Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-12-31

eff every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men," lmpatience
is at the root of many defeats. 1t is customary
nowadays to sheer 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 so wise the Spanish proverD-
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 The commencement OF
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities and instead of signing for the
unattainable 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 no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than have been in the
past. 1T is of no making resolutions never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof
fered. This is mistake, however. 1t is COM
mendable to resolve Can alarm clock helping one)
to get up half hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though it reSultS-aS, alas! it too
often does-in getting up half hour later.
It is what aspres to be that counts
If people could live more in the present it
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, 1--WE will reform" but
the tomorrow Of their imaginings 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
fourshed in IS B. c., and pushful persons who
at ha ia 1oly1
issue in this particular
who begins, possesses half the Decd" says
Horace.
Dare to be wise; make a commencement"
do it now" is the curt command of the mod
ern apostle OF Hustle Again, Horace says. IF
you are ignorant how to live Alright, give place
to those who have learned the lesson"
Get on or get out" says manikin, following
in more concentrated, il less courteous language
the same line of thought on somewhat lower
plane The one concerned with the things
of the soul and the spirit the other with worldly
advancement. There some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but If las has been
contended by many men of wisdom) what q man
is is of more Importance than what he has, it is
well to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. If 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 comrade;
Let us part,
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and immaturities
of youth into old age. There is wisdom in adj
justing oneself to time, to profit by past expert
ences, and to acquire that sense Of proportion
which refuses to magnify trihes into tragedies,
and to worry over the inevitable.