Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-09
Reflections.

'na' coihes with year and expert,
# ence, the great gifted Burns wrote:
J. "oh wad some power the ginie gle us
10 see oursels as others see u.s.
i 1t wad frae mony blunder free us
| And foolish notion"
i. But this is true only of the
wiser class. Fools may many
times, see in others.ag clearly as
one beholds the reflections of his
form in mirror, the follies and
vices that themselves commit.
and yet feel no self.pity or self.
contempt. Sometimes we see the
pltiful, and at the same time, dis.
gushing spectacle of a self-opinion.
ated man strutting about as though
he felt that wisdom would die
with him; his fe,e bland with the
dissatisfaction that bespeals his
egress from the paradise of
Fools" 1t was an oracle, though.
cpsrhaps, not the Delphic, that pro
claimed "a fool ct forty is fool
indeed". Can anything stay his
course, or cool the fervor of his
ldiocy9 Truly, it may be said of
such a one, "you may as we'll 90
about to turn the Sun to ice by
tanning In his face with q pea.
cocks feather. Viewing him,
most aptly comes into the mind
the immortal Shakespeare's query.
us he of Gods making! Is his
head worth hat, or his chin a
beardi" But ah! this is one of the
puzzling things in the realm of
theology: altogether unsolvable
by the finite mind. In this laby.
rlnth of mystery there is but one
way out, and we must needs &C.
cept the philosophy and logic of
Shakespeare, and with him ex.
claim, "God made him, therefore
let him pass for a man" However.
1t is clear that he ia not type Of
the "noblest work of God". A
man, a manly man, who bears the
image of his Maker, whose heart.
soul, and mind are ever borne up
ward by the electric current that
unltes the "divine sparkn within.
MIN to the divine, vivifying, redi.
atlng Center of light, who sees in
life grand possibilities of heart
and mind culture, and their cen.
sequent-spiritusl Development
such man must often blush to
see such despicable caricature of
himself.
But change of thought! the !.
holidays are over. Santa CL6ff
beautiful chip, the Morning n an tnS
has touched our shore, utmost
her cargo, and accomplished to
other feat that only his ships ' Ipa'
capable OF; that is, scaled l.
North Pole, ans is resting son the
docks ap there, awaiting Christ
mas 1895. The school-children,
although unwearied with the feat.
lyities, have re-entered school.
could but wish that there await.
Cd them a large commodious
Dciidlng; one that would speak
grandly Ofthe educational interest
in our town and be monument
to the spirit of public enterprise
40 not suppose that Byron's
prophetic ken peered adown the
ages and beheld the men of Saw.
annah when he wrote, xiii q
mans family and he may brook
it-But keep your hands out of
his breeches pocket. Yet. our
men, generous, magnanimous, and
tar-seeing in many things, when
with suggestions of
the advisability of school.build.
ing are afflicted with a marvel.
lous carbohydrates, only equal.
led by that of the school children
VINO have never experienced the
plth OF Solomon's pr0verb-"Much
study is WEAKNESS of the fleshv.
My heart thrills with pride over
any new evidence Of public inter.
prise, and a grand Institution of
Learning-ah! that is my pet cas-.
tie. Some day in the near future
may its "airy nothingness" materi.
alize into "local htbitationv with
the name, SAVANNAH COLLEGE.
Aunt Jemima.