The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09
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QUE CHIP BASKET.
To be very greedg Of praise prove
that we ar8 poor In ner
We love characters in proportion a,
they are inpulsiye and spontaneous.
The praise Of others may be Of use il
teaching us, not what we are, but wha
W8 ought 60 be,
No one, large or small, should be al
lowed to exhibit peegish Immature
either by word Or deed.
Victory over things is the Office Of
man, OF course until it is accomplish.
cd, il is the war and insult OF things
over hin,
There are men who, by long consult
Ing only their own inclination, have
2olgOtten that others have a claim TO
the same Difference.
Punctuality Is one Of the modes by
winch we testify our personal respect
for Ch0s6 whom we are called upon TO
meet in Che business of life.
The cause why adornment Of the
body is SO much esteemed is the re-
spect the world taketh Of i.se eg,ao sssa ~
appearance, aud neglect Of the =
excellence.
Though reason is not to be relied
upon as universally sufficient to direct
us what to do, yet it is generally to be
relied upon and obeyed when it tells
lis what we ought not to do,
What is it that makes the true
knight? Loyalty to his thought That
makes the beautiful scorn, the elegant
simplicity the directness, the command
ing port which all men admire and
which men not noble affect.
Home Is the first and most important
school Of character. It is mainly in
the home, and by the mother, that the
heart is opened, the intellect awakened,
the habits formed, and the character
moulded FOR good or evil
Life should be our great and only re-
gard; for the first Office Of wisdom is to
give things their due valuation, to esti-
mate Alright how much they are worth,
and the second Is to treat them accord
ing to their WoGthiness.
Slavery it is that makes slavery; free
dom, freedom, The slavery of women
happened when the men were slaves to
kings. The moderation Of manners
brought their Moderation OF course
1t could not have been otherwise and
hence the new desire Of better laws.
The painter Giotto. Vasari tells us, |
renewed art, because he put more good /!
ness into his heads. TO awake in man
and to raise the sense Of worth, to ed
ucats his feeling and judgment 50 that
lie shall scorn himself for d bad action,
that is the only aim.
I know no such Unquestienable
badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as
that tenacity of purpose, which through
all change Of companions, Of parties,
OF fortune changes never, bates no
jot Of heart Of hepe; but wearies out
and arrives at its port. Ii
Who can set bounds to the possibili-
ties of manY Once inhale che upper
air, being admitted to behold the abso-
lutte natures OF justice and trath, and
US learn that uan has access to the ea-
tire mind Of the Creator, is himself /
the creator IL the finite, -Emmerson ,
Calendar. !
How much naT be done, aud is done
BY tho brain aRd heart of one human
being III contact with anotherI We are I
for 5uealculable opportuni-
.ies of good and evil in our daily inter- !,
,oarse with every soul with whom we :,
nave to deal; every meeting, every parg-
ny, every chance greeting. and every !,
ID ssointei encounter and occasion open )
d rs fer which sc are 10 account. :.
,ur e1liiSIren, our servants, our friesis. |:
III aoqnajntanees 80 :saeh::.f..s al /.
very day. and al day long, ne AZ: I'll: $,
that watch is best or worst in Il
xistenee- slaenee Witth every word, q
With every look, with every gesture, ii
omething is given Or withheld OF 4
reat Importance, itaay De, TO the re- s.
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