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¥ ATN honor is but a short reeling/’ says St. Chrysostom. 
The ambitions man regards the honor of men as a great good 
wherein, contrary to his hope for happiness and contentment, he find dis¬ 
quietude and vexation of mind. 
Ambition renders man nnhappy. 
It sorely disturbs his mind. 
Tor how great is his anxiety until he reaches the object sought for; 
and when he has obtained it, what cares and sorrows does he find heaped 
upon him! 
When Urban VII. put on the pontifical vestments, he said: “Who 
would believe that this fine texture galls so much him who wears it!” 
Moreover, ambition produces the same effect upon the mind, that 
drunkenness produces upon the body; each fresh indulgence increases the 
thirst. V T hen failure withdraws the intoxicating draught, the disap¬ 
pointed man is inconsolable. 
Let everyone, therefore, guard himself against a vice,—or passion, 
rather—to which man is so much inclined, and which renders him unhappy 
in time and may lead him into an unhappy Eternity! 
FVjovmtam t®mK* 
Aspirings after True Happiness. 
^pEUE Happiness, as all agree in describing it, consists in the certain 
and peaceful possession and enjoyment of a true, perfect and lasting 
good. If one of these qualities he wanting, there is no true Happiness, 
A good thing may he great and beautiful in itself, but so long as you 
