Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-07-29
PURELY LITERARY.

DuC OI fari6u IenOF, selected o.
the Editor from Manifold
Sources to Suit Many Minds
There are two kinds of people on
earth to-day,
just two kinds of people, no more, /
say.
Not the sinner and saint, for It's well
understood
The good are half bad and the bad
are half good.
Not the rich fnd the poor, for to
count ID man $ wealth,
You must first know the state of his
conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in
hfes little span
Who puts on vain airs is not counted
a man.
Not the happy and sad, for the swift
flying years
Bring each man his laughter and
each man his tears
No; the two kinds of people on earth
[ mean,
Are the people who lift, and the peo-
pie who lean.
Wherever you go, you will find the
worlds masses
Are always divided in Just these two
classes.
And oddly enough. you will find, too,
/ ween,
There is only one litter to twenty
who lean.
In which class are your Are you
easing the load
OF oyertaxed lifters who toll down
the road?
Or are you leaner, who let's others
bear
Your portion of labor and worry and
care
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Truth corrects a lie, but does
not kill it.
There are two ways Of attain>
ing an important end-foroe and
perseverance. Force falls to the
lot only Of the privileged few,
but austere and sustained per-
severance can be practiced by
the most Insignificant. It's silent
power grows irresistible with
tme.-Mme Swetohine.
A new broom sweeps clean, Of
course; but it requires the inns
pulse Of vigorous hands and
arms, just the same.
The pleasure Of the pessimist
is to assure you there is no
truth-and expects you to believe
him. The hypocrite bewails the
universal lack Of sincerity
and is offended if you ask for
evidence of his good faith. Life
is not worth living" walls the
sentimentalist-and forgets to
commit suicide!
The ring, as an accessory of
the marriage ceremony, was in
use long before the Christian
era. In Egypt, at a very early
time, gold money used to circuls
ate in the form of rings, and the
Egyptian, at his marriage.
placed one of these gold rings on
his wife's finger to signify that
he entrusted her with all his
property.
I cannot abide to see men
throw away their tools the min
ute the clock begins to strike. as
if they took no pleasure in their
work, and were afraid of doing a
stroke too much. The very
grindstone will go on turning
bit after you loose it.-George
Eliot.
What knowledge is of most
worth? The uniform reply is
science. This is the verdict on
all counts. For direct selfprer
servation, or the maintenance of
life and health, the all-impo or
tant knowledge is science. For
that indirect selfspreservation.
which we call gaining a liyelis
hood, the knowledge of greatest
value is-science, For the due
discharge of parental functions,
the proper guidance is to be
found only in-science. For that
Interpretation of national life,
past and present, without which
the citizen cannot rightly reguls
ate his conduct, the indispens
able key is-soience. Alike for
the most perfect production and
present enjoyment of art in all its
forms, the needful preparation
is still-science; and for t. e pur.
poses of discipline-intellectua
moral, religious-the most eff
cient study is, once more, science.
Herbert Spencer.