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a smattering of many things, but knows nothing well, may pride himself 
upon his gifts; but the sage and the man of true genius humbly confesses 
that “all he knows is, that he knows nothing/ 7 or, like Newton, that he has 
been only engaged in picking up shells by the sea-shore, while the great 
ocean of truth lies all unexplored before him. 
Be humble, then, and modest, however great thy mental qualities 
may be, and remember that of the Wise Man when he says: 
“In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and 
withal seeking. 
In the company of great men take not upon thee; and when the 
ancients are present, speak not much. 
Before a storm goeth lightning; and before shamefacedness goeth 
favor, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. 77 —Ecclus. 
xxxii, 12-14. 
“On many a desolating pile. 
Brightening decay with beauty’s smile. 
— Barton. 
The Crocus is a genus of plants valued for their early flowering, and 
the brilliancy of their blossoms. 
Cheerfulness. 
IIE way to happiness does not lie in attempting to bring our circum- 
T stances up to our minds, but our minds down to our circumstances. 
“Many birds wear a finer coat than the lark, 77 says an ingenious 
author, “nor is there any that dwells in a lowlier home; yet which of the 
feathered songsters soars so high, or sings so cheerily, or teaches man so 
well how to leave the day’s cares and labors, for the bosom of his family, as 
