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Show OndCOf the Doctxines cf Confacianitzn. " t( (The following has been handed in for publication and we give it for what it is worth. Ed.) .When the -powers of. Heaven wan to confer a great mission to men of elite, they always commence by trying try-ing their soul, and their intelligence in the bitterness of difficult days; they tire -ih'eir : -nerves .'arid their bones through painful labors; with the pangs of hunger . they torture their flesh and skin; 1. they reduc their person to all the privations of misery and want; they-arrange that the results of their actions are contrary con-trary to what they expected. In that way they stimulate their soul, they harden their nature, they increase in-crease their fortitude and strengthen strength-en it with an energy without whiclv they .would have been unable to fulfil ful-fil their high destiny. Men always begin by- committing faults,. before they can correct themselves. them-selves. They, at first, feel anguish in their hearts; they are hindered in then purposes; . and then t they succeed. It is only when they have read upon the faces of other men, and.heard-wbat they say, that they areenlightened upon themselves. If, in the State there are not good men to help the Prince to .govern, and if, outside, there are not kingdoms king-doms to create wars, or other calamities, calam-ities, the State, perish fronj inanity. |
