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Collectanea.
The most important principle , perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , a useful one if possible , and , at all events an innocent one . —Sir 11 . Davy . The mightiest changes that the world has ever seen were made by men whose only talents were love of truth , love of man , and love of God .-Croly . CONSCIENCE . — " A good conscience is better than two witnesses—it will
consume your grief as the sun dissolves ice . It is a spring when you are thirsty—a staff when you are weary—a screen when the sun burns you—a pillow in death . " SEVERE RETORT . — " You had better ask for manners than money , " said a finely-dressed gentleman to a beggar who asked for alms . "I asked for what I thought you had the most of , " was the reply of the little mendicant .
THEORY or MARRIAGE . — "There wasa merry fellow who supped with Pluto three thousand years ago , and the conversation turned on love and the choice of wives . He said , " he had learned from a very early tradition , that man was created male and female , with a duplicate set of limbs , and performed his locomotive functions with a kind of rotary movement as a wheel ; that he became in consequence so excessively insolent , that Jupiterindignantsplit him in two ; since that timethat each runs
, , , through the world in quest of the other half ; if the two original halves meet , they are a very loving couple : otherwise they are subject to a miserable , scolding , peevish , and uncongenial matrimony . The search , he saicl , was rendered difficult , for the reason , that if one man alighted upon a half that did not belong to him , another did necessarily the same , till the whole affair was thrown into irretrievable confusion . "
PROOF POSITIVE . —A insults B . B challenges him . A , refuses to meet B , on the ground that he is no gentleman . B insists that he is , and in proof , produces the receipt for his newspaper , paid six months in advance!—New Orleans Picayune . ORIGIN OP THE NAME OP DOG-STAR . —'' It being observed that the heliacal rising of Sirius preceded a few mornings the rise of the Nile , this star received in Egypt the popular appellation of the Dog-Star , in allusion to the fidelity of the dog , ivho warns his master to remove his property from impending danger . "
" It is temper whieh makes the bliss of home , or disturbs comfort . It is not in the collision of intellect that domestic peace loves to nestle . The home is in the forbearing nature—in the yielding spirit—in the calm pleasures of a mild disposition , anxious to give and receive happiness . " ENJOYMENT . —It is something to look upon enjoyment , so that it be free and wild in the face of nature , though it is but the enjoyment of an idiot . It is something to know that heaven has left the capacity of
gladness in such a creature ' s breast ; it is something to be assured that , however lightly men may crush that faculty in their fellows , the Great Creator of mankind imparts it even to his despised and slighted work . Who would not rather see a poor idiot happy in the sunlight , than a wise man pining in a darkened goal ? — Dickens . A certain degree of self-respect is one of the best securities against moral degradation . —Dr . Davy .
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Collectanea.
The most important principle , perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , a useful one if possible , and , at all events an innocent one . —Sir 11 . Davy . The mightiest changes that the world has ever seen were made by men whose only talents were love of truth , love of man , and love of God .-Croly . CONSCIENCE . — " A good conscience is better than two witnesses—it will
consume your grief as the sun dissolves ice . It is a spring when you are thirsty—a staff when you are weary—a screen when the sun burns you—a pillow in death . " SEVERE RETORT . — " You had better ask for manners than money , " said a finely-dressed gentleman to a beggar who asked for alms . "I asked for what I thought you had the most of , " was the reply of the little mendicant .
THEORY or MARRIAGE . — "There wasa merry fellow who supped with Pluto three thousand years ago , and the conversation turned on love and the choice of wives . He said , " he had learned from a very early tradition , that man was created male and female , with a duplicate set of limbs , and performed his locomotive functions with a kind of rotary movement as a wheel ; that he became in consequence so excessively insolent , that Jupiterindignantsplit him in two ; since that timethat each runs
, , , through the world in quest of the other half ; if the two original halves meet , they are a very loving couple : otherwise they are subject to a miserable , scolding , peevish , and uncongenial matrimony . The search , he saicl , was rendered difficult , for the reason , that if one man alighted upon a half that did not belong to him , another did necessarily the same , till the whole affair was thrown into irretrievable confusion . "
PROOF POSITIVE . —A insults B . B challenges him . A , refuses to meet B , on the ground that he is no gentleman . B insists that he is , and in proof , produces the receipt for his newspaper , paid six months in advance!—New Orleans Picayune . ORIGIN OP THE NAME OP DOG-STAR . —'' It being observed that the heliacal rising of Sirius preceded a few mornings the rise of the Nile , this star received in Egypt the popular appellation of the Dog-Star , in allusion to the fidelity of the dog , ivho warns his master to remove his property from impending danger . "
" It is temper whieh makes the bliss of home , or disturbs comfort . It is not in the collision of intellect that domestic peace loves to nestle . The home is in the forbearing nature—in the yielding spirit—in the calm pleasures of a mild disposition , anxious to give and receive happiness . " ENJOYMENT . —It is something to look upon enjoyment , so that it be free and wild in the face of nature , though it is but the enjoyment of an idiot . It is something to know that heaven has left the capacity of
gladness in such a creature ' s breast ; it is something to be assured that , however lightly men may crush that faculty in their fellows , the Great Creator of mankind imparts it even to his despised and slighted work . Who would not rather see a poor idiot happy in the sunlight , than a wise man pining in a darkened goal ? — Dickens . A certain degree of self-respect is one of the best securities against moral degradation . —Dr . Davy .