GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 46, 14 November 1907, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

THE LAST LEAF. Tenaciously it clings, . Like all decrepit things — ' Life's joy outgrown ; Unlovely and forlorn, By vagrant breezes* torn, Bereft — alone. Like toothless, grim I Id Age, That clings to Life's full page, Though suns have set, Yet man and leaf must fall,"" .. . .O may we hear the call < without regret !' — ' Aye Maria.'

Don't hunt for unpleasant things. Don't believe all the evil you hear. Don't repeat unverified evil reports. .Don't jest at anybody's religious views. " . ; Don't be rude to your inferiors in social- position. Don't repeat gossip *even if it does interest a crowd. Don't ' Wander away from the strict line of veracity, for. the sake of ' clinching an argument.'

_ Each of us ought to strive for excellence in one thing ; but we also need ' a little knowledge ' in many others. We cannot all be lawyers ; but we all need some acquaintance with the laws ' o f the land we live in. We cannot all understand medical science ; but we all need some general insight into the laws of .health. We cannot all be politicians ; but we all want some cognizance of pur own public affairs. We cannot all be mechanics ; yet we shall all at times want to know how to use tools.