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him: i he m an who ¡< content with
less is a slave or a coward or both.
B rig h t T h in g s said by
O th ers.
T he three lessons th a t are the
better for knowing: That cheerful
ness can change m isfortune into
love and friends; th at in ordering
i oneself arig h t one helps others to
do the sam e; and th at the power
j
h
o< finding beauty in the hum blest
,
¡things makes home happy and life
lovely.
j
We take pride in our o uter he-
in g , we bpdpek OUf b(xJy to(Jay and
j 8we„ witb pride at 011r app„a'rance.
T ru th is m ighty— th at is, m ights
scare.
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Be su re you a re rig h t a n d th en
. . .
stav right there.
The life work of a wise man may
be destroyed by a fool in a day.
Unless a n u n possesses self-con-
.rol he is liltle better than a slave,
L«»ts of lies pass for tru th sim ply To-morrow we are a mass of cor-
because no in vestigation is dem and- ruption to he buried out of sight,
ed.
Ah! and w hat then? Is there a
The m an who lives for self a lo n e ' sp irit’ an essence lh at "» tliv es the
h asn ’t m uch of an object to live bod>' and lf 8O> w hat is !t and
f u.
where is it? T hink it out.
Wise men change their m inds
occasionally, but fools have none
to change.
,
th e re are more hu m an wrecks
,
than railroad wrecks aud sunken
battleships.
r
You cannot reform the world by
persuading the people th a t there is
nothing wrong with anybody.
The most useful m an is the one
who dares to explore for som ething
and when found gives it to h u m an
ity.
A single rosebud sent in leva to a
sick and suffering friend, will give
more pleasure than heaps of flowers
piletl on his coflin.
G enuine study of hum an charac-
i ^er does not consist in studying
other people; you can see yourself
better than vou can see others; you
,
a.
,
can a ^alvze your own motives and
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, . ,
desires; besides, vou are alw ays
n> xr
with yourself.
lo u m ust . , know
yourself; the transform ation m ust
take place in your own character;
you m ust overcome. Look w ithin,
with the searchlight of scieuce.
Then you will by able to undestand
how greatly others need to do the
same!
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