The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-16
NOT WANT THINGS,
Ye Gods, Eiow Many Things There Are il
the World which r do not Want.,'

prospects she looks at him with clear
ereyes than usual and remarks, will
pain ut her heart, how white hi
hair is growing, how the lines have
deepened in his face-more than th,
difference in years warrant; and see,
how the CHEEKY, buoyant manner .o
other days has given place to preoo
cupied, anxious expression, as though
no could not quite free himself from
the worries Of business even in hi.
rare moments Of leisure. Unless the
world hiss such hold upon her tha,
che cannot free herself from it's grasp
she will realize that they are paying
too dear for it's favor, and that in fu.
ture it will be better for her to dc
without mapy of the things for which
her husbands life is being paid,
rather than to do without him.
& Great favorites as have been "Rob.
inson Crusoe' aud the NSwiss Family
Robison' with the young readers of
the world there is serious fault to.be
found with both those narratives. and
that is in the quantities Of things
which the authors allowed their heroes
to save from the wrecked ships. It
would have been much better to have
allowed them nothing but the clothes
they wore when the wreck occurred,
and then to have shown how we'll they
contrived to get on without any of
those things that We regard as neces-
sites. With the Swiss people parti-
oularly it is positively embarrassing to
hear sof all the superAuous wealth
they GET from the ship. A true gem
ius would have delighted in showing
the possibility Of finding substitutes
for the necessaries Of life or how they
did verrr well without them. The
consequence Of reading those books is
that each boy faacies nothing could be
more delightful than to be castaway
under such circumstances; and in fact
there are some older persons who
would not object to it either-at least
FOR a while.
After all, it is not half so hard to
10 without things as persons in easy
circumstances are likely to suppose.
ffey pity their poorer neighbors who
have not half the comforts they enjoy
md wonder how they manage to exist
without them; and all the time those
neighbors may not be giving thought
% those supposed deprivations. Never
'aving had much beyond the simple
leeds of life, and being blessed with
'ontented minds, they find much to
'njoy despite their poverty, and are
probably happier than those who are
Wasting pity upon them. It is the
constant comparing ourselves with
'thers that creates the discomfort
which embitters so many lives; and
hat spirit grows upon US until we
annot see our acquaintancea have
new without being inspired
nth desire to have it also. Failing
y that, we are filed with envy and
nur.nur at the fate which denies us
that it gives so abundantly. to Others.
treat possessions no moro insure hap
iness now than ehey did in the days
+ the Royal Preacher, who withheld |
ct his heart from any Joy, = which
hey COULD purchase, and yet found
hom all vanity and vexation Of spir-
!. The only things which we can
OF do without are those which vie
an carry with US into the future life, |
nd they are not generally those that |
ne world Graves or struggles greatly |
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