comes,
then shall we be released from the
chains which keep us back from see
ing much that is true and feeling much
, hnt Ia i a
full and rich to ourselves aud precious
TO others.
Happ ness depends not so much on
means and opportunities as on the ca
pacity of using them. And this de-
ponds much on experience and self
control hat the probability of hap
piness in old age Is as great, to say the
least, as it Is in youth.
Each human life is a crystal rather
than a surface il has many faces, and
each face seems to him who sees it a
life and yet all the faces
form but part of the one life whose
lepths are concealed from sight
There are persons who have more in.
diligence than taste, and others who |
ave more taste than intelligence. There |
$ more anity and caprice in taste than
in intelligence.
Contentment is pearl of great price,
IND whoever prOcnres 1t at the expense
# ten thousand desires makes II wise
md happy purchase.
Absence diminishes the ordinary pas
lions and increases the great ones, rs
he wind extinguishes the candle and
il hts the fire.
Never fear TO bring the sublimest
motive to the smallest duty and the
most infinite comfort to the smallest
rpuble.
II is AZ difficult for rOS't&ge to
ct without exciting suspicion az for
rattle-snake to stir without making a
IOise.
Ii you would not have atlliction visit
on twice, listen at once to what it
caches.
The more we help others to bear their
urdcns the lighter our own will be.
Patience is the panacea but where
oes it grow, or who can swallow it?
He who has lost his honor can lose
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