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Show -Take It Alsy.- 1 One cannot travel in Ireland withl perceiving that the so many horsepoy? nnd perpetual catohing of trains thee,-of thee,-of life is not ode that is accepted by Irish people, and I do not think it 6i will be. Their religion, thoir traditi tneir chief occupations), thoir temp. inent, all of which I suppose are clo& Allied, are opposed to it. Tho saying, "Takeitaisy, and if ean'e take it aisy take it as aisy as j sau," doubtless represents their thel of life, and, for my part, if it wera question either ci dialectics or of mc ols, I would sooner havo to defend th view of existence than tho so man horsepow er one. So far from a wise ma netting all ho can out of himself in or direction, he will, it seems to mo, ngsi Idly and carefully abstain from doinil fo in tho interests of that catholio anl harmonious development which requireec that ho should get a little out of him ?olf in every direction. 1 One would not liko to assert that thi hulk of tho Irish people aro "harmo- niously developed." But neither, if I may bo permitted to say eo, are ths Enclish or tho Scotch people, and as in reality all three probably err by Iob gided activity or lobsided inactivity, it siijl remains to be seen whether too oiuch perpetual catching of trains ortos Much taking it -'aisy" is, on the whole, he wi'-er course and tho less insane is. ferpretntion of tho purport and use? of !a - Bl.'vkwoPd'F Magazina, |