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Show A beautiful smile is to the countenance counte-nance what the sunbeam is to the .landscape; it embellishes an inferior face, and redeems an ugly one. A smile, however, should not become habitual ha-bitual or insipidity is the result; nor should the mouth break into a smile on one side, the other remaining passive pas-sive and unnloved; for this imparts an air of deceit and grotesqueness to the face. A disagreeable smile distorts the lines of beauty, and is more repulsive re-pulsive than a frown. There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness; others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride:, some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness; ten-derness; other brighten by their spiritual spi-ritual vivacity. Lavater. Sorrow is sorrow wherever yon find it, and no bank account can purchase immunity. A grave is a grave, whether wheth-er there is a costly monument above it or only a headstone of marble. When you reckon with actual experience you discover they are independent of wealth or poverty and come to all alike, and when you look at the hearts of men you find the same measure of human nature in them all. Now, when we take our departure, what shall we carry with us? |