The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-29

things in a simple way. Simplicity Is |
greatness, and when you study the |
greatest mon, as well as tho greatest |
books, You will lind them simple, but
rare and uncommon.
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A great general who cOnquers nations
commands our awe, great statesman
our admiration, but tits only tho good
IN tn, the kind man, tho unseltish man
who commands our love.
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GWhen a man is wrong and won't adj
nit it he always gets angry" says Hail
burton. THAT il truo and, therefore,
silence is the best course for any man to
adopt who mistrusts his temper, and
prompt admission of his error is always
tho manly thing for man to do, when
he sees no was wrong.
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Mt. Aetna still appears to he on n
boom.
The best sign of the COOL times coming
for Southern literature are in the fact
that so many Northern magazines ar"
bidding high for this product OF the
South.
Before the war Southern writer's wrote
for fun; now they write for bread. The
difference between these two il the
difference between a flying meteor aud
the everlasting sun.
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'Time to me This truth has taught,
'TIs a truth that's worth revealing;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from amy want of feeling"
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4 woman with winning way
But with "a heart unchaste;
Though beautiful, is Valueless,
As diamonds made OF paste.
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It's the poorest economy in the world
to economize in books for your children.
Not school books, but reading books;
books that will make them better wo-
men and better men, and in after years
will give them a staff to lean on when
all others have deserted.
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The hackneyed saying that mon often
have greatness thrust upon them is true
only III limited sense. 1t may he thrust
upon them, but is generally lacking IN
the element that makes it stick "clOser
than brother" Tho man ana great
ness soon separate, AS in the case oil
Rutherford Buchard Hayes.
"Wo live in deeds, not years - IN
thoughts, not broaths - in feelings not
in figures on q dial; We should COUNT
time by heart throbs. lie most lives
who thinks most, feels the noblost, acts
tho bailey.
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We lie down at night To Sloep, but the
clock of our lifo still runs on; and the
hands which slowly went round the
circle when the sun sank tn rest, pursue
their solemn journey To the grave when
it rises yet again.
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A clear conscience free OF any offence
towards God, man and Helf, is tho pre-
scription ever compounded for tint
health OF man.
Some SMILES.
Woman is like a star; most Desutliu
while above us in the sky, hut only
common iron ore and clay should they
chance To strike the earth.
L.ifo is like brook; il the fountain
head is muddy, the brook will be th'
Same to the sea.
Some mon arc like hill-they cover
a great deal of territory where the!
join the ground but grow very small a
they get up towards tho heavens.
JOY is like the perfume of the rOs
: and becomes doubly strong ate
touched by the tear drops of tho dew
Burns says: "PleasurOS are like pop
pies spread, you seize the howor' til
bloom is she'd"
Sorrows are the clouds Of oar life ant
i like the clouds they soften the sunshln
1 of our day, changing it from the mOnOt
= onous glare OF too much Brightness, l.
e the bright or mellow radiance q
a | warmth