Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12
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When IN the hurry aud hustle Of life
moment can be- spared for reflection
the thought must suggest itself that
mortals live out half their days in an.
ucipatlng happiness which does not
conc. II is because of this TINT men
cry out against tie existing order of
things and in their haste pronounce life
n fUilun, Happiness Is coy; 10 will not
be- hunnsd down, neither ~ It purchns-
able
Little Paul Domboy asked hs mcrcc-
nary father what is money and what
can IL do?' How bitter camr the uucs.
ton when tie frul cnskct once holding
thu jewel OF the mworldly spirit was
laid In the dust, then The father knew
IN the dosolutrnrss of his heart that
money could not buy happiness. mot
even q modicum ~ that which the dear
boy had brought into his cold and self
ish life.
No. money cannot buy happiness, aud
there would bc lcss occasion for the
charge Of mcrccnnry motives In marr.
age " women fully realized the truth
Of this Happiness comes only in the
daily discharge Of duty and when Il IN
not looked for. often n the nature Of
surprise Ia which no element of dis.
appointment enters, for Il is mrou.
choly fact that expected pleasure s al
most sure 10 disuppoiut Days rhat are
FUN Of sweetness and light urt those
satisfactory ones I'm which one feels
that they lave done what tlry could,
n not all they wished 20 have douc our
amh.dons are but cheap uflmrs when
compared with right living, and IL can
not be- too often repeated that much OF
lfe's sushinc h of ones own making
mmey cannot buy it, nor tlc lack OF
h nccd hccloud It, II the mind seeks
and dwclls upon bright thoughts, IT the
heart opens 10 grand Aims aud searches
out nobility Ia mankind with the same
diligence with which mcancr spirits
seek TO uneorth its pettucss, then hap
p!ncss comes when we are not looking
for IL and FROM unexpected sources, aud
trouhle Is dissipntcd like the early mist
before the rising sun.
In the Mentone cemetery, on the head.
stone nc the grave Of John Richard Green
the noted English historian, there is this
simple sentence, Gle died learning,
When death called he was found sin
drawing inspiring drlughts OF knowledge
from many springs and even then doubt
less felt, as did greater scholar that
he was merely II photographers ON the
shores of an illimltahlc ocean,
"A finished education" whence Ia,
phrase, aud why do women talk of III
Even educational institutions prcsum,
60 allot a certain number of years as
sufficient for the hpishng process. Ed
ucatlon only begins In the school room
aud their proper aim Is 60 teach student.
how to use their tune aud faculties "a
best advantage 10 know how 10 study
IN necessary preliminary. In order that
there may be- NO waste of eucrgy and
ro necessity for reracing ones steps.
lie died learning" and who shall
say that at the grave the learning ston
pedy Hugo says, The grave clusas upor
the twilight 20 open on the dawn" nnt
because he felt tho God IN him IA,
H'h'''N AiAAN part % hlul winch Mut
impershablo would coutiuuc deyelopln,
and expanding la the sunlight OF eternity
These words suggest thai he believe,
lessons do not stop throughout eternity
and that the proper use of life ou eartl
" 10 learn all the lessons of truth AN,
beauty this world affords.
Women, old aud young, ought 20 h,
constant students not nerly OF person,
aud things, but of hooks and while th,
hck Of early educational adyanta,N,s !,
a drawback IL h IN no sense barrier
20 future acqumment. The story of IN,
lives Of celebrated men and wome,
abounds in instances when at a time 81
life, that as years 70 is old age. dies,
persons have mustered new studies ant
achieved successes Ia new lines.
Whether one climbs the height or mon
Il Is encouraging 20 know there is pos
sibllily in effort and that arc while \
disintegrates physical nltufc Is al ia,
same time freeing the nobler part foi
sublimer flights.
Nym Crinkle IN tho columns Of III,