The state herald., 1915-12-31
A RLZlNNEI NE4PS EW REyzL ~e

'If every year could root out one vice We
would sooner become perfect men" Impatience
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 10 the virtue OF an ass or beggars
virtue are not so wise the Spanish proverb-
maker, who said:
Patience! and shuttle the cards" Most people
shufie the cards eagerly -nough. but the patience
is lacking Seeking to grasp the stars at bound
they fall baSk to the earth.
And so. II people at he commencement OF a
New Year adjusted thei. desires in accordance
with their abilities. and instead Of signing for the
unattanable made the ser, 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 kno~est 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 our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than we 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
mcndabls 10 resolve tan alarm clock helping one)
TO get up half an hour earlier than usual In the
morning. even though II results-as. alhsi It too
often does-in one getting up half an hour later.
II Is what one aspires to be that counts.
II people could live more In the present u
would help them enormously In the keeping OF
good resolutions. So many people persist In be.
ing Just 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 tho dangers OF procrnstination. Such wide
ly diverse people as Horace tho Latin poet who
hourishcd In 6b II. c.. and pushfui persons who
flourish texeeedngiy) ut tho present day. Join
issue In this particular.
Who begins. possesses half the deed says
Horace.
Dare 70 be wise: make n commencement"
DO II now" In the curt command OF the mod
crn apostle OF Hustle" Again, Horace says III
you arc gnorsD, how TO live Alright. give place
to those who have learn d the lesson"
Get ON or get out says manikin. following
In more concentrated. II ,cHn courteous q.
tho same line OF thought on u somewhat lower
plane The one was concerned with tho things
Of the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend thni
tho two cannot 40 together. but N las has been
contcndcd by many mon Of windomD what n man
IN In OF more Importance than what he has Il In
well 10 make spiritual advancement M tho years
go by. II wo have not made progress wo bayo
gon. back. The soul never stands still TImo I'm,
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou. wild heart.
Wild heart Of youth that stili
Hast half n mind to stay
! grow too old u comrndc,
Let IN part
Pass thou away
Some people drag the folllos aud immatutitie,
OF youth into old ago. There IN wlpdom IN nd
Iustlnr oneself 10 time. to profit by past expert
oncce and TO acquire that sense OF proportion
which refuses 10 magnify tfinos into lfngedIea
aud to worry over tho inevitable.