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Show Til Descrot J: SUPPLEMENT. A nee Qf It war. n y J. P R I I. 1 , 1 S 9 2 consequence is that society is about as much out of balance in every way as people are iu their mtkeu. But wnat tnrows society outot balance more than anything else is the ital force aud propelling power. Tne working or c m tive power is frequently :u re har monious than tne propping p v r. When the body is out ot balance th mind is quit sur to ru ; aud wtint it un qual, t ie life A it, is wiiu tne body, so is it with kic mind. Ttiert are no more organs and fundi iis of the body than are necessary for use; there are no more special faculties of the mind than there are positive demands for; and when a man has all the meutal powers fully developed aud equally active, the operations of the mind will be equal, and the result will -- 1 i, s va:u. The great delect in the human race is the want of balance of power. A watcu may be ever so costly and well and made, but if the balance w regulating power are imperfect, the watch cannot be depended upon for giving the rig Jt time. S j of machinery ; if the balance of power be wanting, the working of the machinery is liable to do more harm than good. In like manner, when a nation das lost its regulating power, it lesius to fail. be success. Our habits and education, our varied The same is tiue uf all bodies of men, corporations, societies, churches, m des of working and doing business, institutions, and families. Tnere are warp the mind and break up harmony but few perfectly balanced men in the of action and balance of power. I have world, and they are the ones that the section of a tree where a knot was Succeed" in tne truesensw of the term. tied in it when a tender twig and the Ail out of baiauci are lude to fail, knot still remains. A strong distinct aucfif they uo nut tail, it is because awakening of the feelings, a sudden they are sustained by some outside turn in the life, any passion or emotion strongly acted upon, or a powerful force independent of themselves. or motive for action, make In what, then, does balance of power stimulus are never eradicated, consist? it will be asked. A watch is impressions that and the wnole course of life is affected made ol a certain number of wheels, thereby. A serious mistake or a wrong largu aud small, variously made and act becomes a part of the mind; a failadapted one to another, aud connected ure has a crippliog influence ; a success with the in is a mainspriug and a Is a stimulus that is never lost sight of. regulation power, all encased and care- Many are born wrong, fed wrongly, fully protected. Just so u is with the educated wrongly, turn the wrong body; it is made up of a certain num- corner, go into tne wrong company, ber of organs, adapted to certain f uncform wrong habits, are guided by tion aud their operations. In prowrong motives, get into the wrong portion as these organs are of the right business, and hence never fairly sucsize, quality and strength is there har- ceed in life. mony of bodily propoition and beauty It is the balanced man or woman as a of form; and with proper training whole that succeed as a whole; those there would be ease and grace of mot- who succeed only in oue or two direcion and balance of physical power. tions are only partly developed. In all are But very few thus made and a still ages there are a few balanced men less number are properly trained and whose saving iniluence to society is diciplined to action. like salt to meat. They show what Society is made up for the most part humanity can do when balanced and of those who have too much or too harmonious; their manners go down little brain of poor or good quality ; j through many generations as samples too much or too little body for the of humanity to be imitated. Such were brain; too much or too little bone, Daniel the prophet, Joseph the son of muscle, nerve, blood, or degistive Jacob, Washington, and a number of power, and with many of these in a others whose names will readily occur diseased or deranged condition. The to the reader. University Herald. ui-min- i. tit-e-l d How he Began, Jus'. wharves of Glaj'gow, on ttie banks of the Clyoe, tht-ronce livl a factory buy wnoin I w 11 call I)ivi Atthf Hgeof ten he entered the co' ton factory as a 'piicer " was einyloyt d f imi hx o'clock in the morning uuiill tight at night. His paieuts were very poor, im1 he d Well knew that his mus: ie a of very hard labor. But then and there in that buzzing factory, he resolved that he would obtain an educatiou and btcome an intel ligent and useful man. With his very first wetk's wat'es hepurchaed Kuddi-man'v-- h e boy-hoo- s "Rudiments of Latin " He then entered an evening school which met between the hours of eight and ten. He paid the expences of his instruction out of his own hard earnings. At the age of sixteen he could read Virgil and Horace as readily as the pupils of tne English grammar schools. He next began a course of self truction. He had been advanced in the factory from a piecer to a spinning jenny. He brought his books to the factory and, placing one of them in the "Jenny" with the lesson before him' he divided his attention between the running of the spindles and the rudiments of knowledge. He entered Glasgow university. He knew that he must work his way ; but he also knew the power of resolution and was willing to make almost any sacrifice to gain the end. He worked at cotton spinning in the summer, lived frugally and applied his pavings to his college studies in the winter. He completed the allotted course, and at the close was able to say, with praiseworthy pride, "I never bad a farthing that I did not earn." That boy was Dr. David Livingstone. Sel. True to Her Colors. Mrs. Cassel Gardner (to new servant) I have had a good many girls, but you are about the greenest of the lot. Miss O'Toole. T'hank'e. ma'am ; I thries to be thruc to me colors. ruck. |
