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Show Proper View of Life. Why is It, I wonder, that the llttU boy almost always Imagines that out' side of home Is to be found the largei liberty? Why do young men fondly dream that yonder, always yonder, Is to be found business opportunltyl Why does the dissolute man conclude that, outside the common virtues of; society, he Is to find the larger Itfet For you, my son, will sometime find that your largest., liberty., was In tho a old home, where, if there waa author-,. ,J lty, there was also deep and abiding w . love-; and you, my friend, will find that others succeeded in your home town, while you failed in the world ; and you, my liberty-loving man, will most surely realize, that in the common com-mon virtues of the simply good life Is to be found what you seek in the by-paths of the world. Find the wenlth that lies everywhere about you. Practice Prac-tice the virtues that you' know. Cherish Cher-ish the love that is yours now. Value, the friends that you have known ; and In the superficial you will find the profound, nnd In the simple things the things eternnl. St. John's Bulletin. |