The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-03
THE NEW YEAR.


"lfen that had understanding Of the
times, to know what Israel ought to do
! I Chronicles, Eii.: 81
/ We hear it said frequently that one
day is just like arIother, but the statement
! is very far irons true. On the contrary,
some days are like velvet to the memory,
while The remembrance Of others pricks
/ like thorn.
| Even the material things have a double
value, the intrinsic value and the value
which is injected into them by sad or
pleasant associations. A ring may be
worth very little:of itself and yet be price
| less / have a souvenir, a simple band OF
| gold, which my mother wore for years.
You would give nothing for itfor it would
be worth nothing to you But it is worth
everything to me, and money could not
! buy it. / cannot hold it in my hand with
out feeling thatther is magic in it. And
80 there must be, for l am instantly trans
ported to other days when she ment me
at the door or watched me in my illness.
| And so it is with time. The anniver-
sary OF some Important event in your ca
reer may be golden day or a leaden day
according to the joy or sorrow it recalls.
/ It is not like other days, and never will
| be SO as long as you live. Most Of our
uavs are lIele5S 'ioNa " 'lle S'0i ii''i -
They come, they go and they are forgot
ten, for they leave no mark behind. But
few days in a mans lifetime can no
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an times, mere arc l"oiiiei''s ~
cam MneE me g'o0ps 1nell'Se' ,, =
'ue 'ehe'l''o ~ rs S"ll%Ve' an"
moments tempest Wheh Iue
waves ny u" sweep the ''oV"S 1l"li
inc SAA. t:use"' n9i5'HE N@i - ~
| sHFlouS I'll lSs aSpe''S nan 1t human 1iiS'
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! Foot
| what Il dona IN hue;naes FOR tho sake
~ goin should no done in one's nrivate
I1;fa ror tho sakn ~ enuI M ono knows
| bimsaIf a. y,alI az no sbould what wea.
n,ne no sos IN his sn;rituol arsenal and
wbat coalition thev are h. He would
| think II / shame for warrior to go into
| hattie noorlv armed and would have
small nifv for the defeat which could be
/ foreseen and vet with very little knowl-
n5on of himself no enters conflict which
uill cantinua tiU his last sigh.
md 600 nnon which issues az
ano,,p,sus imnortanoo denand
mans ignorance of business prin-
cinles II sure TO bring loss if not nov
ortv b,l+ bis ;gnoronco ~ cod,s no+bods
or+oi1s aim r,oro Ioe+irc, discon,f+rro II
thoro a5a moral laws he ought IN know
What tbev are and II his life struggle ia
one thet will fest all his resources no
oueht fo know what those resources are
-, ,,,b;sb bo r,,,s+ ao,,o,,a for s,ncasg II
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