The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-12-30

'"If every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men" Impatcnce
1s at the root Of many defeats. 1t 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 beggar 8
virtue are not SO 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, If people at he commencement Of u
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities and instead Of signing for the
unattainable made the very most OF the oppor-
tunties vouchsafed to them, would hear less
of broken resolutions and wasted lives
do the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be a 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 mistake, however 1t Is com
mendable to resolve Gan alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though 1t results-as, alas! it too
often does-in one getting up half an hour later
II ls what one aspires to be that counts.
If people could live more in the present II
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 I'VE will reform" but
the tomorrow Of their imaginings never dawns
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers Of procrastnaton. Such wide.
ly diverse people as Horace the Latin poet who
nourished In 65 b. c., and pushful persons who
nourish (eXceedingly) at the present day oin
issue in this particular.
Who begins, possesses half the deed" says
Horace
Dare TO be wise; make a commencement"
DO 1t now, Is the curt command of the mod
ern apostle Of Hustle" Again Horace saws "If
you are gnoran: how to live Alright give place
10 those who have learned the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manikin following
In more concentrated, If less courteous languap pe
the same line OF thought somewhat lower
plane The concerned with tho things
or the soul and tho spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but If Gas has been
contended by many men Of wisdom) what man
ls is or more Importance than what he has It ia
wei to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by II we have not made progress, we have
gone back The soul never 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 crmrade.
Let us part,
Pass thou away
Some people drag the follies and immafur,,tos
or youth into old age. Inere is wisdom in nd.
Justing oneself to time. to profit by past experi-
encea, ana to acquire that sense Of proportion
which refuses to magnify trnes into tragedies,
and to worry the inevitable