The Penn's Grove record., 1892-01-01
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suDJECTs fUK THOUGHT.

1t is advisable to put our hearts into
whatever work we may have to per-
form, but il is wise to think well be-
fore we put our moiey in.
When a person becomes o good to
overlook the faults of the unfortunate,
then 1t IL that he makes the error
which loses to him the glory of his
goodness.
Delusions are the natural conse'
quences of ignorance. A lack Of
knowledge of a thing necessitates the
invention of some theory to account
for its existence.
When you see a person trying to
play the fool, and you hear II remark
cd of him that he Is q fool, You may
take 1t as an evidence that he was ere
ated for the part.
The chronically unhappy man, who
persists in trying to sour humanity,
should get him to his closet with his
woes, and give the sunshine a,chance
to warm his neighbors.
A man with a red nose is always
suspected of men. He may also be
wronged of men, for it may be that he
is, instead of a heavy drinker, a suf-
ferer from some painful malady.
One strong, well directed blow sends
the nail truer to its home than do Q
dozen coaxing taps. Ono fit and earn
est word carries more weight than
does a yard of high-fown eloquence.
How much mud and mire, how
many slippery footsteps, and per-
chance heavy tumbles, might be avoid
cd, IL we could tread but six inches
above the crust of the world. Physi-
| cally, we cannot do this; our bodies
cannot; but it seems to me that our
hearts and minds may keep themselves
above moral mud-puddles.
"Never a rose without a thorn" ia
an axiom possessing much truth. It
follows, then, that the thorns were
created for tho purpose Of protecting
| the treasures of the bush. So do we
| often find in human life that beauties
of the heart and mind are preserved by
the thorns of unshapely bodies, I'm
beautiful faces or lack of wealth.
Every man has an inclination to
| communicate what he knows; and IL
he does not do SO, it lie simply because
his reason and Judgment are strong
enough to control this inherent pro-
pensity. When you find a friend who
can exercise absolute power over the
communicative instinct, wear him in
your heart. If you have no such
friend, keep your Owl counsel.
It is more needful that I should have
a fibre of sympathy connecting mo
/ with that vulgar citizen who weighs
out my sugar in a vilely assorted era
vat and waistcoat with the handsome
rascal in red scarf and green feathers;
more need that my heart should swell
with loving admiration at some trait
of gentle goodness in the faulty people
who sit at the samc hearth with me,
| than at the deeds of heroes / shall never
know except by hearsay.
Pleasure Is q shadow, but knowl-
edge is e~cstatic in enjoyment, perennial
in fame, unlimited In space, and in
finate in duration. In the perform
alce of its great offices it fears no dan
ger, spares no expense, looks into the
volcano, dives into the ocean, perfor-
ates the earth, wing. its fight into the
skies, enriches the globe, explores sea
and land, comtemplates the distant,
examines the minute, comprehends the
great, and ascends to the sublime;
there is nc place too remote for its
grasp, no sphere too exalted for its
reach.
The idea that SO long as . thing ia
good to be done 1t must be done at all
hazards is a very demoralizing one
1t puts conduct above character;
whereas conduct is chiefly valuable as
It is the natural fruit of character.
Not only should we consider the in
trinsic quality of the motive We
present, but also the effect Of Its being
strongly and frequently excited. For
motive becomes habitual by repetition,
as well as action. Every time we
u cupidity or ~avarice, envy or
rivalry, hope of public applause or
fear of the public frown, we help TO
form q corresponding character; and
we may well inquire what is the object
that when gained will be worth such
a price. That this should be done
thoughtlessly and un~cOnsciously, as it
often is, shows a great deficiency il
our moral condition.
The spirit of sacrifice cannot be too
highly valued. Its presence or absence
has always marked the difference be-
tween the loving, sympathetic, gener-
Gus and heroic mail, and the cruel,
selfish and meroenary one. Human
nature, everywhere and always, bows
in reverence before the spirit which
inspires a man to give up pleasure or
advantage and accept pain or depri-
Walton for some object or person out
side of himself. This il is which has
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