The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-10
MARKED PASSAGES.
Some Valuable Thoughts Reproduced
for the Club by .sCyriI"

for the Club by Cyril"
H. L. c. Friends-In reading the
various works of literature. it has been
my custom to mark such passages as
seem worthy of special thought, and,
believing that they will be Of interest
to the club, I will contribute a few of
the best thoughts of the most popular
authors to the page. If the members
find any of the following passages
which they wish to enlarge in the way
of discussion, L would like to have them
do so. as / think there is yet plenty OF
room for discussion, both pro and con,
in nearly all of them
The Indebtedness of a child interests
a mother, the wretchedneEs of a youth
interests an old man, but the wretched-
ness Of an old man interests nobody,
and 1t is the coolest of all distresses. =
Victor Hugo.
Experience proves that many who are
capable of making a great sacrifice when
their blood is heated by conflict, and
when the public eye is fixed upon them
are not capable of persevering long in
the daily practice Of obscure virtues
Macauley.
Sorrows humanize our race: tears are
I the showers that fertiliZe the world
and memory of things precious keepeth
warm the heart that once did hold
them.-Augusta Evans.
All generous natures are liable TO i'm
position; their warm impulses being too.
quick for selfish caution. 1t is the cold
calculating and the mean whose dis
trustful warineSS is never taken in
! Washington Irving.
Purity is strength, ignorance is weak
ness. Add to purity wisdom and you
crown it with a power that no assault
can overthrow. In the education Of
every girl knowledge Of the darkest
side Of humanity should enter. then
she recognizes it when it approaches
DR.. J. A HOuser.
So true it is. that as greater lights
swallow up and extinguish the display
of those which are less, so men Of great
capacious and OverTuling minds, bear
aside and subdue in their climax Of pas
sion the more feeble wills and passions
of others. as when river joins a
brook, the fierce torrents shoulders
aside the smaller stream.-Sir Walter
Scott
There is nothing which so thoroughly
depletes and rObS moral character of all
substance-there is nothing which so
effectually destroys all robust indvid-
uality as the continuous asking of the
question, What will people say?'-E. P.
Roe.
The true friend is not he who holds up
In which the face to thy conceit most
pleasing hovers;
But he that kindly shows thee all thy
vices, sirrah,
And helps thee mend them ere an enemy
| discovers. Anon.
The JOY which we inspire has this
charming thing about 1t, that far from
| being weakened, like ordinary refiec-
| tions, it returns to us more radiant than
befOre.-VictOr Hugo
When suspicion Of any form OF dis
grace falls upon a woman it is as though
! some delicate flower had been thrust too
IL. 4f~a~ matt tor
how quickly or how far removed, no
matter how heavy the dews that may
| empearl it, how fresh and cool the wind
that sweeps over it, how bright the sun
| that feeds its pulses, the curled petals
/ are never Smoothed, the hot blast leaves
its ineffaceable blight.-Augusta Evans.
1t is not what men call us that We
! have to consider, but how we are fulfill
| ing the work God has given us to do
Edna Lyall.
That talkative maiden. Rumor, though
/ I'm the interests of art she is figured as
| a youthful winged beauty with flowing
garments soaring above the heads Of
men and breathing world-thrilling
news through a gracefully curved
trumpet is in fact very old maid,
who Fuckers her silly face by the fire
| side and really does no more than chirp
a wrong guess or a lame story into the
ear of a felow-gossip; all the rest at
tributed TO her is done by the ordinary
working Of those passions against which
men pray in latiny, with the help Of a
plentiful stupidity against which we
have never had any authorized form of
prayer-George Eliot.
To all the newly elected officers Of
the club, wish to extend my congratu-
| latiOns, and they have my best wishes
and earnest support in their efforts In
the clubs behalf for the ensuing year.
was also pleased to notice ''Ad-
vance's" remarks in regard to holding
the next reunion at indianapolis, and
no better time could be selected than
during the holidays. cyril"
Peru, Ind, Jan. g. 1894