Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-12-07

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the more self ubsistent; the NOR
fraught with internal resources, tht
greater the character.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
IT is by here little and there a little
by untiring assiduity, and by strokes in
cessantly repeated, that good is done
whether in the material or the mora
world.
THE fruits of the earth do not NOR,
obviously require labor and cultivation
to prepare them for our own use an(
subsistence than our faculties demand
instruction
This is the highest miracle of genius
that things which are not should be al
though they were; that the imagination
of one mind should become the persona
recollections of another.
WHO cannot but see ofttimes how
strange the threads of our destiny run
Oft it is only for moment the favorabl,
instant is presented. We miss it, an(
months and years are lost.
NEVER let any man imagine that ht
can pursue good end by evil means
without SHINING against his own soul
Any other issue is doubtful; the evi
effect upon himself is certain
THE greatest of fools is he who i'm
poses on himself, and in his greatest con
Germ thinks certainly he knows thai
which he has least studied, and of which
he is most profoundly ignorant.
HE who is faithful over few thing.
is lord of cities. 1t does not matter
whether you preach in Westminster Alb
bey or teach ragged class, so you bt
faithful. The faithfulness is all.
WHEN with care we have raised ar
imaginary treasure of happiness, We
find at last that the materials of the
structure are frail and perishing, and
the foundation itself is laid in the sand
AMUSEMENT is the waking sleep OF
labor. When it absorbs thought, pa
thence and strength that might have
been seriously employed, it loses its dis.
tinctive character, and becomes the task.
master of idleness.
No improvement that takes place in
either sex can possibly be confined to it.
self. Each is universal mirror to each
and the respective refinement of the one
will always be in reciprocal proportion
to the polish of the other.
THERE is a certain sort of a mar
whose doom in the world is disappoint-
ment, who excels in it, and whose
luckless triumphs in his meek career Of
life, have often thought, must be re.
garded by the kind eye above with az
much favor as the splendid successes
and achievements of coarser and more
men.
IT is one thing to indulge in playful
rest, and another to be devoted to the
purpose of pleasure; and gaiety of hear!
during the reaction after hard labor
and quickened by satisfaction in the &C
complished duty of perfected result, Is
altogether compatible with-nay, even
in some sort rises naturally out of-s
deep, internal seriousness of disposition
ACTIVITY is life, stagnation is death
Keep yourself actively occupied if you
want to be healthy; husband your means
if you want to become wealthy. Be lib
eral if you want to have friends; remem-
Der that friendship is often of far great
er value than gold. To achieve great
success, you must be courageous; a tim
id man is defeated at the very outset.
EVERY community may be said to be
divided into two classes-those who de
sire to learn, and those who do not
The difference is noticeable in every de.
partment and every detail of their lives
We first see beauties and wonders in
nature and in art that the second know
nothing of; the first find fountains OF
delight in their fellow men where the
second find them fiat and improbable
the FIRST are full of over-fiowing life and
activity, the others are dull and unpro
gressive.
ALL jealousy. suspicion and selfish
sensitiveness are fatal to friendship. The
man who is looking for sights will sure.
ly find or fancy them, and by his want
of trust will drive the heart of his friend
from him. 1t is indeed confession Of
selfish weakness when one laments that
he is not loved or priced as he desires tc
be. Let him dismiss such unworthy re-
flections, and inquire instead whether
he himself is that loving. devoted and
generous friend that he wishes another
to be to him.
THE magnanimous man will be a
great man intrinsically-- that is, he will
have something within him that will
raise him above what is petty and tri
fling. In everything he will prefer the
greater to the less, the higher, the bet
ter to the worse. And this he will dc
not so much from a simple love anG
preference for the good. If. for instance
he is called to choose between a sue
cessful stroke of business and a truthful
statement, he cannot hesitate; all his
impulses tend to the latter, as the great
er of the two satisfactions. If he mus
decide between personal comfort Of
ease and the helping of a neighbor in dis
tress. his warm sympathies forbid mo
ment's doubt. If he is offered some
much priced luxury in exchange for 8
little meanness Of conduct, he refuses il
with scorn. Such things are no tempta
tion to him, because his mind at once
gauges their comparative unworthiness
and his heart recoils from them.