a sort of brotherhood among yourselves?" "Well, we're goin' to look out for a little cove what's lame, anyhow." "There comes Limpy now. He's a fortunate boy to have such friends." The gentleman bought two papers of him, and went on his way down town, wondering how many men in business would refuse to sell their wares in order to give a weak, halting brother a chance in the field. (Text.)
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WEAKNESS, HIDDEN
A tiny worm may pierce the heart of a
young tree, and the bark may hide the secret
gash. But as the days go on the rain will
cut one fiber and the heat another, and when
years have passed, some time when a soft
zephyr goes sighing through the forest, the
great tree will come crashing down. For at
last nature will hunt out every hidden weakness.—Newell Dwight Hillis.
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WEALTH
Harold S. Symmes, in Pearson's Magazine, writes:
Give of thyself. Man's wealth depends,
Not on the pence he holds and hoards,
Not on the gift he well affords,
But on the spirit-gold he spends.
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The danger of wealth lies in its tendency to smother sympathy and exalt selfishness.
Dr. W. B. Wright says that Henry Heine,
the Jew, one of the most sparkling talkers in
Europe, sat silent at a banquet until his
Christian hostess asked, with some anxiety,
"Why are you so dumb?" He answered, "I
am studying a problem which I can not solve.
I have been looking at these gold dishes, this
fine linen, these splendid waiters, your great
diamonds, and wondering what you Christians
are going to do with the camel question."
(Text.)
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WEALTH AND WORK
The following account, indicating great motherly wisdom, is from a despatch from Chicago to the daily papers:
If Leonard Loeffler, six years old, has
fallen heir to a fortune of $1,000,000 his
mother will be sorry. It has been reported
among the relatives of the late William
Loeffler that his will, which will be probated
this week, bequeaths his entire fortune,
amounting to $1,000,000, to his grandson,
Leonard, who is the son of Mr and Mrs.
Frank Loeffler, and this intimation moved
Mrs. Loeffler to express the hope that her
son might not inherit riches.
"I do not want any son of mine to inherit a million dollars," declared Mrs. Loeffler.
"Why?" she was asked.
"Because I do not think it does a child any good to have riches which he has not earned. If Leonard can get a fortune by working for it the way his grandfather had to do I shall be the proudest mother in the world, but there is no reason why he should have wealth unless he does earn it. I want my boy to earn what he gets. I don't want him to get $1,000,000 for nothing. That is how much I think of money. It spoils children and removes the incentive for work, and it is work that shapes a career."
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WEALTH, COMPARATIVE
A man who gets a million wants another
million. If he gets ten millions then he
wants to be as rich as Rockefeller. And
then he wants the whole world fenced in
and fixt up for him. What if a man is as
rich as Rockefeller? What is that compared
with the State of New York? And suppose
a man owned the whole State of New York,
what is that compared with the balance of
America? And suppose one man owned the
whole United States, what is that compared
with the balance of the world? And suppose
a man owned this whole world? Why, you
could put two such worlds in your pocket,
and go out to the dog star and stay all night,
and you wouldn't have enough to pay your
hotel bill. This whole thing is comparative.—"Popular
Lectures of Sam P. Jones."
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Wealth Diminishing the Smiles—See Poverty.
WEALTH, RIGHT USE OF
Some years ago an American gentleman
was driving past one of the beautiful old
homes in rural England, standing in its stately
park. He asked the driver who lived
there. "Oh," said the man, "we used to have
lots of aristocratic company there. They
had plenty of money and they spent it freely.
We poor folks were well off then. But now
the place belongs to a woman, and she is a
Methodist, and everything is going to the
bad." So spoke the countryman, and from
his little view this loss of luxury and extravagance
was all wrong, even for the poor
man. But meanwhile there was another side
