No more! O, say not so!

And downward is not just;

For the sight is weak and the sense is dim
That looks through the heated dust.

The stars and the mailed moon,

Though they seem to fall and die,
Still sweep with their embattled lines
An endless reach of sky..

And though the hills of death
May hide the bright array,

The marshaled brotherhood of souls
Still keeps its upward way.

Upward! forever upward!

I see their march sublime,
And hear the glorious music
Of the conquerors of time.

And long let me remember
That the palest fainting one
May unto Divine wisdom be
A bright and blazing sun.

-T. Buchanan Read.

LXXXI.-THOUGHTS FROM GŒTHE.

EVERY BODY can detect an error but not a lie. We do not possess what we do not understand. There are two peaceful powers-justice and fitness. We are only really alive when we enjoy the good will of others.

Unlimited activity of whatever kind must at last end in bankruptcy.

The best result to be derived from history is the enthusiasm it kindles.

A great mistake-to hold one's self too high or rate one's self too cheap.

K. N. E.-22.

Nobody looks at the rainbow which has lasted a quarter of an hour.

All that is wise has been thought already; we must try, however, to think it again.

Let memory fail as long as you can rely upon your judgment at a moment's notice.

Love of truth shows itself in discovering and appreciating what is good, wherever it may exist.

Let him who would have me for a listener speak positively; of the problematic, I have enough within myself. Imagination is only regulated by art, more especially by poetry. There is nothing more frightful than imagination devoid of taste.

I hold my peace concerning many things, as I do not wish to perplex my fellow-men, and am content to see them rejoicing at what irritates me.

FROM LONGFELLOW.

THE sunshine of life is made up of few beams that are bright all the time.

Men of genius are often dull in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

How small a portion of our lives is that we truly enjoy. In youth, we are looking forward for things that are to come. In old age, we look backward to things that are past.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings, as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil, that being the best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshiped for awhile, but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress of truth, as the grim statues of Copan have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest trees, whose seeds were sown by the wind in the ruined walls.

LXXXII.-SHORT SELECTIONS.

TEACHINGS OF NATURE.

THERE's not a plant that springeth,
But bears some good to earth;
There's not a life but bringeth
Its store of harmless mirth;
The dusty, wayside clover,
Has honey in its cells,
The wild bee, humming over,
Her tale of pleasure tells;
The osiers o'er the fountain
Keep cool the water's breast,
And on the roughest mountain
The softest moss is press'd.
Thus holy Nature teaches

The worth of blessings small,
That love pervades and reaches,
And forms the bliss of all.

-Mrs. Hale.

OPINION.

OPINION is that high and mighty dame

Which rules the world; and in the mind doth frame Distaste or liking; for in human race

She makes the fancy various as the face.

A MOTHER'S LOVE.

A MOTHER'S love, how sweet the name!
What is a mother's love?

A noble, pure, and tender flame,

Enkindled from above,

To bless a heart of earthly mold;
The warmest love that can grow cold:
This is a mother's love.

-Howel.

-James Montgomery.

RESIGNATION.

O Thou who dry'st the mourner's tear,
How dark this world would be,
If, when deceived and wounded here,
We could not fly to Thee!

The friends who in our sunshine live,
When winter comes, are flown;
And he who has but tears to give,
Must weep those tears alone;
But thou wilt heal that broken heart,
Which, like the plants that throw
Their fragrance from the wounded part,
Breathes sweetness out of woe.

LXXXIII.-TRUTH AND INTEGRITY.

-Moore.

TRUTH and integrity have all the advantages of appearance, and many more. If the show of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure the reality is better; for why does any man dissemble or seem to be that which he is not, but because he thinks it is good to have the qualities he pretends to? For to counterfeit and dissemble is to put on the appearance of some real excellency. Now, the best way for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretense of a good quality as to have it; and if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it, and then all his labor to seem to have it, is lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skillful eye will easily discern from native beauty and complexion.

It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where truth is not at the bottom, nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will betray herself at one time or other. Therefore, if any man think it convenient to seem good, let him be so indeed, and then his goodness will appear to every one's satisfaction; for truth is convincing, and carries its own light and evidence along with it, and will not only

commend us to every man's conscience, but, which is much more, to God, who searcheth our hearts. So that, upon all accounts, sincerity is true wisdom. Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the artificial modes of dissimulation and deceit.

It is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world: it hath less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker and less effectual and serviceable to those that practice them; whereas, integrity gains strength by use, and the more and longer any man practiceth it, the greater service it does him, by confirming his reputation, and encouraging those with whom he hath to do, to repose the greatest confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in business and the affairs of life.

A dissembler must always be upon his guard, and watch himself carefully that he do not contradict his own pretensions; for he acts an unnatural part, and therefore must put a continual force and restraint upon himself; whereas, he that acts sincerely hath the easiest task in the world, because he follows nature, and so is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions: he needs not invent any pretenses beforehand, nor make any excuses afterward for any thing he hath said or done.

A hypo

LXXXIV. TRUTH AND INTEGRITY. (Concluded.) BUT insincerity is very troublesome to manage. crite hath so many things to attend to as makes his life a very perplexed and intricate thing. A liar hath need of good memory lest he contradict at one time what he said at another. But truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out: it is always near at hand, and