The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
Philosophy. Address.
Honesty, individuality.

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| Will mend is an Old prove-O that Is scr
| mon on philosophy in nine wor1-- And
philosophy is neeessa-7- II one would Breast
| The difficulties Of life and, surInountiag
them. succeed.
Take the showers &c HEY far .
Enough II az the md o. 81
A little garden blossom.
II Tenryson's advice Percy says:
Since grief bu; a-yrs-at.s thy lass.
G-.ere not for wha: Is past
John Armstrong declares, in his "Art o.
Preserving Health
TITS restless uorld
u f1r CO chances which. BY hairs power.
To Learn 70 bea= is easier tran 10 sbun-
BENJAMIN DisraeA takes this calm view:
The world Is a wheel. and IL Will al come
round right" Bo.ingbroISe sees the orly
true happiness IN the philosophy that IS
builded upon consciousness Of duty well
done: He alone is happy. and he Is truly
%. who can say. Welcome life. whs.erer
Il brings. Welcome death. whatever Il
is'-
Appearances count for n,uc;l Dress has
moral effect upon the conduct OF man
kind" declares Sir ]. Darlington. Suayity
also counts for much. Fair words gladden.
So many heart" says Longfeiiow. Good
words are batter than bad strokes" says
Shakespeare. But 1t is Well TO be sparlng
with words. For words are but wise mans
counters says Thomas Hobbies, they do
but reckon By therii but they are the money
OF fools And Pope says:
Words nks leaves. ana where they most
abound
Much fruit Of sense IS rarely found.
And he who talks much must needs say
somewhat that he would rather had been
left unsaid: and sit Is easy to draw back
q stone thrown with force from the hand
as to recall q word once spoken" says
Nenander. The best that can be hoped for
is that one may acquire some friends and
4 few enemies. He who pleased everybody
died before he was born" says an old pro-
verb; and Hazlitt declares that ''he Will
never have true friends who is afraid Of
making enemies
Honesty OF word and purpose is conceded
10 be a requisite to substantial and worthy
success, although Professor Wilson points
out that he that speaks the trlth will find
himself IN sufficiently dramatic situations
Some one has said that he who lies must
needs have a good memory to keep his lies
from treading on each other: and Pope puts
the matter in these words: He who tells
a lie is not sensible how great the task he
for he must be forced to invent
twenty more to maintain that one" Sin"
says Holmes. has many tools. but a lie IS
the handle which fits them ALL Care IN
making promises. and equal care in keeping
them. is one of the virtues OF honesty. and
Is also a valuable financial asset. He that
hath care OF keeping days Of payment" says
Lord Burleigh. "is lord OF another mans
purse" He that promises too much means
Is an old maxim. and perhaps It
was the knowledge OF that fact which led
to remark through the mouth
u Basssnio IN THE Merchant OF Venice:
! uks not fair terms, and e viiIainous mind.
when Shyloek named the terms Of his "mer- |
y loan
and q knowledge OF pow |
y usually go hand in hand with strong In |
aividcality. Kept within reasonable bounds /
his 10 valuable; Carlyle says. The fearful \
lnbeiief IN unbelief IN yourself" Sometimes \
very often, in fact-th;s trait reaches that 4
,o,nt Of development which Is called ego
ism. Frequently It Is expressed by eccen-
rfcitfes Of dress or behavior. "Singularity |
Ihows something wrong In the mind" says
lie that IS full OF himself is very
.mpty.' says q proverb. He who comes
10 to his own idea OF greatness must al
rays have had q very low standard of Il, in
lis mind says Hazlitt He who thinks
his place below him will certainly be below
lis place." says Sayiile. HE that is the In
e-ior Of nothing can be the superior OF
lothing. the equal OF nothing" says Car
yIe. La Rochefoucauld sarcasticaliy says:
We seldom find any persons OF good sense
Except those who are OF our opinion" In
irniisr vein. La Fontaine says: We always |
AXE credit for the good. and attribute tho |
,ad to fortune" Frederick Locker in THE |
testers Plea" says:
And many are afraid OF God.
And more OF Mrs. Grundy.