Show LIGHT HEARTS AND HEAVY V there have always been men like 7 thoreau and bt st francis who b believed e says the london spectator that property brought with it a heavy heart and haye have refused as did the american philosopher to be bar har hessed to his possessions st fran cis ast cast agi asade cle every wel weight git that he be might trea free himself hams elf from abor row he and his IFs first disciples loved nothing earthly they were secure to in all places troubled by no fears distracted by no cares they lived without frogale troi Able of mind wait ing without solicitude for the corn com ing day st francis in the fastnesses of the italian hills singing french hymns among the highway robbers in 14 his whimsical lightness of heart makes a strange picture he ile knew french badly but it seemed to him the lan ian guage of gayety the founder under of the franciscans though we are told that he possessed what was quaintly called the gift of 0 tears when perform ing his devotions in his call was nev er seen abroad without a smile neith er would woula he tolerate any appearance d of heaviness tn in his followers 1195 he rebuked a brother to whom a deject ed manner had become babi habitual ing my brother repeat thy sins in private and do not appear before the community thus we are tor to think that those who make their i provided it is 1 t a fairly good one in the sweat of their brow have lighter hearts than those who make it iti in aa the of their brain the elgh spirits which seem to be enjoyed by domestic servants 41 to judge by the sounds which come I 1 upstairs are a case in point dust ing scrubbing and plate cleaning I 1 seem to weigh on he the heart tar far less than doctoring journalism or the study of law or theology too aftena spirits are broken by overwork or by disappointment in aa the wild W struggle to succeed vilich goes on among pro fi fess lonal ional people ceata certainly allily in the allt i j j arary world light hearts are general y lost early yet the lighthearted light hearted man of letters though be he la Is rare is I 1 S the most attractive of all light heart i ed men HA o 0 |