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Collectanea.
"We gain nothing by falsehood , but the disadvantage of not being believed when wc speak the truth . " "A young wiferemonstratedwithherhusband . a dissipated spendthrift , on his conduct . ' Love / said he , ' I am like the prodigal son ; I shall reform by-and-by . ' ' I will be like the prodigal son , too / she replied , ' for I will arise and go to my father . ' "
" Adversity exasperates fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and ingenious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , anil makes the falling industrious . Much might be said in favour of adversity , but the worst of it is , it has no friend . " BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ALLEGORY . — "A humming-bird once met a butterfland being pleased with the beauty of its person and glory of
y , its wings , made an offer of perpetual friendship . ' 1 cannot think of it / was the reply , ' as you once spurned me , and called me a drawling dolt . ' 'Impossible / exclaimed the humming-bird , 'I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you . ' ' Perhaps you do now / said the other , ' but when you insulted me , I was a caterpillar . So let me give you this piece of advice—never insult the humble , as they may one day become your superiors . '"
A MOTHER ' S LOVE . — " The love of a mother is never exhausted , it never changes , never tires . A father may turn his back on his child , brothers may become inveterate enemies , husbands may desert their wives , wives their husbands—but a mother ' s love endures through all , in good repute , in bad repute , in the face of the world's condemnation , a mother still loves on ; still hopes that her child may turn from his evil ways and repent ; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with delight , the merry laugh , the joyful shout of his childhood , the opening promise of his youth : and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy . "
TUB SANGUINE AND THE OVER-CAUTIOUS . — ' There are many , men , especially at the outset of life , who , in their too eager desire for the end , overlook the difficulties in the . way ; there is another class , who see nothing else . The first class , wai / sometimes fail ; the latter . rarely succeed . " - S . T . Coleridge . ... , ,. .,.
RECONCILEMENT . — " It is a blessed thing—and they who love sincerely know well hew blessed—when , after a moment of misunderstandingnay , perhaps even of , mutual transgression—to repose heart against heart , and feel , sincerely feel , that one certainty is ' to . be found on earth , one certainty which defies " all the power of liell , orie ' eertaihty which' is heaven upon earth —that they love one another —that they belong to orie ; another —that nothing , nothing in . the \ yorld , shall divide those ' who have found 1
each other in true , celestial love . " . O ! this' is " a certainty / the ' most beautiful which is to be found upon , ' earth—a certainty , tlie ' groiiiid ' and guarantee of every other . He felt it well , that' man , ' -who / about to pass from the theatre of life , laid his hand' upon his heart , ' -aria said , 'I'love , therefore I an : immortal !'—From Marij Howitfs new work' "The President s Daughters . " ' "'"'''
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Collectanea.
"We gain nothing by falsehood , but the disadvantage of not being believed when wc speak the truth . " "A young wiferemonstratedwithherhusband . a dissipated spendthrift , on his conduct . ' Love / said he , ' I am like the prodigal son ; I shall reform by-and-by . ' ' I will be like the prodigal son , too / she replied , ' for I will arise and go to my father . ' "
" Adversity exasperates fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and ingenious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill , awes the opulent , anil makes the falling industrious . Much might be said in favour of adversity , but the worst of it is , it has no friend . " BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ALLEGORY . — "A humming-bird once met a butterfland being pleased with the beauty of its person and glory of
y , its wings , made an offer of perpetual friendship . ' 1 cannot think of it / was the reply , ' as you once spurned me , and called me a drawling dolt . ' 'Impossible / exclaimed the humming-bird , 'I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you . ' ' Perhaps you do now / said the other , ' but when you insulted me , I was a caterpillar . So let me give you this piece of advice—never insult the humble , as they may one day become your superiors . '"
A MOTHER ' S LOVE . — " The love of a mother is never exhausted , it never changes , never tires . A father may turn his back on his child , brothers may become inveterate enemies , husbands may desert their wives , wives their husbands—but a mother ' s love endures through all , in good repute , in bad repute , in the face of the world's condemnation , a mother still loves on ; still hopes that her child may turn from his evil ways and repent ; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with delight , the merry laugh , the joyful shout of his childhood , the opening promise of his youth : and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy . "
TUB SANGUINE AND THE OVER-CAUTIOUS . — ' There are many , men , especially at the outset of life , who , in their too eager desire for the end , overlook the difficulties in the . way ; there is another class , who see nothing else . The first class , wai / sometimes fail ; the latter . rarely succeed . " - S . T . Coleridge . ... , ,. .,.
RECONCILEMENT . — " It is a blessed thing—and they who love sincerely know well hew blessed—when , after a moment of misunderstandingnay , perhaps even of , mutual transgression—to repose heart against heart , and feel , sincerely feel , that one certainty is ' to . be found on earth , one certainty which defies " all the power of liell , orie ' eertaihty which' is heaven upon earth —that they love one another —that they belong to orie ; another —that nothing , nothing in . the \ yorld , shall divide those ' who have found 1
each other in true , celestial love . " . O ! this' is " a certainty / the ' most beautiful which is to be found upon , ' earth—a certainty , tlie ' groiiiid ' and guarantee of every other . He felt it well , that' man , ' -who / about to pass from the theatre of life , laid his hand' upon his heart , ' -aria said , 'I'love , therefore I an : immortal !'—From Marij Howitfs new work' "The President s Daughters . " ' "'"'''