Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1881 — MOSAICS. [ARTICLE]

MOSAICS.

Who never walks save where he sees men’s tracks, makes no discoveries. Adversity is the trial of princ’ple. Without it a man hardly knows wheth-, er he is honest or not. It is one of the worst of errors to suppose that there is any other path of "lafety except that of duty. One of the greatest of all mental pleasures is to have our thoughts ofteE divined; ever entered into with sympathy. The pious man and the atheist al wavs talk of religion; the one of what he loves and the other of what he fears. Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indescreet use of it. If tuunder it-.elf should be continued it would excite no more terror than the noise of a mill. True silence Is the rest of the mind, and is to the body nourishment and refreshment. -Ib is a great virtue: it covers folly, keeps secrets, avoids disputes, and prevents sin.—Penn. The last, best fruit, which come 3 late to perfection, even in the kindliest soul is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the misanthropic. He who endeaVors to escape from life’s druggery may also cease to compete for life’s prize. Even if by maneuver or trick he Beize some of them, they will become but empty bubbles tbat have lost their significance. If you are a wise man you will treat tbe world as the moon treats it. Show it only one side of yourself! seldom show yourself too much at a time, and let what you show be calm, cool and poliahed. But look at every side of the world. - Seek not to please the world, hut your own conscience. The man who has a feeling within him that he has done his duty upon every occasion is for happier tn*n he who hangs upon thesmiles of the great,or the still more fickle favors of the multitude. Lock is ever waiting for something to turn up. Labor,with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up something. Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him the news of a legacy. Labor turns out at 6 o’clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance. Labor on character. —Uobden.