Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1883 — A Philosopher’s Reflections. [ARTICLE]

A Philosopher’s Reflections.

“Life is too short to quarrel much, although you mav think it a little strange that I should sdy so; but then, I have had experience in that regard. When w*e get older we look back upon life. There is very little of it, and we ask: *What is the good of it?* Reflect a moment. When was the happiest npment of your life ? It was when you got over your quarrel with somebody and shook hands and said:‘ Now, ft's all over.’ TBefe is "not" a man of yon —I wiH not say women, because ladies never have any quarrels—there is not a man of yon who will not say that, the happiest moment of your life was when-you settled a little difficulty with your neighbor, and bocame friends and ceased to hold each other at arm’s length."— -B. F. Butler.