Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-20

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ma;e welcome. Let Us always remem-
- that nothing Details Us that is not
81 the nature o. ourselves. As we be-
cone wiser We escape some Of our
distinctive deStinies. Instinct and
destiny are forever comforting to-
ge;her: they support one another. and
rove hand in hand round the man
who : not on his guard. We are told
hat the famous tragedies show rs
re struggle OF man against fate.
..iieye. on the contrary. that scarcely
I. drama exists wherein fatality truly
does reign. Search a. | may. can
not find one which exhibits the hero in
conflict with destiny pure and simple.
Eor. indeed il i never destiny that
- attacks it il with wisdom lie j.
always a. war. Fate eXerts more
tyraInouS power. by virtue OF instinct.
aeretity and other laws more relent-
les still. more profound and obscure;
bu- even when We writhe beneath I'M
merited. crushing misfortune; even
when fortune compels Us to do the
thing We should never have done. had
Our hands been free: even then. when
the deed has been done. the misfor-
tune has happened. it still rests with
ourselves to deny her the least in
fuence on that which shall come TO
PASS in our soul. Reason produces
not wisdom. which is rather a craving
of sodl. 1t dwellS mp above far high
~ than reason: and thus i il of the
nature of veritable wisdom To do
countless things whereof reason dis
approves. CT shall but approve here
after SO was il that wisdom one day
said 10 reason. 1t were well to love
ones enemies and return good for
evil. Reason, that day. tiptoe on
the loftiest peak in its kingdom. at
last was fam 10 agree The vase
wherein we should tend the true wis
dom is love. and not reason. The in
Ter life that is SlIrest. most lasting
possessed of the uttermost beauty
must needs be the one that conscious
ness slowly erects i'm itself. with the
aid Of all that is purest in the soul.
The inner life begins when the soul
becomes good. and not when the in
tellect ripens. The striving intellect
may we'll know happiness beyond the
reach of the satisfied body: but the
soul that grows nObIer has Joys that
are often denied to the striving intel
iect Physical suffering apart. not a
single SORROW exists that can touch
us except through our thoughts: and
whence do our thoughts derive the
weapons wherewith they attack or de
fend us? We suffer but little from
suffering itself: but from the manner
wherein We accept it overwhelming
sorrow may spring. 1t * wrong to
think of destiny only in connection
with death and disaster. When shall
We cease 10 believe that death. and
not life. is important: that misfortune
is greater than happiness? Why.
when we Try TO sum up a mans
destiny. keep our eyes fixed only on
the tears that he shed. and never on
The smiles of his joy? Where have we
learned that death fixes the vahe of
life and not life that of death? For
inteHect may ne OF the Hottest. might
lest and yeE perhaps never draw near
unto joy; but in the soul that is
gentle. and pure. and good. sorrow
cannot forever abide We have only
the right to- scorn joy when such
seOrn is wholly unconscious. Let us
not look to renOuncement of happi-
ness till We have sought il elsewhere
in vain. Ii is only one side of moral
ity that unhappiness throws into
light: and the man whom sorrow has
taught TO be wise. is like one who has
loved and never been loved in re-
turn. 1t is only the little ephemeral
pleasures that forever are smiling:
and they die away as they smile.