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guiding slurs, conquered Hie known
world, anil sighed for other worlds
to conquer. With all his conquests
he never conquered himself, but let
the intoxicating bowl drag him to
a miserable death. In modern times
such was Davis, the would-be ruler
of the fairest slates of our Union, tiic
personification of despotism and slavery.
He has written his name in the history of
his country,--not for the good ho lias
done, not for the admiration of mankind,
but to be despised, hated and condemned
by the good and true throughout coming
nges.
Shall wc, by kind actions and kind
words, stamp them indelibly on the hearts
of our fellow.men ? lie who can inspire
hope and courage in the soul of a fellow
being lias the chance of writing hi name
in gold, on hearts that will always cherish
him with fondest memory. Constantly,
on this busy stage of human action, appear
opportunities for a kind word, a kind act,
a thoughtful care for some fellow creature.
Does this seem a narrow sphere? It is a
groat, grand and glorious one. There are
lives that have become famous whose
groat deeds were often of questionable
morality, but true greatness must be found,
ed on goodness. You may set your aim
in life and come far short of it, and be
compelled to pass through (rials, but you
are constantly Hearing your mark and
aim. He who aims at the heavens, while
he i sure to come short of it, is apt
to reach' a higher point than lie who aims
at a lower mark and one that can be easily
attained. Abraham Lincoln lias carved a
name which will exert a magical influence
upon all future ages, a name which caused
a new glory to overspread America, and is
indelibly written on the hearts of forty
millions of people. He, by his good mor.
nls and undaunted porseverance, arose
from humbleness and obscurity in a Ken
tnqky cabin to stand as a presiding genius,
to rescue from evil the greatest, grandest
nation the world has ever seen. He has
not only written his name in the history
of his country, but lie has also carved it
on Liberty's dome, lasting as the cvcrlasl.
ing hills, and to be blotted out only whor
the earth in her revolutions shall cease.
Milton's " Paradise Lost," one of the
grandest epic poems ever written, arose,
Nemesis like, from poverty, neglect and
blindness. WicklifT, Calvin, Luther and
others have written their names high up
on the rock of eternal truth, and, by the
aid of ilio Bible, have brought the world
out of heathenish darkness into the
clear brightness of a religion, puri
fled and made glorious in ils simple
and sublime beauty of love and truth.
The name of Florence Nightingale is
graven deep in letters of living light, and
the music of her life, so filled with self
denying usefulness, can never be hushed.
But all may not he able to write their
names beside those of conquerors and
heroes, for "Life's great deeds arc not all
written upon tho llnminii, golden page."
If you live for something good, you
will leave behind you a monument
that the storms of time can never
destroy. Write your mimes in deeds and
words of kindness on the hearts of the
thousands you meet. You will nevor bo
forgotten ; your names, your deeds will be
as legible on the hearts you leave behind
as the star.-, on the brow of evening. Good
deeds will shine as the stars from heaven.
" Sculptors of life aro wo,
An wc Maud with our rouls unenrvod before u .
Waiting tho time, whmi, nt God's command,
Our llfe-drcam pn-es o'er us.
If wo carvo It tlien on tlie yielding stone.
With many a sharp incision,
Its heavenly buautlcu shall bo our own,
Our lives an aiifjolV vision."
Coiia B. IlAnuY,
RECIPROCATED MAXIMS.
CHAPTER II.
" Fearless he is, and scorning all disguise,
What her dares do or think, thonh men may 6 tart,
Ho epeake." Shelley.
A day passes by. A day in which How.
ard JIcKeo is too constantly employed,