The national leader., 1889-04-13
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


when the spider, poison.
When there is room in the heart
there is room In the house.
Pride is a good thing, only so long as
1t is not the pleasure of fools.
Next to the originator of a good SEN
tence is the first quoter Of it.
1t is manifest that all government of
action is to be gotten by knowledge.
knowledge is the only fountain both
of the love and the principles Of human
liberty.
Philosophy triumphs easily over past
evils and future evils, but present evils
triumph over it.
Your absence OF mind we have borne
till your presence of body came to be
called In question by 1t.
The man or woman with agreeable
manners will make headway in the face
Of the worst difficulties.
The miser Is riddle. What he pos
sesses he hasn't got, and what he leaves
behind him he never had.
Take things always by smooth han
die. When angry count ten before you
speak; if very, hundred.
There is no life of man, faithfully
recorded, but is heroic poem Of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.
In private watch your thoughts, In
the family watch your temper, IN COM
pany watch your tongue.
It hurts man just about as much to
burn him In effigy as to have his shad-
Ow on wall butted by goat.
We should take due care of books,
and do our best to facilitate the dlstri-
button of go d books among the people.
Wealth governs in the interest of the
rich; intelligence takes advantage Of
the ignorant; righteousness does justice
to all.
Persistence and labor in our every
day business life are always based upon
faith, and are almost invariably sue
cessful.
There is in effect no virtue properly
so-called, without victory over ourselves
and that which cost nothing is worth
nothing.
Graces cease to flow from Heaven
into our soul if, by our unfaithfulness,
we cease to make them rise again to
their source.
When bad men combine, the good
must associate, else they will fall, one
by one, an unpltied sacrifice, in con-
temptible struggle.
After all, the old truths are the
freshest. Like the Alps or the Rockies,
Ghey have perpetual grandeur-every
view seems new and fresh.
Great is he who enjoys his earthen-
ware as if it were plate, and not less
great is the man to whom all his plate
Is no more than earthenware.
When some great sorrow Is our por-
tion, there are no considerations that
furnish comfort like those which are
drawn directly from scripture.
Whatever you may be sure of. be
sure at least of this, that you are dread
fully like other people. Human nature
has much greater genius for sameness
than for originality.
Friendship has noble effect upon
all states and conditions. 1t relieves
our cares, raises our hopes and abates
our fears. A friend who relates his
success talks himself into new pleas
ure. and. by opening his misfortunes,
leaves part of them behind him.
Alasl it is not till time, with reckless
hand, has torn out half the leaves from
the book of human life to light the fires
of passion with from day to day that a
man begins TO see that the leaves which
remain are few in number.
1t is very indiscreet and trouble
some ambition which cares so much
about fame; about what the world says
of us: to be always looking in the faces
of others for approval; to be always
anxious about the effect of what we do
or say; to be always shouting, to hear
the echoes Of our own voices.
Blessings on him who invented sleep,
the mantle that covers all human
thoughts, the food that appeases hun
ger, the drink that quenches thirst, the
fire that warns cold, the cold that
moderates heat, and. lastly, the general
coin that purches all things, the bal
ances and weight that equals the shep-
herd with the king ana the simple with
the wise.
Labor In its various forms is the
foundation of all comfort, all progress.
all enjoyment, and even of life itself.
Our food, our clothing, our dwellings,
our schools. our government. our com.
forts, and the money which they cost
areall representatives or the hard work
Of many people in many places; and
only thus could they exist. Yet work
has other functions less widely recog-
nized. 1t is valuable for It's effects
upon the worker himself. 1t strength
ems his muscles, develops his powers,
raises his courage, exalts his character.
1t is the plth and marrow of happy,
healthy life.
The pains which the faithful teacher
takes with pupil or class seems trlf-
ing matter compared with the worth of
the education itself when gained and
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