Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-12-18
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Sin writes histories; goodness is silent.
The surest remedy for evil consists in
forgetting it
True eloquence consists IN saying all
that is required and in saying only what
is required
ANY coward can fight a battle when
he's sure Of winning; but give me the
man who has pluck to fight when hes
sure of losing.
Society has more level surface than
we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools
are hard to be met with, as there are
few giants or dwarfs
There are few things more important
to health than an even temperature.
Innumerable ailments and illnesses are
caused by the sudden change Of temper
ature from warm room to a cold stair
case, from the bali room or theater to
the street.
Nothing is more silly than the pleas
ure some people take in speaking their
minds A man of this make will say
rude thing, for the mere pleasure of
saying it. when an opposite behavior.
full as innocent might have preserved
his friend or made his fortune
Much harm has been done by the idea
that certain gloom and restriction of
the lively emotions bear some relation
to piety. These bear the same relation
to it that rust does to the sword blade
they eat into it The command, @Be
sooer, does not mean, be unmirthful.
Our churches overflow with members
who are mere consumers Their interest
in religion is purely parasitic. Their
only spiritual exercise is the automatic
one of inhibition, the clergyman being
the faithful hermit crab who is to be de-
pended on every Sunday for at least
weeks supply.
Let US remain republicans and apostles
of one faith for the people and with the
people; reverencing genius, but ON con-
dition that | Ike the sun it diffuse its
light, warmth, and life upon the multi
tudes. Intellect, like every faculty
given by God, is given for the benefit of
all; a double duty toward his fellow
man devolves upon him who has more
than the rest
1t is token of mans advancing in
telligence if as he grows older he be-
comes less disposed to criticize unfavor-
ably the actions and motives of his fell
low men. One of the richest fruits OF
experience is the ability to take wider
view of men and things, and that wider
view while revealing much that was
hidden suggests that far more is still be-
yond our horizon.
Each individual owes duty to society
to exert an influence against evil dong,
and he can not ignore it with impunity.
One Of the most powerful of human in-
fiuences is that of popular opinion.
Every one respects it. and in greater or
less degree is led by it, consciously or
unconsclously. Whether as a restraint
or incentive it is ever actively molding
the conduct of the community. But
what is popular opinion? 1t is nothing
more than the aggregate of individual
opinion, and it is made manifest only
by the frank expression of each individ-
ual in various and characteristic ways
1t is not an outside something that we
can analyze or discuss, for each one of
us is daily contributing his or her share
to its formation. We can not rail at it
for being frivolous or cruel or tickle or
untrustworthy, without in degree con-
demning ourselves in the same direction.
Whatever be its character we must each
accept measure of resp onsibility in
having made it thus