Part 31 (2/2)

It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will , slowly silence all

TENNYSON

”It was only a glad 'good- the way, But it spread the ht in passing--a sift could have stirred

Only!--But then the onlys Make up the hty all”

CHAPTER XVI

SELF-MASTERY

Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I ear him In my heart's core, ay, in th of character consists of two things,--power of will and power of self-restraint It requires two things, therefore, for its existence,--strong feelings and strong command over them--F W

ROBERTSON

”Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power”

The bravest trophy ever ained

EARL OF STIRLING

Real glory springs from the conquest of ourselves; and without that the conqueror is naught but the veriest slave--THOMSON

Whatever day makes man a slave takes half his worth away--ODYSSEY

Chain up the unruly legion of thy breast Lead thine own captivity captive, and be Caesar within thyself--THOMAS BROWNE

He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is er is better than the hty: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city--BIBLE

Self-trust is of the essence of heroism--EMERSON

Man who man would be Must rule the empire of himself

P B ShellEY

”Ah! Diaht,” said Sir Isaac Newton, returning frohted taper upon the laborious calculations of years, which lay in ashes before him Then he went calmly to work to reproduce them The man who thus excelled in self-mastery surpassed all his predecessors and conte the laws of nature

[Illustration: JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL]

”We rise by the things that are under our feet; By e have ain: By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And the vanquished ills that we hourly h in the heavens when a man called at the house of Pericles to abuse hier knew no bounds He vented his spite in violent language until he paused from sheer exhaustion, and saw that it was quite dark without He turned to go ho a laument needed to show the superiority of Pericles?