THINGS AND THOUGHTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 82

THINGS AND THOUGHTS.

.. -_* i_\ -Bx Jogk Christie. -i— Meaning of '.Monmnentfi.-*-Mariy monuments are not so much memorials , of ~greatne66 . in - those whom they profess to- commemorate as , of ignorance of greatness in those who et-ect them. '— Past : afnd/^Present;— "lit is imposei6"ie.r ? to B trevive,, or rven to remember, all 'ibe* past, yet' all the past contains lessons for all time, and they are the wise of their own time who are guided) by them. . ;.- . ='. — Happiness andfUnselfishtiess. — To be happy is to be "unselfish, because j in being happy you add to the stock ".in ". which all may share to their advantage ; hut t|? be miserable- is. to ~be/ J selfish and non-aftruistio, because j&yerybody else becomes .more or. less .miserable "on account ■ of your misery. ■""'{> _--_.' -)•-' i — Human Perversity.-r-i The people who are mogt~;in<need of salvation are tbe-p^ople **I} 6 'areleajt worthy ' Is of ;it,"-lanaJthe^least likely to accept it, in xrhateve"r :H -''fSrm*"it may JbeT* proffered to them; -^-^PFitness the ancient Jews, the '"'" ' most;wilful and selfish people of antiquity. •'They,-~jtf&de the\ life of .the great lawI giver,iJMtoses, one long martyrdom, and as *" Boon- a£ -they dared, or could, they put an end -to that of Christ,' the Supreme Healer of- the eoul," by crucifying Him. in these things they, were merely the "psychologic prototypes" of millions who still "remain upon the earth, and who will continue to swarm upon it so long as the saving regeneration which they hated is despised and rejected of men. . ;, } : — Paramount Tests. — ..The .paramount teste^of intellect are that ; it has -no prejudices Jind no fears ; also that truth is, its sole- object, and^ that it will stand by- and \for truth,.- invispite ,of ?R Hhe;'wnole world, if need , be; conventions, 1 superstitions,- ■ ,and ( settled • are less to it- than dew on tife "grase to a gallpping stallion, or ■ than- " '.sujnmer' jsea-«pra.y to a- magnificent steanTsKip at full speed. > ;^ », - — Etern'al 'Lav.-r ' ' /^it-as* the-'eter^iaLJaw:, thatyno man can Tntlrc immunity- :do < anything or '; injurious W - the * human ■ -soul, •or to its a aspiration' for beauty/ or to its allegiance ''. .to righteousness, , • , . . •". ' — The Only Catholic- Mind. — jfhe only catholic mmdi is tie mind that can see the virtue and sympathise with 1 the outlooks of all other minds. i \■' /- '-'- - "REAI/ITY. r- , O Wiaoihing. to.^he .tricks of art • ' ',' ■ JS^filo-tor leak or limb • ; '<: '*"Ii ■th6u''WO^rdsttfill"]s^%woman?s .teiarfc, t. -, ,igK[^?^i-a^«ssf*o^he : 'briin'.'' *.-• ■ • BuTnav&'thou manhood., as iihß flovrej? Ji - Hath colour, aaad to the ■'- She.shall be gracious aa the hour ' ■ •". * Of' morning by the sea, ' • TJNFORG-OTTEW, Osie eerie night iia "winte* I TwuicLered on the -wold; ' So' woeful wa« my bosom ,1 heeded * not the cola. >'"A ghostly 'atar,' one only, "' IM£'*dP©'eied r through. ■« Vsloudy ten*, - i^JZoil' TO»1?i»rea?-l©ave^;tHk» startled elves, - \y» -Flew^. by mejaa^l^went^ f ; bailing the-'loafl^sa trees, , 1 ii^-o?o c 'whomi'it > -mofiaed l a- st<>ry • *^jofe-~wrec}tß »&ct j«t»rlass seas. living* thing. 'Twaa' moving • r'* JnsMteld'Or" ! wood or glade; ' . 5/ui -all was^lonely as the grave " Where my sweet love was laid. Ah, that was long ago, Love; Yet winter's wildest night Were as a noon: in summer Didst thou still see the lig^t. But tohcni ait wi-ST* no morning .Nor evening doth appear ; Soj-itis wittfer in. my near*, Though'-* swnMneT with the year. WHERE WAS EADIUM? A shapely foot, in «. shoe with a -buckle f But whafc.ha-ve things like these to do With, a- lecture on *ac?ium? One imgiht dhuokl© To think how lltil« the audience knew. The hall was packed, and. Five-and-Twenty S«,t on the foremost b&neh; his mind lirtent on learning, and! y«fc with pl«nty Of thought for the comely girl behind. Her seat was tighter, *nd sloped toward him; N v :? And. whether by ohance or choice — who >. kriowe? — ' . Her 1 foot— ihow ooul3 » foot regaiit-.tiiin.? — ' *" E«Bted against ■him. in soft repose. &weet,-w^B the .pressure md dearly. h% ptlzecl ' ■.' if.. ' - ■ " - For his blopa lik% ,«. £uneheened stream; Biit this — no look of his advertised' ifcj " His mind was >absorbeci in the lecturer's ": * theme. Radiuta! How it was found, Ivow tested', 'And proved to "be •neither this nor that; Yet proved sans doubt to be still invested' "With— vwhat? No living aoul knew what I Ajid yet it possessed a power surpassing ' • J-fAll else knowm"to the mind of man, \ ;An4 stood as an. -e'^men'b quite otitclassing- ', fiv«iytihing els© in creation's plan^ J3verythmg else in the realm of science Owed whatever of foroe it had shown To union with something — self-reliance Was radium's only; its power, its own. Tliat was all. Hut how vague and pallid To th-e love astir in that comely twain, In" -whom th« rose-red- flame that rallied In Sappho's Tieart was aglow «gain. Had it been th&ixS to boon and be tnariied, Heply the fruit of their , splendidi prim© Hud been «. son whose, hand would have • carried. '.' Tiw torch of 3ovo In ail, alter liine 1 . Efcdiutn's Bolf to lasxci might have rendered Its utmost secret, fufl /"and clear;' Y«t only to chow, that tno last wor<l ien- \ der«d *- s > i 3L»ads to,« later in ..Nature's sphere. Or .hiaply- theilaS Wouldi, have beec" a singer, i singer, ijf' - Splekdid -ang «ncl true to the coTe, »And - ihaf Aung "££ fioience aa a goodly Js strwiger '' -'' .1«»odl^_ sp&f&i P u * littl€ more, 1

But the heart — th« ..human heart eternal, ' It changeth nof, und it never dies, But holds in itself the one supernal SecT&t of -all the gods and ski-ea. Hell is there if the. will doih will it. Yet likewise heaven aaid g-odhocd. too ; And death and the devils, they cannot kill it, If unto itself it prove but true. d Even in the very halls of science— Goodly they be, and I love them well — It will follow its bent, in divine d«fianoa Of all tlie learning that here doth dwell. Think of that foot, in a shoe with a buckle, Thrilling young nraai through, and through: Where was\Trftdmm? One must chuckle 1 To think ■•'how, little the audience knew!