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KIDB'S LONDON JOURNAL. 



WISDOM IN MINIATURE. 



"The little and short Sayings of Wise and Excellent 

 Men, are of great value— like the dust of Gold, or the 

 least sparks of Diamonds." — Tillotson. 



Perseverance and Genius. — A careful and 

 a studious patience must first explore the depths 

 where the pearl lies hid, before genius dives and 

 brings it up to light. Nothing in this world, 

 great and durable, has ever been produced but 

 with labor. 



Industry is not only the instrument of im- 

 provement, but the foundation of pleasure. He 

 who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot 

 enjoy; for it is labor only which gives relish to 

 pleasure. It is the appointed vehicle of every 

 good to man. It is the indispensable condition 

 of possessing a sound mind in a sound bod}'. 



Justice is often pale and melancholy; but 

 Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly in the flow 

 of spirits and the bloom of loveliness. The sim- 

 plest breast often holds more reason in it than it 

 knows of, and more than philosophy looks for 

 or expects. If men would permit their minds, 

 like their children, to associate freely together — 

 if they could agree to meet one another with smiles 

 and frankness, instead of suspicion and defiance 

 — the common stock. of wisdom and happiness 

 would be centupled. 



Health. — First study health, with that and 

 probity you may procure riches; but with riches 

 and probity alone you never can ensure health. 



Good Hours. — Avoid night studies, if you 

 would preserve your health and intellect. [Good 

 advice though not always practicable.] 



Obstinacy. — He who declines listening to 

 reason till he be awakened by illness, is bold too 

 long, and wise too late. 



The Sympathies op Mind, like the laws of 

 chemical affinity, are uniform. Great talents 

 attract admiration — the offering of the under- 

 standing; but the qualities of the heart can alone 

 excite affection—the " offering of the heart." 



The Bobin's Appeal. 



When shelter' d from frost and from snow, 



In pity give ear to my tale ; 

 A few crumbs in your kindness bestow 



On poor Robin who sits on a rail. 



In winter, how hard is my fare! 



Grubs, worms, and provisions all fail j 

 So a morsel in charity spare 



For poor Robin who sits on a rail. 



For all my winged brothers in turn, 

 I hope my appeal will prevail ; 



And we'll tender our notes in return, 

 With the thanks of poor Rob. on a rail. 



W.D. 



Up ! and be Doing. 



Ne'er droop your head upon your hand, 



And wail the bitter times ; 



The self-same bell that tolls a knell 



Can ring out merry chimes. 

 And we have still the elements 



That made up fame of old ; 



The Avealth to prize within us lies, 



And not in senseless gold. 

 Yes: there exists a certain plan, 



If you will but observe it, 

 That opes success to any man: 



The secret is- -Deserve it! 



What use to stand by fortune's hill, 



And idly sigh and mope? 



Its sides are rough and steep enough, 



'Tis true; but if you hope 

 To battle 'gainst impediments 



That rudely stop your way, 



Go boldly to't: strike at the root — 



You'll surely gain the day. 

 Prate not about new-fangled plans ; 



Mine's best, if you'll observe it, 

 I say success is any man's 



If he will but deserve it! 



Curiosity op Children.— The curiosity of 

 the child is the philosophy of the man, or at 

 least, to abate somewhat of so sweeping a gene- 

 rality, the one very frequently grows into the 

 other. The former is a sort of "balloon, a little 

 thing, to be sure, but a critical one nevertheless, 

 and pretty surely indicative of the heights, as 

 well as the direction, to be taken by the more 

 fully expanded mind. Point out to me a boy of 

 original, or Avhat would generally be called 

 eccentric habits, fond of rambling about, a hunter 

 of the wood side and river bank, prone to collect 

 what he can search out, and then on his return 

 to shut himself up in his room, and make experi- 

 ments upon his gatherings — to inquire into the 

 natural history of each according to its kind — 

 point such an one out to me, and I should have 

 no difficulty in pronouncing him, without the aid 

 of physiognomy, to be a far better and happier 

 augury than his fellow, who does but pore over 

 his books, never dreaming that there can be any 

 knowledge beyond them. Of such stuff as this, 

 were all our philosophical geniuses, from 

 Newton to Davy, and so from the nature of things 

 they must generally be. And no wonder. The 

 spirit that is powerful enough to choose, ay, and 

 to take its own course, instead of resigning itself 

 to the tide, must be a very powerful spirit 

 indeed — a spirit of right excellent promise. 



Talent and Genius Talent and genius 



must go hand-in-hand. Birds rise not by means 

 of their wing feathers only, but by those with 

 which they guide their flight. 



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