COMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOUR FORESIGHT.--It is a most remarkable fact, totally at variance with what might _a priori_ be expected, but confirmed by the universal experience of mankind, that the dominion of reason over the passions, the habit of foresight, and the power of forming a systematic plan for the conduct of life, are just in proportion _to the degree in which the danger of immediate or the pressure of actual suffering has been removed from mankind_. The savage who has no stock whatever for his support--who is in danger of immediate starvation, if his wonted supplies from the chase or his herds were to fail--is totally regardless of the future in every part of the world; while the rich man, whose subsistence and affluence are almost beyond the reach of chance, is incessantly in disquietude about the manner in which his subsequent life is to be spent. The certain prospect of instant death to himself and all that are dear to him, from the occurrence of a probable event, is unable to draw the attention of the one from the enjoyments of the moment; while the slight and improbable chance of a diminution in the smallest articles of _future_ comfort, renders the other indifferent to the means of _present_ enjoyment which are within his reach.--_Alison’s Principles of Population._ * * * * * APPRECIATION.--After all, it is appreciation rather than praise that is delightful. An artist, for instance, how tired he must be of hearing his pictures called “beautiful, exquisite!”--of being told for the one hundredth time that he has surpassed himself; but let any one point out to him one of his own thoughts on the canvass, which he supposed likely to escape the general eye, and how grateful it is! * * * * * Printed and published every Saturday by GUNN and CAMERON, at the Office of the General Advertiser, No. 6, Church Lane, College Green, Dublin.--Agents:--R. GROOMBRIDGE, Panyer Alley, Paternoster Row, London; SIMMS and DINHAM, Exchange Street, Manchester; C. DAVIES, North John Street, Liverpool; SLOCOMBE & SIMMS, Leeds; FRASER and CRAWFORD, George Street, Edinburgh; and DAVID ROBERTSON, Trongate, Glasgow. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 37, March 13, 1841, by Various