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Truth resembles a woman of real beauty, who, conscious of her 
charms, despises the affectation of ornament; error, on the contrary, paints 
and orrtaments herself, because she is ugly, without expression, without 
grace, wthout dignity. 
Perhaps, you may be pleased with its laborious activity. Know, 
then, that it has no strength but when it is the rallying cry of a faction; 
then, indeed, it is rapid in action and fertile in violent measures. 
It is like the meteor which explodes and vanishes, leaving behind it 
nothing but darkness, death, and destruction; truth, on the contrary, like 
the sun, sends forth its bright and steady beams, fertilizes with its genial 
warmth, ci7id sheds on every side life, joy, and beauty 
“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.—St. John viii, 32. 
“He is the free man whom the truth makes free, 
And all are slaves besides.” 
— Cowper . 
©inquefoit. 
A plant of different species of the genus Potentilla, also colled five- 
finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 
Parental Love. 
pi' lIILDRETs, love your parents ! For what have not father and mother 
^ done through love for you \ 
On your account your^ mother has had much discomfort, sickness, 
difficulty, and pain, before you were born, in your birth and after it. For 
some years she had to carry you about in her arms, until she was tired. 
For vour sake she had to remain awake hours and hours during the night, 
