The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-12

And again. II ts better 10 have one vfrtu- ons son than even a hundred fools. Darkness is dispelled by one moon, and no, by cluster of stars. Whoever per ferms very difheuls penanee at holy bathing place, his son wir be obedien,, prosperous, righteous and wise.
 And so It has been said. The increase of wealth and continued exemption from sickness, a friend and kindly speaking wife, an obedient son. and useful business, are. oh, king, the six pleasures of man. Who IS wealthy through many sons, who Ill his granaries with measures: Better to have one sup porter of family in whom the father is renowned. A father ~ho contracts debts IS an enemy. and mother wan,on. A beautiful wife is an enemy and son who is no, learned. Knowledge, If not pu, into practice, is poison food not digessed is poison the company of the poor is poison: young wife is the poison of an old man.
 Ofwhomsoever born the virtuous man. is honored, for bow, the stem oi which IS iaultless, but which has no string, wha, can ii do: An. ah, ignoran, boy, therefore, having a good time in these nights, thou sii,ess in the midst of the learned like COW in the mire.
 Then how can these sons of mine be now made virtuouss Food, sleep, fear and desire are the common property of animals and men for virtue is men $ ad- di,ional peculiar property, and deprived of this. they are only the equal of ami mals. For who does no; seek virtue, wealth, desire and hnal liberation. the birth of such one IS as useless as a nipple on the throat of he goat. And this has been said: Life and action, riches and knowledge, and even death, these i've are produced n ,he womb. Moreover. the conditions of even the great are necessarily predesnned, as the nakedness of the blue-neeked Han. lying on the great serpent. And, also. that which IS destined 10 be, will be- and not otherwise. Thus why IS not this medicine drank that destroys sorrow and poison This is the lazy speech of some who are incapable of duty. Even while rejecting on fate one should no: give up self exenion. One canno, obtain sesamum And again Fortune approaches the brave man exerting hinself-'it II must be given by fate, the weak men say. Do with thine own powers a mans work, striking down fate. The effort having been made, if there is no success, what fault can be found. For, as with a single wheel, there can be no movement of the carriage, so fate does not succeed without the mans work. And thus, ao- ton done in a former birth. IS called fate: therefore, one should make un- wearied effort with a mans work. As the worker makes from lump of clay all he wishes, so man obtains the action done by himself. As in the tale of the crow and palm fruit, where treasure is obtained, fate does not of itself take it up. but it expects mans exertion- Through exertion works succeed and not through wishes. The deer does no, walk into the mouth of the sleeping lion. A child made to study by his father and mother comes to be virtuous man. A son be- comes learned no, by birth alone. And likewise, the mother is an enemy and the father hostile to boy who is not made to study he does not shine in an as- sembly any more than a crane in flock famingos. Though endowed with beauty and youth, and sprung from noble race, those destitute of knowledge do no, shine: they are like the scen,less kim suka flowers. s, long as a fool is we'll dressed he shines m company, and he shines so long as he does not open his mouth.n
 That king having thought over this, caused to be called together an asse ably of wise men, and said: 70, ye wise men, hear ye. Is there any where such sage who is able to effect new birth, by instruction in books of behavior, in my sons who are constantly going on evil ways and never reading books {! For glass on account of its proximity to gold receives an emerald splendor, SO in the society of the good fool may attain cieverness. And 1t has been said truly, intelligence is lowered through inter- course with low persons, with equals it goes to equality, with the distinguished to distinction Meanwhile a great