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A smooth sea can never make a skillful mariNeither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify man for usefulness or happiness. The storms of adversity, like the storms of the ocean, rouse the faculties and excite the invention, prudence, skill, and fortitude of the voyager.-Anon.

183. A pebble in the streamlet scant

Has turned the course of many a river;

A dew-drop on the infant plant

Has warped the giant oak for ever.-Anon.

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184. Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. not be bought or sold. We may be poor, and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture, or drive away our cow, or take our pet lamb, and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the law's hand upon the jewelry of our minds.-E. Burritt.

185.

The spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim;

The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Doth his Creator's power display,

And publishes to every land

The work of an Almighty hand.

-Addison.

186. Foolish men are more apt to consider what they have lost than what they possess; and to fix their eyes upon those who are richer than themselves, rather than on those who are under greater difficulties.-Addison.

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187. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness, but still will keep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breath-
Therefore, on every morning let's be wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth.-Keats.

188. The true glory of a nation is in the living temple of a loyal, industrious, and upright people. The busy click of machinery, the merry ring of the anvil, the lowing of peaceful herds, and the song of the harvest home, are sweeter music than pæans of departed glory, or songs of triumph in war.

-Whipple.

189. What the painters call pure colors are preferable to mixed ones, for reasons which Nature herself has given when she painted the sky of one color, and the fields of another, and divided the rainbow itself into a few distinct colors, and made the red rose the queen of flowers.-Leigh Hunt.

190. He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head, or a very short creed.-Colton.

191. O, list to the moments! though little they seem,
They are bearing your bark on a swift, silent stream;
And onward, still onward, you glide from the shore,
To that vast, boundless ocean where time is no more.
Take heed to the moments; for with them they bear
Of gems the most precious, and diamonds rare.
Take care of the moments; for life's but a span;
Then carefully hoard them, O vain, dreaming man!
-J. L. Eggleston.

192. In Heaven will be found peace without molestation, plenty without want, health without sickness, day without night, pleasure without pain, and life without the least mixture, or dread of death.—Moir.

193. The blessings which the weak and poor can
scatter

Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing
To give a cup of water; yet its draught
Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips,
May give a shock of pleasure to the frame
More exquisite than when nectarean juice
Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.

-Talfourd.

194. In getting rich in the things which perish with the using men have often obeyed to the letter the first commandment of selfishness: "Keep what you get and get what you can." In filling your minds with the wealth of knowledge, you must reverse this rule and obey this law: "Keep what you give and give what you can."-E. Burritt.

195.

Don't kill the birds, the little birds
That sing about your door,
Soon as the joyous spring has come

And chilling winds are o'er.—Anon.

196. As a little silvery circular ripple set in motion by a falling pebble, expands from its inch of radius, further and further on the pool; so there is not a child, a youth, a feeble, humble christian who may not cause a gentle wave on the pool of life, and exercise some influence, however small, upon the world. -Anon.

197.

I think there are some maxims
Under the sun,

Scarce worth perservation;

But here, boys, is one,

So sound and so simple,

"Tis worth while to know;

All in a single line,

Hoe your own row.-Alice Carey.