AUGUST 1925
THE UNITED AMERICAN
line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody. Beware
HAPPINESS
of too much good staying in hand. It will fast corrupt
Marcus Aurelius.
and form worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort. — Emerson.
If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right
seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else
Begin today .planting good thoughts in your mental garden,
to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure; if thou
should hold to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, and stop planting inharmonious thoughts. Do not become
but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, discouraged if you do not reap a full harvest of good at once,
and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou A seed does not bear full fruit in a night. You may reap
utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is some of your old unprofitable plantings for awhile, but they
will run out eventually if you are persistent in sowing only
able to prevent this.
good thoughts.
— Weekly Unity.
MISTAKES AND COMEBACKS
A worthy object still pursue!
When the plumber makes a mistake he charges twice for it.
Be not a hollow tinkling fool!
When a lawyer makes a mistake he has a chance to try the
Sound understanding, judgement true,
case all over again.
Find utterance without art or rule;
When a carpenter makes a mistake it’s just what he ex-
And when with earnestness you speak,
pected.
Then is it needful cunning words to seek ?
When a judge makes a mistake it becomes a law of the land,
Your fine harangues, so polished in their kind,
When a preacher makes a mistake nobody, knows the dif-
Wherein the shreds of human thought ye twist,
ference.
Are unrefreshing as the empty wind,
But when an editor makes a mistake—good night!
Whistling through withered leaves and autumn mist!
— Goethe.
A WOMAN’S PRAYER
By Katherine Lynch
Spare me, 0 Lord, the crowded way,
Life’s busy mart where men contend.
For me the home, the tranquil day —
A little sock to mend.
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SUFFICIENT PROOF
Girl’s Father—Now that you are engaged to my daughter,
I want you to feel like one of the family.
Young Man—I do, sir. Your wife is bossing me already.
EVIDENCE OF CHARACTER
There is nothing which is a better indication of character
in a boy or girl than the way he behaves to the person who •
is poorer than he — poorer in position, in money, in talent,
in opportunity, in intellect, in character.
VALUE OF VICTORY
Henry Van Dyke.
It is better to make a thousand mistakes and suffer a
thousand reverses than run away from 'battle.
BETTER THINK IT OVER
From the French
A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks and
then reflects on what he has uttered.
A LOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR BETTER WAGES
A colored parson was appealing to his congregation for
funds. At the conclusion of his sermon he said:
“Bruddern, yoh-all knows dat youh parson kain’t preach
heah an’ board in Heaben.”
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Abraham Lincoln
Financial success is purely metallic. The man who gains
it has four metallic attributes—gold -in his palm, silver on
his tongue, brass in his face and iron in his heart.”
PLAIN BRUTALITY
Sioux City Journal
Some people have a queer idea of humor. If they learn
that any one is particularly “tender” on a certain subject,
they never fail to bring it up and talk about it. This is not
humor; it is brutality.
If you are wise you will dread a prosperity which only
loads you with more. ... In the order of nature we cannot
render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only
seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again,
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