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pronounced to be disgustingly vulgar. The poet, therefore, is right when 
he says, 
“But curb thou the high spirit in the breast, 
For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof 
From sharp contentions." 
— Bryant. 
~Ul|e <§>nowball. 
A shrub, or small tree, of the genus 
Viburnum, bearing large balls of white 
flowers. 
Thoughts of Paradise, 
0 OXJ have already, perhaps, exper¬ 
ienced some of those moments, 
when everything fell in with your de¬ 
sires, and when your joy and bliss seemed complete. Yet, my dear reader, 
this joy, this bliss, is simply nothing at all when compared with the bliss 
of Heaven. 
In vain do we strive to be happy on earth; the reflection that the best 
earthly conditions cannot last forever, the thought that we shall die, pre¬ 
vents us from being as happy as we would; but, in Heaven, there is no such 
fear. Souls there are happy, and are sure of always being so; what they 
possess, satisfies all their desires, and they know that they shall possess it 
for all Eternity. 
Upon earth, the fear of sickness gives us uneasiness, death creates 
alarm, the evils endured by ourselves and our friends, produce sadness and 
distress. In Heaven, the health of the just can never be impaired, the 
freshness of youth never pass aivay, and death has no power to touch them. 
