Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-07
TIE MAN WHO TALKS

lf7E MAN VIII TALKS II
ne In worse>eo Aeanorn senvious than
lSeo be born with a hair-lip It In; o. sorn
spot no sarehly snrgeon can heal, and
usually invoked. Envy sets its roots
IN weakness and blossoms into misery
@ neaghbors success makes one afflice-
ed with It grow lean. 1t 10 q severe
handicap for TO be without envy In TO
be great. Envy increases Ats power OF
annoyance In proportion 60 selfish de-
sire Those who are only n little envt-
I.ous can hide their own guilt, but those
who are grtevously envtous disclose
their own consciousness OF inferiority,
| and expose their guilt to all. II they
| only knew the things they envy us OF
afford US the least happiness, they
would laugh at their own folly What
We don't know seems to increase cur
discomfort. Envy Is capable OF giving
one a foretaste of hell on earth. Il
inspires one with meanness and, like
the scorpion, has the power to sting
itself to death.
When I read from Cicero: There is
not a moment without some duty" !
feel thankful do not feel the pres
sure. It isn't healthy to be too con-
scious Of the urge of life. The nerves
ESSoIlC inc PT6SSuT6. some people mink
1t to be a fine manifestation of piety
to leave their duties to the Lord, APP
parently unmindful of the fact that
they who dodge duties are liable to-
avoid gains Many people seem to be
confused concerning the duties OF life
because they are so numerous; but
those who simply think ii is their duty
to do right go rambling right along in
the full enjoyment Of life. It doesn't
pay to so strain our eyes looking for
duties to perform that we get g. stra-
btsmtc view of life. or spiritual jim
jams concerning divine requirements.
Doing right keeps US in the straight
path, and duties just blossom along it
like violets by the edge of a brook;
and George Eliot tells us "the reward
of each duty done is the power to do
another"
Some people think they are saved by
grace. some by faith, and some by
works. and they give no thought to q
life Of service to or Of good influence
among their fellowmen. How many
ever think they may be saved some, but
not much. The safe idea may have
narrow or far-reaching boundaries.
| There is nothing definite about being
| saved any more than about being good
| or strong, or rich-it is possible to be
better, or stronger, or richer. II is
not what we seem to be, but what We
are that tells. The man who docs not
| intend to do much business this week,
| but next week intends to make business
ache" defers where others accomplish.
What makes for salvation is responsive
| activity to good thoughts now, not next
| week. Some people, depend too much
upon thinking good thoughts, when do
| ing good deeds is what counts. Some
men who join the church never get
far enough into the spirit OF it to feel
| sure whether they are associating with
| the goats or the sheep.
! wonder how a person can become
| too Intellectual to be intelligent? Per-
haps over estimating mentality, cod
ding pride and hitching both to con-
| ceit is what makes some intellectual
people appear weak and silly If con-
| ceit and learning did not mix any
better than oil and water it would be
| impossible for well-informed persons
| to succeed in making monkeys of
/ themselves. A little learning is not
as dangerous as an over supply of
1 worthless pride; and It doesn't make
much difference whether it is the
! pride which lends haughtiness to the
| soul, or prompts one to ape humility
and lick the dust, for pride goeth be-
fore fall, anyway. The intelligence
that is all wool and a yard wide and
| takes on indelible color has no van
ity in its warp OF wool.
L a THAI OT ~ says I0 1eUI DIS
young as he ever did he may be-
Heve himself, but no one else believes
1 him. 1t is not likely that he intends
| to prevaricate, but he does not re-
member how young he felt in the long
ago. The exuberance of life at 70
| which makes a man believe his own
faisities is worth having. Life is
spent for more than half the world
before they are 40; and to see the cur
rent of life running high in a mortal
| beyond three score and ten is won
/ derful; If we are in the habit of re-
4 gardfng it as being commonplace 1t
may be true that man is never any
older than he feels, but the world
| presumes to Judge his age by his
looks, and he usually looks it. Age
makes the head light and the feet
| heavy; and 1t is fortunate that "the
evening Of a weu-spent life brings 1ts
lamps with it" Gray hairs should be
respected by none more than by those
who have been silvered by time. He
is indeed fo-tunate whose foolishness
and wisdom seem well balanced at TO-
A bright paragrapher writes: Eve
had the best husband in the world
at that time" Since she had the only
one how could a comparison be made
How is It possible for a man to be
better or worse if there is no one
I else to compare him to. Since Adam
was not sharp enough to beat the
devil. OF ehrewd enough to keep a
| cotract and preserve his own domain
!, It is rot in evidence that he was SO
very capable; and as he blamed his
wife for his errors he falls considera-
| BILE short of the manhood which COM
nands respect today. Adam left nc
autobiography. and it must have been
difficult for the writer to learn much
about him, since our knowledge OF
the early ages is all traditional The
record of Adam as a pioneer is far
from being satisfactory, and our in
heritance from him does not indicate
that there was any best lived in his
day.
A nan usually gets the best glimpse
81 of his own folly when he ventures to
build a house for his family according
Ito his own plans. The average man
knows just about as much about plan
:. ming a convenient house as he does
4 about constructing a Latin dictionary
When Mark Twain built n house with
the Kitchen where the attic usually
Il was located, the world was amazed
although it recognized that it is better
to be below the odors of the kitchen