Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Lots of people are miserable in this world because they do not have enough to do. They do not get wise to the cause of their trouble while others do. They think their way is the way to i've; and that their ease is an evil dence of their superiority They do not know that hustle and health are closely related; or that idlenesS and misery are akin. Superior health and superior usefulness are the real things to feel well over. There is too much pride over superior qualities of much less consequence. Those who think themselves the select, or the elect, here, arc not likely to be the saints of tn better land. Self and self measurement do not pass-man must abide the divine estimate and there is no way for him to get away from it. This IS why we have been notified that Humility is the foundation of all the virtues.'
 Next to being haunted by a ghost is a persistent feeling of loneliness. There Is really no need of such a distressful feeling; but if the mind gets set upon recognizing it, there is no denying that it is a bad habit It Is possible 10 have a chronic lonely feeling in the midst of company; and it is possible to be without 1t when one seems to be solitary Everything in this world is not what it seems to be. Some people can never be alone, they have such a sense of the near ness of God and His angels; and others are alone if one solitary taper of heart-love has been snuffed out, whatever may be their environment. l fa ba fTra7i4 of all lGgh no the fiend of a base imagination No one can be lonely in the world who is alive to the beauty of nature and the love of God expressed through 1t.
 It is a fact no one nlarries a person equal to their ideal although it must be conceded that the best belles and beauX in the world are said to have found one another Only a few keep up the original estimate of their part ner They admit to themselves, if to no one else, that they have not welded a person equal to their estimate. But a few manage to hold fast to their dreams, as was evidenced by the wo- man the assessor asked what her hus- band was worth, who said she did not know, but she would not sell him for a million dollars. She put more value upon him than he showed confidence in her as her lack of knowledge showed. But we cannot help admir- ing the spirit of a man or a woman that rings true in speech. We men, of course, take to the women who en- dorse the sentiment of Josiah Aliens wife, who declared: "A good and true man is the best job old Nature ever turned off her hands, or ever will"
 
 Do you believe every one has some kind of philosophy. just as every one has some kind of a creed? 1 wish I knew they had; but I'll venture to say there seems to be room for a. reason able doubt of it. Some rationalists say find out how man views things and you have found out what he is" This is the mental jimmy which is recom- menued to pry open the windows of your soul. Under some conditions then it is safer not to have views than to have them. Of course, the star you are steering your craft through life by will disclose to any as tronomer what direction y9u are talk ing. We have to admit that too many appear to be steering fer the Gulf Stream, or hotter water. You get the folks together who think they have the true philosophy of life, and you'll dis cover there are several uhilosophies if not more. The people who make honesty their hobby will not ride into the abyss of dlshonor. One-half the world would not know creed if they saw it, and few of the remainder car repeat the creed they pretend to live by.