Mistakes of Life.
Somebody has condensed the mistakes of life and arrived at the conclusion that there are fourteen of them. Most people would say, if they told the truth, that there was no limit to the mistakes of life ; that they were like the drops in the ocean or the sands of the shore in number, but it is well to be accurate. Here, then, are fourteen great mistakes : "It is a great mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong aud juige people accord' ingly; to measure the enjoyment of others by our own ; to expect uniformity of opinion in this world ; to look for judgment and experience in youth; to endeavor to mould all dispositions alike j not to look for perfection in our own actions; to worry ourselves and others with what cannot be remedied ; not to al* leviate all that needs alleviation as far as lies in our power; not to make allowances for the infirmities of others; to consider everything tbat we cannot per« form; to believe only what our finite minds can grasp ; to expect to ba.able to understand everything. The greatest- of mistakes is to live only for time, when any moment may launch us into eternHgr,"
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4369, 4 January 1883, Page 2
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208Mistakes of Life. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4369, 4 January 1883, Page 2
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