The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-18
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Ger empty fields. OF upland solsudes
or grim Mide wave and now the power is :e!t
or melancholy teaherer in its moods
Than any joy nduis-nt Summer dealt.
William Alnshani.
1t il the siisterng and softiy-spoken lie.
the patriotic lie OF the historian the p:ovi-
Gent lie of the politician the jealous lie of
tie pa rtisan. the merciful lie Of the friend
and the careless lie of each man 10 himself
that east black mystery over humanity.
through which We thank any man who
p.trces. as n. would than one who had dug
Il well in the desert.-Ruskin.
1t is the strange fate OF man that even
in the greatest Of evils the fear of worse
continues 10 haunt him.-Go-the.
Iush tush my lassie .ich thoughts re-isne,
Comparisons are cruels:
Fine pictures suit in frame as fine.
cnnslstercy's Jewell
For thee and coarse c'Jtles are best
Rude folks III homelye raiment drest
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.
Jolly Robyn Roughh.ad. Author unknown.
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II you criticise fine genius. the odds
are that you are out Of your reckoning, and
instead of the poet. are censur!ng your own
caricature of him.-Emerson
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And when with envy Time transported
shall think TO rob us of joys.
You'll In your girls again be courted.
And III 80 Woong in MY b0ys.
Thomas Percy.
Choose always the way that seems the
best, however rough It be. Custom will
render it easy and agreeabe-Py ythagoras.
In silence
Steals soft-handed Charity,
Tenrering l.er gifts. that scciG free.
Ey time and plac..
Till not a the bleak world see.
But tinas her grace.
-Keble: the Christian Year.
!. what happens does not make US richer,
we must bid it welcome If it makes US
Miser-Johnson.
Mems evil manners 1--we in brass: their virtues
We write in water.
If you run after two hares you will catch
neither.-Proverb.
He that swea,eth
Til man trust him.
He that lieth
Ti no man believe him:
lie that borroweth
TIL will lend him:
Let him go where
No man knoweth him.
Hugh Rodes: Cautions.
He that will not reason is bisot; he
that cannot Is fool: and he that dare not
is a slave.-Sr ". Drumnond.
And when you stick on conversations burs.
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful
o. ". Holmes.
He that will watch Providence will never
want Providence to wateh.-F1avei.
The Prince who KEEP: the world in awe.
Tile Judge whose dictate fiX'd the law.
The rich. the poor. the great. the small
Are levell'd: death confounds 'em all
Gay: Fables.
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He that Is merry OF heart hath contin-
ual feast.-The Bible.
Wilt thou seal UP the avenues Of III!
Pay every debt as II God wrote the bill!
Frugality is founded on the principle that
ell rich have iimts.-Burke.
Force is 70 arsumest.-John Bright.
ininl.st thou there arc no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the lucklcss foot that presses them?
There are who in tn. path OF social life
Do bask their spotted skins in Fortunes sun.
And citing the sou
-JoaNNa bdlJlle.
For Destiny never swerves.
Nor Yields to men the helm:
He shoots his thought by hidden nerves.
Throughout the solid realm.
The patient Dae!non sits,
With roses and a shroud:
He has his way. and deals his gifts.
But ours Is not allowed
Emerson.
do my duty. Other things trouble me not.
For they are either things without life. or
things without reason. or things that have
rambled and know not the way.-Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus.
Well. whies l am beggar, I will rail
And say--there Is no vice but to be rich;
And being rich. my virtue then shall be
To say there Is no vice but beggary.
Shakespeare.
We seldom find people ungratefnl so long
as it is thought that We can serve them.-
La Rochefoucauld.
1t Is much easier to oe critical than to be
A friend may we'll be reckoned the MASTER
piece Of Nature.
Discomfort is the want OF seIt-reliance: it
is iniirmity of the will.-Emerson.
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DOWN TO SLEEP.
woods are bare and still: