Show on the shores of the amazon lives a species of turtle which lays its eggs in the sand a few feet above the line that will denote high water at the time when khen the young are due to appear the eggs are laid weeks ahead of the actual rising or falling of the river and in some seasons there may be a margin of at least three miles in its width but this tortoise or land turtle never makes a mistake always depositing them in a secure spot just the right distance above the line which later will show the high water mark humility Is good when it stimulates it Is bad when it para paralyzes izes the active powers of a man it may do either we have bare noble examples of humility as a stimulus the sense bense of weakness making a man all the more ardent to use all the strength he has rut but if conscious weakness causes a man to believe that jt it makes no difference whether he works or not dot then his humility Is his bis curse phillips brooks people grieve and bemoan themselves but it Is not halt half so bad with thera them as they say eay there are woods mooda in which we court suffering in the hope that here at last we shall find reality sharp peaks and edges of truth but it turns out to be painting and counter counterfeit felt the only thing grief has taught me Is 19 to know how shallow it Is ralph waldo emerson lie who buys what he cant want ant will ere long want what lie he can cant t buy |