Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-04-05
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

A LITTLE explained, little endured,
little passed over as foible, and 10,
the ragged atoms will fit like smooth
mosaic.
"LovING- KINDNESS" says the Tai
mud, "is greater than laws, and the
charities of life are more than all cere-
monies"
WHEN man ventures an opinion, he
will find some one who opposes it. Hence
man without opposition isa man with
out opiniOus.
IT is better to be good tailor than
wearisome preacher, smart shoemaker
than stupid lawyer, dexterous carver
than laundering politician.
As the sword of the best tempered
metal is most flexible, so the truly gen
erous are most plant and courteous in
their behavior to their interiors.
THERE are no real virtues which are
only our own deficiencies in some special
direction that could make it appear so.
NUMEROUS troubles spring from idle
ness. and manifold grievous tolls from
needless ease Many without labor
would live by their wits, but they break
for want of stock.
If tenth part of the felicities that
are enjoyed in the region of imagina
ton could be imported into the regions
terrestrial, what delightful thing it
would be awake each morning to see
such world once more!
THERE is nothing so beautiful as
beautiful manners. Perfect courtesy is
the flower and fruit of all perfect breed
ing. 1t is the one all-potent and all-de-
termining quality, and, when fulfilled to
the utmost, it touches within the limits
of that which is divine.
IT needs very thorough knowledge
of any one to pronounce upon his cour-
age or his cowardice-- knowledge i'm
possible to an ordinary observer. The
same is true of every virtue and of
every defect. They all take different
forms in different individuals, and are
variously modified by other qualities so
as to elude even the deepest and most
delicate investigation.
CLEANLINESS covers the whole field
of sanitary labor. Cleanliness that is
purity of air; cleanliness that is purity
of water; cleanliness in and around the
house; cleanliness of person; cleanliness
of dress; cleanliness of food and feed
ing; cleanliness in work; cleanliness in
habits of the individual man and wom-
an; cleanliness of life and conversation;
purity of life, temperance-all these are
in mans power.
WE touch one another in life's asso-
Citations We impress more or less all
with whom we come in contact In tie
home, in society, in business, and in
church, we leave our mark. 1t becomes
us all, then, to inquire what kind of an
impres sion we are making upon child
hood aud manhood in our several
spheres of influence. Is it for good or
for evil? If for good, then our life is
worth the living; if for evil, then it is
failure. A true and successful life is
one the touch of which upon others is
quickening, wholesome, purifying, and
beneficent.
THERE is a kind of knowledge which
many persons shrink from. 1t is that
which involves certain duties and re-
sponsibilities which they are not willing
to accept. Some will not listen to a
tale of woe for fear of arousing their
emotions or their conscience. Others
will refuse to examine some unwelcome
idea lest they should be forced to admit
its truth. And others will shun the
friendly adviser lest he should convince
them of cherished fault they ought to
abandon or neglected duty they ought
to perform. Of course such persons
deliberately bar the way of their own
moral progress, and adopt instead re-
trograde motion. They shut out the |
truth that would purify and uplift them.
and court an ignorance which must end
in degradation.
Most of the wrong doing in the world |
comes from an uneasy craving for pleas
ure of some sort. The desire for re-
venge produces all kinds of malicious
and hateful conduct; the yearning for
gain suggests dishonesty, fraud oppres-
sion, injustice; the appetite for sensual
qualification leads to gluttony, intemper-
ance, and vice. A state of true happi-
ness would render these cravings impos-
sible; the higher qualifications once thor
oughly enjoyed, no room would be left
for the lower. The great happiness of
love annihilates revenge and malice;
sympathetic pleasures extinguish selfish
ones; pure and innocent recreations,
cheerful society, and wholesome habits
preclude the temptations to viscious
courses. In word, happiness. in its
truest meaning and best forms, is the
foe to wrong doing. and in this sense it
may be said that those who are happy
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