The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-14
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Great abundance of riches cannot be
! gathered and kept by any man without sin.
-AErasn,us.
We can finish nothing in this life; but
we may make beginning and bequeath
| noble xample.-SanaueI Smiles.
1t is the spirit that quickeneth; let the
spirit be sound and there IS no occasion for
depression or fatigue over its problems.
Stevenson.
Chance is but the pSeudonym of God
for those particular cases which he does not
choose to subscribe openly with His sign
manual. -Coleridge.
Credit is the greatest wealth to every
one who carries on commerce; for credit,
though it is not productive power, is pur-
chasing power.-John Stuart Mil.
The secret of eternal life and happiness
is to be ever pushing forward toward the
new, or forgetting those things which are
behind, and pressing forward to those which
are before. '-Prentice Mulford.
The fervor of the sunbeams descending
in tidal flood rings on the strung harp of
of earth. 1t is this exquisite undertone,
heard and ye, unheard. which brings the
mind into sweet accordance with the wonder
full instrument of Nature. -RichdrdJ eferies.
Adversely is medicine which people
are rather fond Of recommending indis-
criminately as panacea for their neighbors.
Like other medicines, it only agrees with
certain constitutions. There are nerves
which it braces, and nerves which it utterly
shatters.-Justim Mccarthy.
The way to fortune is like the Milky
Way in the sky, which is meeting of
number of small stars, not seen asunder,
but giving light together. So there are
number of little and scarce discerned virtues
or rather faculties and customs that make
men fortunate. -Bacon
Some very dull and sad people have
genius. though the world may not count it
as such; genius for love, or for patience,
or for prayer, maybe. We know the divine
| spark is here and there in the WORLDWIDE
will say under what manifestations, OF
humble disguise3-A. j. Thackeray.
The bread of bitterness is the food on
which men grow to their fullest stature;
the waters of bitterness are the debatable
ford through which they reach the shores
of wisdom; the ashes boldly grasped and
eaten without faItering are the price that
must be paid for the golden fruit of know
| ledge.-Ouida.
When we feel cast down with doubt,
torn with anxiety, weak from loss of faith,
faint with fear, let us look aloft at the stars
When we see those distant points of light,
knowing them to be centers of solar systems.
knowing that beyond are countless other
suns and worlds, let us pluck up a little
courage, and realize that we are part of
mighty law, stupendous plan,-Horace
Fletcher.
The more l study, the more 1 think
| the more l learn of men and women, the
more passionately do preach the gospel of
self-expression. As the sun invites the buds
to burst into flowers, as it draws the plants
from the darkness of the earth, as its caresses
call the life sap through the trunks of the
trees, so would l have my writing and my
! life invite men and women out of the dark!
ness that enfolds them and into the sunshine
and the warmth of the joy that comes from
! the fullest self-expression. Gods COM
mands. feel sure, are sent to US in the form
of desires, That which we desire TO do
with all our strength, that which we most
love to do, is what God wants us to do.
-Thomne Dro:or