About all thare iz in mans natur that iz natral iz hiz sins, and about all thare iz in his natur that iz kultivated iz hiz way ov hiding thoze sins. Pashunce iz oftner the result ov numbness than it iz ov principle. I dont kno how it iz with other pholks, but with me, the fall ov the Roman empire iz a grate deal eazier tew bear than a fall on the ice. I dont think thare ever waz a human being yet, who haz met deth without expekting in the last extremity tew be saved from it; even our Saviour uttered that wonderful exklamashun, “My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?” I am glad ov one thing, that i am keenly alive tew mental and phisikal suffering--i had az soon be a hydraulik ram az tew be able to sit down and hav a big dubble tooth jerked out without winking. Thare are but phew men weak enuff tew admit their jealousys--even a disgraced rooster, in a barn-yard, will git a little further off and begin tew crow up a new reputashun. Thare haz been more men in this world burnt at the stake for serving the Lord than for serving the devil, and thare alwus will be. I alwus did admire the malice ov the mule--if a freak ov fortune had made me as unfortunate among men az the mule iz amung animals, i would begin tew kick at things a mile and a haff off. Men no doubt owe mutch ov their suckcess in this world tew chance, but chances dont go for a man, the man must go for the chances. Econeme iz simply the art ov gitting the wuth ov our money. Tew work iz the grate law ov natur--if the woodchuck dont dig a hole he wont hav one, it iz trew he may steal one, but then sum other woodchuck will have tew dig two. Human happiness iz a dredful hard thing tew define. I hav seen a man, perfektly happy without enny shirt tew hiz back, bekum suddenly furious bekauze sumboddy had given him one, the collar ov which wan’t starched stiff enuff. Thare iz a grate deal ov bad luk lieing around loose in this world, but it iz publick property, it dont belong tew ennyboddy in pertikular. Things haz got so now, if a man stops, he iz a-going tew be run over, for thare aint no man ov consequentz enuff tew stop the whole proceshun. If I waz a-going tew civilize a parcel of heathen on sum distant ile by the job, i should debate sum time in mi mind which tew send, dancing-masters or missionarys. We speak ov “_falling in love_,” without always thinking that it iz the only way tew git in love--we all stumble into it, and kan seldum tell _how_ or _why_. One ov the very best things a man kan say when he haz reazonable doubts what he ought tew say, iz tew say _nothing_. It iz a disgrace tew enny man tew be feared. Sychophants are alwus the fust ones tew be sakrificed when disasters cum. In a world like this, whare thare iz at least five false things to one that iz true, guessing iz poor bizzness. The best kind ov advice tew foller iz that which agrees with our own opinyun. SOLLUM THOUGHTS.