rival Maupertuis of having hoped to attain a similar result by varnishing his hide with a sort of resinous paint (un poix resineux) that would prevent the vital strength from evaporating by exhalation. Robert Burton recommends "oil of unaphar and dormouse fat"; Paracelsus rectified spirits of alcohol; Horace, olives and marshmallows. Dr. Zimmerman, the medical adviser of Frederick the Great, sums up the "Art of Longevity" in the following words: "Temperate habits, outdoor exercise, and steady industry, sweetened by occasional festivals.(Text.)—Felix Oswald, Bedford's Magazine.
(1881)
LONGING
The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment,
Before the present, poor and bare,
Can make its sneering comment.
Longing is God's fresh heavenward will
With our poor earthward striving;
We quench it that it may be still—
Content with merely living;
But, would we learn that heart's full scope,
Which we are hourly wronging,
Our lives must climb from hope to hope,
And realize the longing.
—James Russell Lowell.
(1882)
Look, The Kind—See Face, an Inviting.
LOOKING BOTH UP AND DOWN
"Your way is dark," the angel said,
"Because you downward gaze,
Look up; the sun is overhead,
Look up and learn to praise."
I looked; I learned. Who looks above
Will find in heaven both light and love.
"Why upward gaze?" the angel said;
"Have you not learned to know
The light of God shines overhead
That men may work below?"
I learned. Who only looks above
May miss below the work of love,
And thus I learned the lessons twain:
The heart whose treasure is above
Will gladly turn to earth again
Because the heaven is love.
Yea, love that framed the starry height
Came down to earth and gave it light.
—Bishop of Ripon.
(1883)
LOOKING DOWN
It is usually the small-souled and narrow-*minded
man who can decry faults and failings
with an eagle eye, but upon whom all
the finer and grander qualities of humanity
are lost. To him who ever walks with head
bent and eyes on the ground the whole universe
appears to be made of dust; but he
who goes with head erect and eyes uplifted
breathes the pure air and greets the rising
sun, and forgets the dust that may be under
his feet.—Philadelphia Ledger.
(1884)
LOOKING UP
In the early days of Britain, when the
Christian Cuthbert and his companions were
driven from the bitter land to sea, and then
were cast upon a dreary shore by a terrible
storm, they cried, "No path is open for us;
let us perish: we are driven from land to
sea and from sea to land." And Cuthbert
answered, "Have ye so little faith, my comrades?"
and then lifting his eyes to heaven
he prayed, "I thank Thee, Lord, that the way
to heaven is still open."
When there is no other way to look
for help, we may look up. (Text.)
(1885)
Loquacity—See Verbiage.
LORD'S PRAYER INTERPRETED
A friend tells us an anecdote of Booth, the tragedian:
Booth and several friends had been invited
to dine with an old gentleman in Baltimore,
of distinguished kindness, urbanity,
and piety. The host, altho disapproving of
theaters and theater-going, had heard so
much of Booth's remarkable powers that
curiosity to see the man had, in this instance,
overcome all scruples and prejudices. After
the entertainment was over, lamps lighted,
and the company reseated in the drawing-*room,
some one requested Booth as a particular
favor, and one which all present
would doubtless appreciate, to read aloud
the Lord's Prayer. Booth exprest his willingness
to do this, and all eyes were turned
expectantly upon him. Booth rose slowly
and reverently from his chair. It was wonderful
to watch the play of emotions that
convulsed his countenance. He became
deathly pale, and his eyes, turned tremblingly
upward, were wet with tears. And yet he
had not spoken. The silence could be felt.
It became absolutely painful, till at last the
spell was broken as if by an electric shock,
