Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-11-03
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

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stiffness, the other gives suppleness.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
lido not cast my eyes away from my
troubles. pack them in as little com
pass as can for myself, and never LET
them annoy others.
THERE is a natural frmness in some
minds which cannot be unlocked by
trif1es, but which, when unlocked, dis
covers a cabinet of fOrtitude.
THE truth is never in greater danger
| than when whole communities lend them
selves to the vicious deception of seemli-
ness, and without truth there is no virtue.
FIVE great enemies of peace inhabit
with us-avarice, ambition, envy, anger
and pride; if these were to be banished,
we we should infallibly enjoy perpetual
peace.
DEFINITE work is not always thai
which is cut and squared for US, but that
which comes as claim upon the con-
science, whether it is nursing in hos
pital hr hemming handkerchief.
HE who, when he hath the power,
doeth no good, when he loses the means
will suffer distress. There is not more
unfortunate wretch than the oppressor,
for in the day of adversity nobody is his
| friend.
CoNCEIT in all its forms is the token
of shallow nature; but when it strives
TO exalt itself by overthrowing another,
and to appear we'll by making others ap-
pear ill, it is not only shallow, but mean
and cowardly.
PTETY Is not an end, but a means of
attaining the highest degree of culture
by perfect peace of mind. Hence it is
to be observed that those who make pie
ty an end and aim in itself for the most
part become hypocrites.
WHEN we sum up all the useful truths
which we owe to philosophy, to what do
they amount? When we look for some
thing which adds to the comforts or al
leviates the calamities of the human
race, we are forced to own ourselves dis
appointed.
To know belief is false, and yet fear
to throw it away; to be convinced that a
way is wrong, and still walk in it for ap
pearances these are the sOrriest proofs
of courage and the most conclusive to-
kens of moral imbecility. Yet how
common are they!
A MAN who knows the world will not
only make the most of everything he
does know, but of many things he does
not know, and will gain more credit by
his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance
than the pedant by his awkward attempt
to exhibit his erudltion.
WHOEVER is wise is apt to suspect
and be diffident to himself, and, upon
that account, is willing to "hearken unto
COUNSEL" whereas the foolish man, be-
ing in proportion of his folly full of him.
self, and swallowed up in conceit, will
| seldom take any counsel but his own,
and for that very reason, because it is
| his own.
WAIT not for your difficulties to cease;
there's no soldiers glory to be won on
peaceful fields, no sailors daring to be
shown on sunny seas, no trust or friend
ship to be proved when all goes we'll
Faith, patience, heroic love, devout cour-
age, gentleness, are not to be formed
| when there are no doubts, no irritatiOns,
no difficulties.
You may tame the wild beast; the
confagration of the American forest
will cease when all the timber and dry
underwood is consumed; but you cannot
arrest the progress of that cruel word
which you uttered so carelessly yester
day or this morning; that will 60 on
staying, poisoning, burning beyond your
own control, now and forever.
| THIS world is not made for tomb,
but garden. You are to be a seed, not
a death. For dead opportunity, there
is no resurrection. The only enjoyment,
the only use to be attained on the wing.
Each day brings its own benefit; but it
has none to spare. What escapes to-
day is escaped forever. To morrow has
no overflow to atone for the lost yester-
days.
MANS great actions are performed in
minor struggles. There are obstinate
and unknown braves who defend them
selves inch by inch in the shadows
against the fatal invasion of want and
turpitude. There are noble and mystic
rious triumphs which no eye sees, no re-
nown rewards, and no flourish of trum-
pets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation,
Abandonment and poverty are battle
fields which have their heroes.
THAT wise provision of Providence
which keeps us in ignorance of our fate
secures our present happiness, and by
instilling into our minds and hearts that
buoyant and bright-eyed scion of our
fancy which we call Hope, gives us an
illusion which reconciles us to every dis
ter that besets our path. The ruts and
snags that make dangerous the road of
life, revealing often the treachery as
well as the honest rivalry of our fellows
in the struggle to advance; the morasses
of deceit, wherein confidence in hollow
friendship sinks; the disappointments
that grieve our hearts and break our
spirits for time-all these ills do we en-
dure with varying degrees of patience
while listening to the soothing whispers
of Hope within ourselves, the wish being,
alasl 80 often 'father to the thought"