The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-31

''If every year we could root out one vice
would sooner become perfect men" Impatence
is at the root OF many defeats. II is customary
nowadays to sneer at the virtue for which the
name of Job is synonymous. but those who say
that patience is the virtue OF an ass or beggars
virtue not wise the Spanish proverb
maker who said:
Patience! and shuttle the cards" Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly enough, but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp the stars at bound
they fall back TO the earth.
And so. II people at he commencement OF a
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities, and instead OF signing for the
unattainabe made the very most OF the oppor-
tunities vouchsafed TO them. one would hear less
OF broken resolutions and wasted lives.
do the duty which lies nearest TO thee which
thou knowest TO be duty" said Carlyle Thy
second duty will already have become clearer"
The Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out OF fash
ion. On the last night OF the year we no longer
sit down to review past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than have been In the
past. 1T is OF no use making resolutions. never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof
fered This is a mistake, however. II is com
mendable TO resolve (an alarm clock helping oneb
TO get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
morning even though II results-as. alas! II too
II is what one aspires to be that counts.
II people could live more in the present IL
would help them enormously in the keeping OF
good resolutions SO many people persist In be-
ing just a little ahead all the time
Tomorrow" they say. we will reform" but
the tomorrow OF their imagnngs never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
ly diverse people as Horace the Latin poet who
nourished in 50 B. G.. and pushful persons who
flourish Exceedingly at the present day. Join
issue I'm this particular.
who begins. possesses half the deed" says
Horace.
Dare TO be wise: make a commencement"
do II now" is the curt command OF the mod
ern apostle OF "Hvstle." Again, Horace says. II
you ignoran. how to live Alright. give place
TO those who have learned the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manikn, following
in more concentrated II less courteouo language
the same line OF thought on a somewhat lower
plane. The concerned with the things
OF the soul and the spirit: the other with worldly
advancement There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together but II (as has bsen
contended by many men OF wisdom) what man
r. is OF more importance than what he has II 10
well 20 make spiritual advancement the years
go by. N we have not made progress we have
gone back. The soul stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom.
Pass thou, Wild heart
Wild heart OF youth that still
Hast half mind TO stay.
grow too old a comrade;
Let Va part
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the folIIes and immaturities
OF youth into old age There Is wisdom IN ad
Iustng oneself TO time. TO profit by past expert
ences. and 10 acquire that sense OF proportion
which refuses TO magnify trines into tragedies,
and TO worry over the inevitable.