The mirror., 1895-01-17
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HUMAN NATURE.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone,
For this good old earth must borrow Its mirth
1t has tears enough of its own.
Did you ever notice the far away
look others give you, when, with pa
thetic earnestness, you begin to relate
your troubles? Did you ever analyze
the expression of face smoothed by
prosperity, self satisfied by luxury,
when necessity required you to ask
assistance? Have you not at various
times in your career seen adversely
overtake victims, and the supposed
"friend," with feeling of superiority
half pity, half joy, sympathize with the
unfortunate and offer few words Of
advice that carried with them half hid
den arrows of sarcasm? We know you
have;' Whether in your schoolboy days
you have witnessed the punishment of
Johnnie Smith by his teacher and
laughed at his expense, or at mans
estate you have known misfortune to
overtake friend, and when desperation
had driven him far beyond the lines
laid down by prosperous world,
have you not in your heart felt that
you too might have drifted from the
paths of fhOnor, under like provocations;
still, not admitting even to self. that
you would have gone SO far as he.
The tradition of Damon and Pythias
fills the mind with glowing thoughts of
imitation, but, unfortunately, if you
are Damon you have no Pythias, and,
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to pledge his life in your behalf. Bulwer
Lytton says. "If you wish to read
unvarnished falsehoods, read epitaphs
on tombstones." We are not carica-
turing humanity but trying to draw
features as nearly real as our humble
mind can conceive. To say there is
not brighter side would be false; but
to say that the light is in the ascend
ency would be equally untrue. Who
can tell the thoughts of Brutus when
he drove the treacherOus dagger into
Caesars body! AS Shakespeare makes
Antony to say: "This was the un-
kindest cut of all, for Brutus was
Caesars friend" Who can tell the feel
1ngs of Antony when deserted by Cleo
patra at the fatal naval contest at
Actium. FOrsaken by the woman for
whose love he had given kingdom.
The truth would seldom be read or
hardly appreciated were it written in
literature, hence our most popular
writer's use heroes in order that their
readers may find pleasure in reading of
characters whose very rarity in actual
life renders the pleasure derived from
perusal Kind reader, did you ever
cast up the column Of good thoughts
and intentions, produced 10y reading,
which died before maturing? Cast up
those matured, and note the small
minority.
In their writings the French are real
istic You will hear many refined peo-
pie (refned has as equally wide con-
struction in the English language as
the word diplomacy criticize the mis-
anthropcal Frenchman for saying:
"Man has all the attributes of dog
save that of faithfulness." Still, if we
consider the world wide betrayals of
trust, we may excuse the Frenchman
generous one is the most virtuous
Still, generosity is quantity almost
wholly unknown Should you deny
the proposition: we will ask you how
many suffer and toll in Wretched places
; and even die from exposure and want
Of food, annually? The street gamins
of London Paris, New York, or any of
our cities, have but few hands held out
to elevate them. Were it left to the
property holders in the United States
, to cast ballots for public schools and
charities, we fear there would be but
few Of those institutions.
; We certainly care but little for the
things which effect others vitally; sell
; fishness and egotism are the principal
components of man. Having made
ourselves masters of the world. we lay
, tribute upon all living creation, and,
, not satisfied with this, we prey upon
} the weak and lowly of humanity. Such
. was the case B. G. 1000, and such it is
) A. D. 1895 We have heard orators
declaring from the house tops the glori-
J GUS boon of American citizenship, and
day after we have seen the instruments
/ Of these mon carrying out their orders
l at an election.
| The greatest essential quality man
, should possess who wishes to succeed
Q in life, either financially or socially, is
D correct judgment of human nature.
Q To some, flattery must be given; to
. others, persuasion; and to others, force
7 Is necessary Few possess this judg-
3 ment in strongly developed condition
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