The national leader., 1889-05-18
FOOD FOR THOUGHT


One can journey with delight in the
ideal, but one reposes well only in the
reality.
The world is not to be reformed or
elevated into holiness; it has to be con-
verted.
Be humble, and you are sure to be
thankful-be thankful, and you are sure
to be happy.
The light of friendship is the light of
phOsphorous-seen plaineSt when all
around is dark.
1t is not by attending to our friends
in our way, but in theirs, that we can
really avail them.
Don't mistake a downcast eye for
modesty; downcast eyes are often on
the lookout sideways.
Woman, remember that you are mar
ried to a man and not to a god; be pre-
pared for imperfections.
Once in while let your husband
have the last word; it will crafty him
and be no particular loss to you.
Fools and sensible men are equally
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the half-wise that the danger lies.
No occasion is small or unworthy of
our best powers which concern God,
Immortality, and the souls Of men.
I wonder many times that ever a
child of God should have sad heart,
considering what the Lord is preparing
for him.
Toll, feel, think, hope. A man is
sure to dream enough before he dies,
without making arrangements for the
purpose.
When the multitude applaud you, Sc
riously ask yourself what evil you have
done; when they censure you, what
good.
Marrying for beauty is poor specu-
lation, for any man who sees your wife
has got just about as much stock in her
as you have.
The easiest thing for our friends to
discover in us, and the hardest thing
for us to discover in ourselves, is that
we are growing old.
If good people would but make good
ness agreeable. and smile instead Of
frowning in their virtue, how many
would they gain to the good cause?
Works of which the effect is to cor
rect our errors, to strengthen our rea-
son, to elevate our spirit, to improve
our mind, are as productive in their
way as those that tend to lower the
price of meat or bread. =
A good face, a good address, a good
dress, are each so many points in the
game of life, Of which every man of
sense will avail himself They help
many a man more in his commerce
with society than learning or genius.
1t is bad policy to be naughty, re-
pellant, un soci ial. The most resolut
aspirant to wealth or position may
stumble as he climbs; and if no one
stretches out finger to save him, may
roll headlong to depth far below the
the point from which he started. A
lift, for lift is the business rule of to-
day.
The mind resembles the heart in this
that it sometimes feels an instructive
and unexplained desire for the society
of another mind. Cold and self-suffi-
cient though the intellect is, it cannot
always endure solitude and the corrosion
Of Its unimparted thoughts Therefore,
some of the most permanent, though
not the most ardent friendships, have
been between men whose ground OF
meeting has been exclusively intellect
ual.
Only let a man or woman have dull
ness sufficient, and they need bow to no
extant authority. A dullard recognizes
no betters; dullard can't see that he is
in the wrong; dullard has no scruples
of conscience, no qualms for other peo-
ple'S feelings, no respect but for the
fool himself. The great quality of dull
ness is to be unalterably contented with
itself. What myriads of souls are there
of this admirable sort-selfsh, stingy,
ignorant, passionate, brutal; bad sons,
mothers, fathers, never known to do
kind actions!
Grumblers are of all people the most
depressing. 1t is not necessary for you
yourself to be personally found fault
with to make it worse than misery to
be with them. 1t is the atmosphere
they create about themselves, the life
they give you to lead. And when their
cross humor translates itself into per-
s0nal displeasure an quarreling over
trities, then they are the very ScourgeS
of their time and place, and no one can
be blamed who tries to escape from
them.
1t IS natural for youth to be restless
for excitement. AS restraint against
their SetkinI undesirable companionship
make the home furnish them this eX-
citement. Throw open your best room
to the children III the evenings. Have
books and a MAGAZINE or two, even if