Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-01
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III. man Who will LICK liiis dog NJ
IA. least pro,ocation 1. apt Ia 81 acro..
lot. Ia avoid meeting big Que, also he
who 1. given to playing the tyrant aud
bully anon. women and Children, Often
appear. very mlld-msnnercd In the so
ciety % men.
The value ~ day. work may h.
more accurately measured by what
la. been accomplished than by any
.cal. 20 price. nxcd beforehand; la
other wonls there is no injustice Ia hN-
log the amount % compensation ac-
cor,iing Ia tl,e value o. services render
ell.
Self.lnirrc.i Ia trying Ia get Into the
garb II conscience. often appears quite
a. ridiculous a. a grosn person In a
baby. plnsforc.
The very good and the very bad. each
Ia their respective spheres, are easily
recognized. but there ARE lot. of people
Ia tai. World whose actions are so mla.
cd, sometime. evil, sometime. good, that
Only heavenly Weldon u able 10 assign
their proper places.
We cannot help trembling Ia hear the
thunder, though We know that II !. 'he
lightning only that We should fear,
neither can We ever become wholly cal
Ion. "a III. destinations % passion.
though We are we'll aware they ar, but q
SUCCESSION of di.agt,able noises.
The state 90 onc'. hand IL not always
a true index Ia quality of soul. The
soft white hand of some refined demon
has ere no~ plungcd the murier-r'.
knife aud teen soaked With th. blood at
IA. innoc.nt: while the stained aud toll
hardened palm 81 the honest worker has
ever hren op-n Ia b~-tow, ready To sue
cor the needy aud llit w the oppressed.
The pi kpoekct Who relieve. you OF
your I,ur.r, no doubt shows a white,
.hai.sly hand, but the brawny iist that
knock. him down. more likely does the
bidding of y soul that .corns all dishon-
e.ty. IhehAnd that shows no marks
of honest toll, I. the one To cheat by
false pr,tenc.-, and filch wherever the
slim. GREEDY fingers can reach unguard-
ei treasure. lhit velvet palm, may hsp,
has done NO more laborious toll than Ia
guide the forger's pen or count alb
.tractei money.
Yet a well-kcpt hand Il not 10 b. TAX
en- as the slgn Of = deprAved heart, nor =
soft one the ~ nonym of lsyiness. Work
er- there are In the realms OF thought,
workers who summon to their aid the
unseen forces of the human Intellect.
Not for tlem.-the great, the wi.e, the
rood,-the Gallon. hand Of manual labor ;
nor when some dirty villains grimy
paw IL thrust into our view, IL that .
token In bis favor. Vice In i,s lowest
forms ever degrades TO uncleanness
Nth and crime are twin nursllngs la the
low Abojes ofinfamy.
Talent L. u gift of nature, ability u
talent improved by education. Genius
IL the inspiration Of Intellect. learning
the intellectinsplrcd by education.
some Of the commonest things OF life
are often the most necessary. To live
without air IL impossible, yet existence
might i.e well sustained In the absence
of all gems aud precious stones.
The blade which springs anew each
year, coming la due courre ct time to
perfect stalk and seed, IL In itself q new
creation, life bursting from . dry seed
husk, and nurtured Into forms OF teauty
rare yet not new 40 taking shape I'M
GRATED before, but only . rcprodiiction
of the oil whose BE- ,uteous growth has
been the faded years sdornIng. so In
the world Of letters, thought springs 10
life, new yet not new; new ~ born OF
the present, of the souls own substance
built, yet bearing still the semblance Of
myriads gone before.