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Title: Every life a delight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Potts, James Henry, 1848-1942
Subjects: Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e, and humanity, asaying as true in our strenuous times as in his own. Addison was a man of high moral impulses and a charmingtalker, especially when face to face with a trusted friend. He wasgood-natured, and so cheery that his very countenance took onan air of amiability, if not beauty. He was a preachers son, and held that Christianity is thesecret of all actual good cheer. He thought that a viciousman and atheist have no pretense to cheerfulness, since it isimpossible for any one to live in good humor and enjoy hispresent existence if he is apprehensive either of torment orannihilation, of being miserable, or of not being at all. Addison made friends easily, and had he let the wine-cupalone, might have lived longer, and would have been held upas a model. One thing in his favor was his detestation of card-playing.He could nt see how intelligent people can pass a dozen hourstogether in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with noother conversation except a few game phrases. 148 ~
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Happy Inspirations SERENITY Human anger is never commendable, and rarely excusable.It can not be justified in one case out of a thousand. A ruffled temper is never a help, and it is often a detrimentand hurt. Calm demeanor under any provocation is wise; blow andbluster are childish. A manly man always defers his anger, and thus he becomesbetter than the mighty. The greater an offense may be, the more the need of con-siderate decision in respect to it. We can but respect a man who is as calm in speaking to athreatening foe as he is to a loving friend. He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketha city. Harsh words and fierce deeds never yet gave a truly greatman any satisfaction. Our reasoning faculties are given us for use, and when webecome so wrought up that we fail to use them, we belittle oui-selves. Fire and storm have no reason in them. To be wisely de-liberate we must keep cool. The only vengeance in which a true gentleman is justified isthat of exchanging chaii

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