Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-04
sERMoNETTEs

A cheerful idiot is better of than a
gloomy philosopher.
No one envies the pioneer until he
begins to gather his riches
Holding the hands Of the clock will
not abate the fight Of time.
Scores of the enormously rich are
dying Of capital punishment.
There's no "going down the hill"
II you keep your mental vigor.
Your aspirations are worth infinite
ny more TO you than your environment
1t would richly repay some folks TO
step in and get acquainted with them
selves,
Cheerfulness is coinage good in
every realm and will pass at par in
every land.
If You understand all about your
work you are working far beneath
your powers.
There is one passion TO which you
may make complete surrender-the
passion OF lofty ideal.
The more the human heart has been
infatuated, the more it resents an at.
tempt to galvsnize the dull, dead
thing into life.
Life. has no significance until il be.
comes the thester in which is staged
the drama OF your life, your individ-
nal powers being the chief actors.
MOntsigne declared that Truth is.
self hiss not the privilege TO be spoken
at all times" The one who cireulates
falsehood is himself liar, eing an
sccessory. Not whit better is the
one who deliberately peddles truth
he's gossip.
Abraham Lincoln once said when
/ am dead I want IL said OF me by !
those who know me best, that I al. |
ways plucked a thistle and plsnted a
flower where thought flower would
grow" And there are others-those
who would put up glazing sign. board
just where the thistle may
be found.
You'll never win out II you consult
with everybody you know--it means
II you are convinced that
you are on the right track and then do
not follow it unfiiuchingly; II you
are fortunate enough 10 find out the
best way OF doing thing and do not
do it; II you underestimate your
powers of judgment.
In the early Texas cattle days the
cowboys kept their vigils 1T night
riding round aud round the herd. The
sudden howl OF a wolf, or n strange
and unusual noise would bring on the
great stampede. Could that plugging
herd be cOntrolled-ihat all depended
On what the boys could do with the
lead stesrs." Have you never
watched humanity As II drifted Ia the
Of its leaden7 Have you
never walked up TO the fact that you
have lost your royal Independence and
had become the unconscious ssFf OF
ZONE regal leader7 Shame ON US
we're all guilty
A certain capitalist withheld i'm.
portant information from the stock
market ovsr.nigh! and made millions
Il raises an interesting question In
financial ethics. We wonder what
Wall Street Would say about such 8
transaction. Rotbs,hlld had advance
Of the defeat Of Napoleon
,t Waterloo. he made millions 10 The
Itoek market by keeping the Informs
ion 20 himself Was be honest In
making millions out Of usws Tor which
IN England was Eaiiing. Or 10 be 20 b.
,raised for the superior skill he die
,layed In obtaining advance Informs
ion Of fact, vital 10 The welfare Of the
Eh0ls WoFld?
Tee 20 refreshing these days g. nssi
mao Who isn't eaFfyibg On Cd muck
,ate around siih him Some Of ns sis
.lck and tired Of the isIloH Hho spsaks
y your faiiinFs bat f7fEsu ths temp
atIons roo have resisted. We're art