River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-18
Thoughts.

AheuENtS.
What POI e said about most women
is certainly true about many men, they
"have DO character at ALI 1t Is i'm
possible they should ever quarrel.
They cannot. They have nothing TO
quarrel for. Ia the course Of an hour
they will passively agree to long sue
cession OF opinions, no two Of which
can possible bc held by the same man
at the same time. Men who have no
vigor or moral principle 10 grasp or
maintain principle.
Proaigacy Is self-hness; and the
family, and the society. the nation ex-
sits only by casting away seltishness.
and by obcyiDG law; the law Of self
sacrifice which selfish lust tramples I'M
der foot. till there has been no more
cohesion left between man and man,
no more trust, no more fellow
help than between tn, stays who
fight for the binds; and God help
the nation that has brought itself to
that!
Prosperity Is consistent with intense
worldiness, intense hardness OF heart.
while the grander features of human
CHARACTERISED sacrifice, disregard of
pleasure. patriotism. love of knowledge.
devotion 10 any great and good cause
these have no tendencies TO bring
men what IS called fortune.
It's a strange thing TO think of man
who can lift chair with his teeth, and
Il T. s. n.
turning hot and cold at only a look
from one woman out OF all the rest in
the world. It's mystery we car give
no account Of; hut no more Nc can of
the sprouting of the seed, for that mat
ter.
Deude not yourself with the notion
that Won may he untrue and uncertain
in trides. and in important things the
contrary; tritles make up existence,
and give the observer the measure by
which to try Us: and the feaful power
of habit after time suffers not the
best viii to Tipen into action
ALWAYS there Is seed being sown ST.
lently and unseen, and everywhere there
come sweet flowers without our fore
sight or labor. We reap what We SOW.
but nature has love over and above
that justice, and gives us shadow and
blossom and fruit that spring from no
planting of ours.
The world moves along not merely
by the gigantic shoves of its hero work
ers. but by the aggregate tiny pushes
of every honest worker whatever. All
men may give some tiny push or other.
and feel they arc doing something for
mankind.
The spirit Of liberty is not merely. as
some people imagine, a jealousy of our
own particular rights, but arespect for
the rights Of others and "a unwilling
ness that any man, whether high or
low. should be wronged and trampled
under foot.
Art is based on a strong sentiment of
religion ON a profound and mighty
earnestness; hence it is so prone TO CO.
operate with religion. Religion is not
in want of art; it rests on its own
majesty.
There are moments when by some
strange impulse we contradict our past
selves-fatal moments, when a fit Of
passion, ike lava stream, lays low
the worl. Of half our lives.
Worldly faces never look so worldly
as at a funeral. They have the same
effect of gratin" and incOngruity rs the
sound of a coarse voice breaking the
solemn silence OF night.
There is some help for the defects Of
fortune. for if man cannot attain to
the length of his wishes, he may have
his remedy by cutting Of them shorter
Submission is the only reasoning be
tween Il creature and its Maker, and
contentmcnt in his viii Is the best
remedy we can apply TO misfortunes
Pastimc IS a word that never should
be used but IN q bad sense; it IS vile to
say that q tang Is agreeable because II
helps TO pass TIE time away.
Hcarkcu, therefore, to the voice of
her words are the words
of wisdom, and her paths shall lead
thee 20 safety and truth