Volume Ii Part 55 (2/2)

IN INTIMATE INTERCOURSE.-However closely men are connected, there are still all the four quarters of the heavens in their common horizon, and at times they become aware of this fact.

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THE SILENCE OF DISGUST.-Behold! some one undergoes a thorough and painful transformation as thinker and human being, and makes a public avowal of the change. And those who hear him see nothing, and still believe he is the same as before! This common experience has already disgusted many writers. They had rated the intellectuality of mankind too highly, and made a vow to be silent as soon as they became aware of their mistake.

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BUSINESS SERIOUSNESS.-The business of many rich and eminent men is their form of recreation from too long periods of habitual leisure. They then become as serious and impa.s.sioned as other people do in their rare moments of leisure and amus.e.m.e.nt.

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THE EYE'S DOUBLE SENSE.-Just as a sudden scaly ripple runs over the waters at your feet, so there are similar sudden uncertainties and ambiguities in the human eye. They lead to the question: is it a shudder, or a smile, or both?

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POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.-This thinker needs no one to refute him-he is quite capable of doing that himself.

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THE REVENGE OF THE EMPTY NETS.-Above all we should beware of those who have the bitter feeling of the fisherman who after a hard day's work comes home in the evening with nets empty.

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