Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-31
THE OLD AND THE NEW

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Of as are seriously. II not sadly con
sciouu that the quick, elastic step OF
Youth has fallen to a steadier gait.
and that the voice that once 'piped
and thrilled in loftiest measures has
grown just little tremulous in the
higher notes. Time hastens on with
unwarying march. aud the wisest
mood Of the present is :toshold fellow
ship with the past. II is often wise
talk with our past hours, for u We
have only little patience. they will
teach Us much Of the truest philoso.
ply Of life.
The New Year is another milestone
We have passed on life's journey. OF
the great army who passed that Of enc
year ago. many have fallen BY the
wayside, and the land o. the living
willIknow them no more forever. 81.
many who are now on the high ruad
for the next milestone VII never
reach It, bat will be engulfed in ere
stormy seas separating Time tFom
Eternity. II has ever been thus. ana
viewed ia some aspects must - ere
cause Of inexpressible sadness. Ahat
a tragedy in Life and Death The
millions Of humanity that people this
old earth bare doomed 70 pass aWas
and beyond. and there 10 no cscape
The fountain Of perpetual youth exist.
snly in fable and story, aud be who
earns for eternal life can find 10 oniy
through death
We have read Of a mysterious island
whose people lived always, AMI were
the most unhappy that could b.
imagined. When n stranger came
with something that would cause
death it was purchased at fabulous
prices, so anxious were the inhabitants
fol a change, and so tired were they
Of living always in the flesh. This
year, like all others. has brought its
changes to the least eventful of lives.
We are apt to think of life in the mass
rhe individual is lost sight of in the
crowd, and yet there is no common
life that would not furnish enough
material for the most interesting of
biographies. The thoughts. the feel
iugs, the ambitions. the desires, the
Joys, tho SORROWS of the man whose
life has been one of ''even tenor if
we could but get at the facts OF the
case, would be much more wonderful
than the widest dream of the novel
list. II we doubt this for one moment
we only need to look back upon our
own past, and what panorama passes
before our vision The days and
weeks and months of another year
have been full to the brim of life s
lsgacies Of usefulness, and of its grand
opportunities of helpfulness. IL may
be that an honest review will serve to
awaken the pathetic mood mainly for
the past is full of pathos.
Sadness over mistakes yield the wis
dom that does not repeat the mis-
takes. A good life is not one that
never fails, but one that makes fail
ures stepping stones to better living /;
il is not one that is never defeated,
but one that runs defeats into vic
tories. The opportunities that are
past are past; they are beyond recall,
and there is nothing for il but to let
ths dead bury their dead, and march
ON to wiser and more thoughtful days.
Yeti is wiser to listen now and again
60 the pathetic voice of the past. II
We have been living beyond our
means, and are now suffering from
thoss anxieties debt is apt to create,
lst as devise ways and means by which
We can the more readily husband our
resources. If we have alienated friends
during the past by an exhibition Of
ungovernable temper, let as determine
to draw the reins of our will more
closely in the future and smile oftener.
In short. let us all resolve TO be better
msn aud women during 1905 than we
we're during the preceding year, and
life will be brighter and earth more
enjoyable. May 1905 be TO our read
srs, one and all
"A HAPPY NEW YEAR"