Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-03
Gems of Thought.

Every life which comes to it's best be-
gins with sort Of loose expansiyeness.
1t is drawn inward till it reaches an AL
most selfsh concentration; then it opens
with a larger and finer movement tn
embrace mankind Phillips Brooks
To make our work or act sublime we
must make 1t real. 1t is a system that
counts, not the single word or unslp-
ported action. Use what language YOU
Will, you can never say anything but
what you are. What am. what
L think, is conveyed to YOU in
spite OF my efforts to hold it back.
What am has been conveyed to me
by another whilst | was yainly making
up my mind to tell him it. He has
heard from me what never spoke
Emerson
Mrs. Browning's character was we'll
nigh perfect. Patient in long suffering
she never spoke of herself except when
the subject was forced upon her bv
others, and then with no complaint
She judged not. saving when great prin-
clples were imperiled, and then was
ready to sacrifice herself upon the altar
Of right. Forgiving, as she wished to
be forgiven, none approached her with
mlsglvlngs, knowing her magnanimitv.
She was ever ready to accord sympathy
to all, taking an earnest interest in the
most insignificant, and so humble in
her greatness that her friends looked
upon her as a divinity among women.
Thoughtful in the smallest things for
others, she seemed to give little thought
for herself; and, believing in universal
goodness, her nature was free from
worldly suspicious. The first to see
merit, she was the last to censure faults,
and gave the praise that she felt with
generous hand.-Kote Field, on Elieu-
beth Barrett BrOWninq.
Man is not changed by washing
or gliding his habitation; people can
not be regenerated by teaching them
the worship of enjoyment; they can
not be taught a spirit of sacrifice by
speaking to them of material rewards.
1t is the soul which creates to itself a
body; the idea which makes for itself a
habitation. The Utopist may see afar
from the lofty hill the distant land
which will give to society virgin soil, a
purer air; his duty is to point it out
with gesture and word to his broth
ers; but he cannot take humanity in
his arms, and carry it there in a
single bound; even # this were in his
power. Man must not
be taught to enjoy, but rather to suffer
for others; to combat for the salvation
of the world. 1t must not be said to
him, Enjoy; life is the right to happi-
ness; but rather, Work; life is a duty !;
do good without thinking of the conse-
quences to yourself. He must not be
taught, To each according to his wants,
or, To each according to his passions,
but rather to each according to his love.
To invent formula and organizations,
and neglect the internal man, is to de-
sire to substitute the frame for the
picture. Say to men, Come, suffer; you
will hunger and thirst; you will per-
haps be deceived, be betrayed, cursed !;
but you have great duty to accomplish;
they will be deaf, perhaps for a long
time, to the severe voice of virtue: but
on the day that they do come to you,
they will come as heroes and will be in
vincible Say to them, Arise, come and
enjoy; the banquet Of life awaits YOU;
overthrow those who would keep it. from
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