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proud of his horns, and ashamed of his legs. But the hounds of the hunter came upon his reverie, and the despised legs bore him away in safety until his proud horns caught fast in a thicket,—and he was slain. It frequently happens that the souls of men outgrow the love of their own peculiar merits, and they long to exchange, even for merits of less worth.— "There is a crack in every thing that God has made;" but through that crevice enters the light of heaven. Every thing is blessed, but every thing is unfortunate as well. If we run to brain, we will diminish in muscle: if we run to invention, we will diminish in execution. He that can invent has not the faculty to sell an invention: the ready, versatile tactician seldom can invent. If we conquer evils with science, we lose the victory in the carelessness of pride. Possession increases the appetite for possession, or else satiates to a want of the wants which that possession can gratify. He that is hungry, with nothing to eat, can see plenty of men who would do as much for his appetite as he would do for their provision. He that is injured by over-working shall see plenty dying of idleness; and he that is dying of starvation may see plenty dying of gluttony. It is all one to be smothered, whether with kisses or with ditch-water. He that has no special misfortune to trouble him may see the man of troubles grow strong in soul, while the listless shall stagnate in inertness. He shall find the man of labor full of health and spirit. He shall find that if the hard tool blisters the tender hand, the hand will grow fit for its mission, and will wax instead of waning. And he