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!hS THE HESPERIAN STUDENT -unOxn- QuI non Troflcit, Deficit. unOun VOI,. VII. JUNE, 1878. NO. 0. NIGHT. Tho Sun, his dally duty done, has set' Behind tho hill; Tho shades that slow creep up tho Htcoplo high, . Knvelop nil. Tho lowing of tho cattlo In tho yard, Has ceased, flu mill ; No sound Is heard bcsltlo tho rippling splash Or waterfall. Tin night, when Sllenco over hill and dell, Extendi her sway. Attended hy tho crctcont moon nnd stars, She sits profound; And watches with a gentlo care tho birth Of coming day, When nature shall awake again tn go Her dally round. Nnught, said I, save tho splashing waterfall Disputes her power. Anon aro heard the gentlo accents low Of lovers twain; Whose tender passions from thelrsouls o'erilow At this calm hour. When in each heart is undisturbed hy might, The other's reign. Now when there's naught hut peaceful Silence Tho sleeping earth o'cr Unmoved hy anything without, tho mind, Its power collects. 'Tin silent Night Unit aids tho mind to give Its great thoughts blith. Tis Night Inspires tho poet who lilts tho veil And lire detects. C. LUXUMES. Every one hits the desire to gain prop, city; and when this desire is kept within bounds, it is proper mid right. But if it goes beyond certain limits nnd becomes the master of the man, and makes him bend every energy to the acquisition of wealth, it becomes a curse. For he for gets his duly to himself nnd his fellow man, in that lie neglects to cultivate those feelings of pity and compassion that every true man must have. His heart becomes hard and calloused. He will do nothing to malic people happier and better. He becomes wrapt up in self to such an ex tent that he cannot enjoy life even when surrounded by all the luxuries that the world can supply. Life hits no pleasure to him for he is shut out from all the hap piness thai acts of kindness give. He is deprived of the greatest of all pleasures the knowledge of some good deed done and of some one made happy. Then on account of the man's own soli, he ought not to use luxuries when there arc persons in need around him; for, as has been shown, the using of them has, a tendency to ruin him morally, and de prive him of more of the real pleasures of life than they furnish. Again, if a person has wealth, he should not use it in procuring luxuries for him- H55SSE2Swp! E&IZvIStSS t.i