Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1879 — GEMS OF THOUGHT. [ARTICLE]

GEMS OF THOUGHT.

most people consider second-hand goods uw cheapest. ;'1 ftod^f^lJaim* 11 * 1 ***** ** Carlyle: A library Is not like a dead city of stones, yearly crumbling and needing repair, but like a * spiritual tree. There it stands, and yields its precious fruit from year to year and from age to age. w MabcOß Antoktnius : “The happiness of your life depends upon tne quality of your thoughts; therefore, guard aucordingly, ana take care that yoa entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and unreasonable to nature.” Richahd Steele: “It is not much thought of, but it is certainly a very important lesson, to learn how to enjoy ordinary life, and be able to relish your being, without the transport of some passion, or the gratification of some appetite.” Bey. Charles Brooks, father of the State nqrmal schools in America, was asked by a teacher this - question: “What shall X teach my pupils?” He answered, “Teach them thoroughly these live things: First, to live religiously; second, to think comprehensively; third, to reckon mathematically! fourth, to converse fluently; and fifth, to write grammatically. If you successfully teach them these five things, you will nobly have done your duty to your pupils, to their parents, to your country, and to yourself.” Benjamin Franklin: There are two ways of being happy—we may either diminish our wants or augment our means—either will do, the result is the same; and it is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be easiest. If you are idle or sick or poor, however hard it may be for you to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. If you are active and prosperous, or young, and in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your means and diminish your wants. But if you are wise you will do both at the same time, young or old, rich or poor, sick or wek; and, if yon-are very wise, you will do both in such a way as to augment the general happiness of society. There are society girls and home girls. One the kind that appears tbe abroad—the girls that are good for parties, visits, balls, etc., whose chief delight lain such things. The othei the kind that appears beet at home—the girls that are cheerful and useful in the dining room, the sick room, and the precincts of home. They differ widely in character. One is frequently a torment at home; the other is a blessing. One, is a moth, consuming everything about her; the other is a sunbeam, inspiring life and goodness all along the pathway. Now it does not necessarily follow that there shall be two classes of girls. Tbe right modification would modify them both a little, and unite their charters into one.