Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-12-31

"If every year we could root out vice We
would sooner become perfect men" lmpatisneo
is at the root OF many defeats. Il 10 customary
nowadays 10 sneer at tho virtue for which the
name OF Job lie synonymous, but those who say
that patience is the virtue OF an ass or beggars
virtue are not so wise 20 the Spanish proyerb'
maker, who said
Patience! and shunie the cards" Most people
shufhe the cards eagerly nough. but the patience
is lacking Seeking to grasp the stars AT bound
they fall back 10 the earth.
And SO. II people at he commencement OF .
New Year adjusted theis desires In accordance
with their abilities and instead Of signing for the
unattainable made the Sery most OF the oppoF.
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. "rhy
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
BIt down to review our past lives and resolve II
be better and wiser" than we have been In tho
past at is OF no use making resolutions never
can keep Them" Is the plea that Ii usually prot.
fered. This is a mistake. however Il IL com.
mendable to resolve Ian alarm clock helping onel
to get up half hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though IT results-as. alasl II TOP
often does--in one getting W half an hour later.
II Is what aspires TO be that counts.
II people could live more IN the present Il
would help them enormously In the keeping 1i
good resolutions. SO many people persist In BIZ.
ing Just little ahead all tho time.
Tomorrow" they say. we will REFORM bHt
the tomorrow OF their imaginings never dawns
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as TO the dangers Of REORGANIZATION Such vide.
~ diverse people as Horace, the Latin poet who
fourished in So d. C.. and pushful persons who
flourish exceedingly at the present dag. Ior
issue In this particular.
Who begins. possesses half tho Decd Hats
Horace.
Dare to be wise: make a commencement"
DO IT now" is the curt command of the med
ern apostle of Hustle. Again. Horace says III
you are ignoran. how to live Alright give pIake
10 those who have learn d the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manlkin following
in more concentrated. II tess courteous language
the line Of thought on 4 somewhat love-
plane The was concerned with the thngr
OF the soul and the spirit the other with worldly
advancement There are some who contend tAal
the two cannot 20 together. but II las has baeu
contended by many men Of wisdam1 what : man
Ii is OF more Importance than what he has Il II
well TO make spiritual advancement as the years
go by II we have not made progress we haYs
gone back. The soul never stands stDI Time ia,
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou. Wild heart.
Wild heart Of youth that stfi
Hast half mind tosBtay
grow too old q comrade;
Let us part
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the foIIIes and imma.urilis,
Of youth into old age There 10 wisdom In ad
justing oneself 10 time. 70 profit by past experi
ences. and to acquire that sense of proportion
which refuses TO magnify trtHes into tragedies
and 10 worry over the Inevitable