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 ,,rosetta ,,dunigan          ,,preface 
,those acts which go to form a person's 
influence are little things1  but they  
are potential for good or bad in the    
lives of others4 ,though  they are as   
fleeting as the breath which gave them1 
their influence is  as enduring as they 
reach4 ,but may we strive to scatter    
loving1  cheering1 encouraging words1 to
 soothe the weary1 and awaken the       
nobler feelings of those with whom we   
daily come in contact4    ,the cause of 
great joys1 like those of sorrow1 are   
few and far  between1 but every day     
brings us much good if we will but      
gather it4  ,all successful men are     
remarkable1 not only for general vigor1 
but for  their attention4 ,it is often  
that in view of these facts men will    
often neglect4 ,he who waits to do a    

great deal of good at once will  never  
do anything4 ,in the complicated and    
marvelous machinery of  circumstances it
 is absolutely impossible to decide what
 would have  happened to some event if  
the smallest deviation had taken place  
in  the march of those who preceded     
them4 ,the little things in youth       
accumulate into character in age and    
destiny in eternity4 ,little sins  make 
up the grand total of life4 ,each day is
 brightened or clouded4  ,great things  
come but seldom1 and are often          
unrecognized until passed4  ,if a man   
conceives the idea of becoming eminent  
in learning1 and  cannot toil through   
the many drudgeries necessary to carry  
him on1 his  learning will soon be told4
 ,or if he undertakes to become rich1   
but  despises the small and gradual     
advances by which wealth is acquired1   
his expectations will be the sum of his 
riches4 ,the successful  business man at
 home1 surrounded by articles of luxury1
 is a spectacle  calculated to spur on  

the toiler4    ,but the merchant at his 
office has had to work1 yes to toil over
  columns of figures to post his ledger2
 and while you were carelessly  spending
 a dollar1 he has ransacked his books to
 discover what has  become of a stray   
shilling4 ,words may seem to us but     
little things1  but they possess a power
 beyond calculation4 ,they swiftly fly  
from us  to others1 and we scarcely give
 them a passing thought4                
,failure a ,stepping ,stone to ,success4
      ,it is a mistake to suppose that  
men succeed through success2 they much  
oftener succeed through failure4 ,there 
were hours of despondency when          
,shakespeare thought himself no poet and
 ,raphael no painter1 when the  greatest
 wits doubted the excellence of their   
happiest efforts4    ,many have to make 
up their need to encounter failure again
 and again  before they finally succeed1
 but if they have pluck the failure will
  only serve to arouse their energies1  
and stimulate them to renewed  efforts4 

,no one can tell how many of the world's
 most brilliant  geniuses have succeed  
because of their first failures4        
,precept1 study1  advice and example    
could never have taught them so well as 
failure has  done and this latter is    
often of more importance than the       
former4    ,we have read of our late ,b4
 ,t4 ,washington1 we can realize the    
fact  that from boyhood even till his   
death1 he sought an opportunity1  though
 the opportunity sometime seemed to be  
very small4 ,dr4 ,b4 ,t4  felt the need 
of an education yes1 he felt there was  
something he  could do someday for the  
betterment of his race1 so he accepted  
the  small opportunities and after      
became a man of fame1 integrity1 and    
honor1 he did not have the opportunity  
that most of the boys and girls  have   
today1 but because of his determination 
he was able to live and  die a man of   
fame and honor4    ,young ,ladies and   
,gentlemen2 a great deal has been done  
to help improve  to the race1 but do you

 know there is still more to be done1   
and there  is something that we can do4 
,there is more expected of us today than
  it was expected of men years ago2 so  
we must begin work more earlier  in     
life4 ,young ,ladies and ,gentlemen2 let
 us put our whole heart mind  and brains
 to work to help improve our race2      
though we may fail but  from this       
failure we can organize future success4 
,we may wish ourselves great but unless 
we do something we shall  forever be a  
wisher4    ,we must realize that our    
ways in this world is like a wall under 
a row  of trees1 checked with light and 
shade1 and because we cannot all walk   
along in the sunshine1 we therefore1 fix
 upon the darker passages and  so lose  
all the comfort of the cheering ones4   
,there is no royal road  to success1 the
 road that leads to success lies through
 fields of  hard1 earnest and patient   
labor1 it calls on the young man and    
woman  put forth all energy1 and bids   
him build well his foundation1 go to    

success since it will not come to you1  
and remember even as steel is  tempered 
by heat1 and through much hammering and 
changing original  form1 is at last     
wrought into useful articles1 so in the 
history of  many men do we find that    
they were attempered in the furnace of  
trials  and afflictions4    ,let us then
 strive against despondency1 even when  
the way before us is  both dark and     
dreary it still is worse than useless to
 give away to  despondency4 ,energy and 
proper afflictions may recover what you 
have  lost2 take heart2 pluck up        
courage2 give not over to despondency2  
by  confronting the evils of life they  
will lose their force4    ,we are able  
to know today that intelligence has     
awakened and spreaded  out her hands1   
and from time immemorial intellectual   
endowment have  been crowned with bays  
of honor1 men have worshiped at the sign
 of  intellect with almost an eastern   
idolatry1 the world at large has        
crowned education with its richest      

honors1 its pathway has been strewn     
with flowers1 its brow has won the      
loftiest plume1 and now we own  schools1
 we must prepare ourselves to meet the  
demand of the world1  rouse ourselves1  
and do not allow our best years to slip 
past because  we have not succeeded as  
we thought we would4 ,why2 because the  
man who  never failed is a myth4 ,if we 
fail now and then do not be discouraged4
  ,it is indeed a happy providence that 
given to mankind the bright  shining sun
 of hope to dispel the gloom of         
despondency4 ,we have all  seen the     
sunburst from behind the clouds and     
light up a storm swept  landscape4      
,the trouble is1 that many of us when we
 are under any affliction1 are  troubled
 with certain malicious melancholy1     
never take notice of the  most          
benighting ones4    ,we must bear in    
mind that it is only the past and       
experience of every  successful man4    
,the most successful men oftener have   
the most  failures4 ,these failures     

which to the feeble are mere stumbling  
blocks1 to the strong serve to remove   
the scales from their eyes so  that they
 now see clearer1 and go on their way   
with a firmer tread and  more determined
 mien1 and compel life to yield to them 
its most  enduring trophies4    ,the    
world is not coming to an end1 nor      
society going to destruction1  because  
our petty plans have miscarried4 ,the   
present failure should  only teach us to
 be more wary in the future and this    
will gather a  rich harvest as the final
 outcome of our efforts4 ,the most      
successful  men oftener has the most    
failures4 ,so if success were to crown  
our  efforts now1 where would be the    
great success of our future4            
,,how ,,to ,,succeed--,,both ,,are      
,,needed4      ,conditions are by no    
means what they should be unless there  
is  opportunity for the full development
 of manners and politeness4    ,there is
 a great difference between manners and 
politeness4 ,manners is  one thing and  

politeness is another4 ,a person        
possessed of these  qualities1 though he
 had never seen a court1 is truly       
agreeable2 and  if without them would   
continue a clown1 though he had been all
 his  life a gentleman usher4 ,a        
traveler of taste at once perceives that
 the  educated men are polite all the   
world over1 but that ignorant men are   
polite only at home4 ,good manners are  
well-nigh an essential part of  life's  
education1 and their importance cannot  
be too largely magnified  when we       
consider that they are the outward      
expression of an inward  virtue4 ,social
 courtesies should emanate from the     
heart1 for remember  always that the    
worth of manners consists in being the  
sincere  expression of feelings4 ,like  
the dial of a watch1 they should        
indicate  that the works within are good
 and true4 ,true civility needs no false
  lights to show its points4 ,it is the 
embodiment of truth1 the mere  opening  
out of the inner self4    ,the truest   

politeness comes of sincerity4 ,it must 
be the outcome of  the heart or it will 
make no lasting impression1 for no      
amount of  polish will dispense with    
truthfulness4 ,to acquire that ease and 
grace  of manners which distinguishes   
and is possessed by every well-bred     
person one must think of others rather  
than of one's self1 and study  to please
 them even at one's own convenience4    
,the golden rule of life  is also the   
law of politeness1 and such politeness  
implies  self-sacrifice1 many struggles 
and conflicts4 ,it is an art and tact   
rather than an instinct and inspiration4
    ,many a man who now stands ranked as
 a gentleman because his smile is  ready
 and his bow exquisite1 is in reality   
unworthy of an honor1 since  he cares   
more for the least incident pertaining  
to his own comfort  than he does for the
 greatest occasion of discomfort to     
others4 ,a man  of politeness and       
manners does not hint by words that he  
deems himself  better1 wiser or richer  

than any one about him4 ,he is 8never   
stuck  up10 nor looks down upon others  
because they have no titles1 honors or  
social position equal to his own4 ,he   
never boasts of his achievements  by    
affecting to underrate what he has done4
 ,he prefers to act rather  than to     
talk1 to be busy rather than to seem1   
above all things is  distinguished by   
his deep insight and sympathy1 his quick
 perception  of an attention to those   
little and apparently insignificant     
things  that may cause pleasure or pain 
to others4 ,in giving his opinions he   
does not dogmatize4 ,he listens         
patiently and respectfully to all other 
men1 and1 if compelled to dissent from  
their opinions1 acknowledges  his       
fallibility and asserts his own views in
 such a manner as to  command the       
respect of all who hear him4 ,frankness 
and cordiality mark  all his intercourse
 with his fellows and1 however high his 
station1  the humblest man feels        
instantly at ease in his presence4 ,the 

success  or failure of one's plans have 
often turned upon the address and       
manner of the man4 ,if we wish to be    
successful men and women1 we must  first
 be in possession of both politeness and
 manners4          ,,poverty ,,may ,,be 
,a ,,bitter ,,draught1 ,,yet ,,it       
,,often ,,is ,a ,,tonic4      ,the      
majority of the men of note in this     
country are not the sons of  those      
fathers who could give them all they    
want1 and much more than  they should   
have1 but are those who were brought up 
in cottages and  cabins cutting their   
way through difficulties on every side  
to their  present commanding position4  
,it is not prosperity so much as        
advertising1 not wealth so much as      
poverty1 that stimulates the            
perseverance of strong and healthy      
natures1 rouses their energies and      
develops their character4 ,indeed1      
misfortune and poverty have frequently  
converted an indolent votary of  society
 into a useful member of the community  

and made him a moving  power in the     
great workshop of the world1 teaching   
men and developing  the powers which    
,nature has bestowed on them4    ,it    
can't be too often repeated that it is  
not the blessings of life1  its sunshine
 and calms1 that make men1 but its      
rugged experiences1 its  storms and     
trials4 ,thousands of men are bemoaning 
present indigence  who might have won   
riches and honor had they only been     
compelled by  early poverty to develop  
their manhood4 ,poverty does more1      
perhaps1  than anything else to develop 
the energetic1 self-reliant trait of    
character1 without which the highest    
ability makes but sorry work of  life's 
battles4    ,of all poverty that of the 
mind is the most deplorable1 and is at  
the  same time without excuse4 ,every   
one who wills it can lay in a rich      
store of mental wealth4 ,the poor man's 
purse may be empty1 but he has  as much 
gold in the sunset1 and as much silver  
in the moon1 as  anybody4 ,wealth of    

heart is not dependent upon wealth of   
purse4    ,thus the evils of poverty are
 much exaggerated1 and the evils1 if    
evils they be1 are often all for our own
 ultimate good4 ,poverty is  the great  
test of civility and touch-stone of     
friendship4 ,it is one of  the mysteries
 of our life that genius1 the noblest   
gift of ,god to man1  is nourished by   
poverty4          ,,the ,,vice ,,of     
,,selfishness ,,displays ,,itself ,,in  
,,many ,,ways4      ,the selfish person 
lives as if the world were made         
altogether for him1  and not he for the 
world1 to take in everything and part   
with nothing4  ,unselfish and noble acts
 are the most radiant epochs in the     
history of  souls1 when wrought in      
earliest youth1 they lie in the memory  
of age4    ,selfishness contracts and   
narrows our benevolence and causes us1  
like  serpents1 to infold ourselves     
within ourselves1 and to turn out our   
stings to all the world besides4 ,as    
frost to the bud and blight to the      

blossom1 even such is self-interest to  
friendship1 for confidence  cannot dwell
 where selfishness is porter at the     
gate4    ,selfishness is the bone of all
 life and dwarfs all the better nature  
of man4 ,it takes from him that feeling 
of kindly sympathy for others'  good1   
which is one of the most pleasing traits
 of manhood1 and in  itself sets up self
 as the one whose good is to be chiefly 
sought4  ,these withering effects are to
 be seen not only in the high road and  
public places of life1 but in the nooks 
and bylanes as well4 ,not alone  among  
conquerors and kings1 but among the     
humble and obscure in the  unsanctified 
lust of wealth4    ,as heat changes the 
hitherto brittle metal into the elastic 
yielding1  yet deadly ,damascus blade1  
so when the demon of avarice finds      
lodgment  in the heart of men1 it       
changes all his better nature4    ,it   
may find him delighted to good and      
relieving the wants of others2  it      
leaves him one whose whole energy and   

power are turned to  advancement of self
 alone4          ,,the ,,greatest       
,,misfortune ,,of ,,all ,,is ,,not ,,to 
,,be ,,able ,,to ,,bear ,,misfortune4   
,heaven in its mercy has placed the     
fountain of wisdom in the hidden  and   
concealed depths of the soul1 that the  
children of misfortune  might seek and  
find in its healthful waters the        
antidote and cordial  of their cares4   
,knowledge and sorrow are blended       
together1 just as  ignorance and folly4 
,man is like a sword in a shop window4  
,men that look upon the perfect  blade  
do not dream of the process by which it 
was completed4 ,man is a  sword2 daily  
life is the workshop and ,god is the    
artificer1 and the  trials and sorrows  
of life the very things that fashion the
 man4 ,when  borne down by trials they  
are sent only for instructions4    ,in  
youth we look forward1 the future       
appears calm as we approach  manhood and
 womanhood life changes its appearance  
and becomes  tempestuous and rough1 as  

the ocean changes before the storm4 ,in 
the  changes of life real joy and grief 
are never far apart4    ,trials come in 
a thousand different forms and many     
avenues are open to  their approach4    
,they come with the warm throbbing of   
our youthful  lives1 keep pace with the 
measured tread of manhood's noon1 and   
depart  not from the descending         
footsteps of decrepitude age4 ,we may   
not hope  to be entirely free from      
either disciplinary trials or the fiery 
darts  of the enemy until we are through
 with life's burdens4 ,men may be so    
old that ambition has no chain1 but they
 are never too old to  experience       
trials4 ,misfortune gathers around great
 men as storms do  around great         
mountains1 but1 like them1 they break   
the storms and  purify the air4 ,those  
who have had misfortune are like those  
who know  many languages4 ,they have    
learned to understand and be understood 
by  all4 ,time is the rider that breaks 
youth4 ,to the young how bright the     

world looks--how full of novelty and    
enjoyment4 ,but as years pass on  they  
are found to abound in sorrowful scenes 
as well as those pleasant  scenes of    
toil1 suffering1 difficulty and perhaps 
misfortune and  failure4 ,happy are they
 who can pass through misfortune with a 
firm  mind and a pure heart1            
encountering trials with cheerfulness   
and  standing erect beneath even the    
heaviest burdens4    ,misfortune is a   
crown of thorns1 but it becomes a wreath
 of light on  the brow which it has     
lacerated4 ,oh1 it is a cross on which  
the spirit  groans4 ,let us learn to be 
able to bear our misfortune1 because    
every  ,calvary has an ,olivet4 ,to     
every place of crucifixion there is     
likewise  a place of ascension4 ,so to  
be successful in this life we must be   
able  to bear misfortunes4              
,,adversity ,,the ,,touch ,,stone ,,of  
,,character4      ,at a superficial view
 it appears that adversity happens to   
all alike1  without regard to rank or   

condition4 ,people are continually      
rising and  falling in all degrees of   
association4 ,we often see men of high  
expectations cut down and left to       
struggle with despair and ruin4 ,much   
of the most useful work done by men and 
women has been amidst                   
afflictions--sometimes as a relief from 
it1 sometimes as a sense of  duty       
overwhelming their personal sorrows4    
,there beats not a heart but that has   
felt the force of adversity4  ,there is 
not an eye but has witnessed many scenes
 of sorrow4 ,how can  we exercise the   
grace of contentment if all things      
succeed well1 or  that of forgiveness if
 we have no enemies6 ,sad accidents and 
a state  of adversity are the school of 
virtue4 ,it reduces our spirits to      
soberness and our counsels to           
moderation4 ,god1 who governs the world 
in mercy and wisdom1 never would have   
suffered the virtuous ones to  endure so
 many afflictions did ,he not intend    
that they should be the  seminary of    

comfort1 the nursery of virtue1 the     
exercise of wisdom and  the trial of    
patience1 venturing for a crown and the 
gate of glory4  ,adversity sent by      
,providence must be submitted to in a   
humble spirit1  or they will not conduce
 to lasting good4 ,as the musician      
straineth at  his strings1 and yet      
breaketh none of them1 but maketh       
thereby a sweet  melody and better      
concord4 ,adversity is the medicine of  
the mind4 ,if  it is not pleasing it is 
wholesome4 ,no soul is so obscure that  
,god  does not take thought for its     
schooling4 ,the sun is the central light
  of the solar system2 but it has a     
mission to the ripening corn and the    
purpling cluster on the vine1 as well as
 the ponderous planet4 ,the  sunshine   
that comes fluttering through the       
morning mists with healing  on its      
wings1 and charging all the birds to    
singing1 should have also  a message    
from ,god to sad hearts4 ,no soul is so 
grief-laden that it  may not be lifted  

to sources of heavenly comfort by       
recognizing the  divine love in the     
recurrence of earthly blessings4 ,in a  
great  adversity there is no light      
either in the mind or in the sun1 for   
when  the inward light is fed with      
fragrant oil there can be no darkness1  
though clouds should cover the sun4 ,but
 when1 like a sacred lamp in  the       
temple1 the inward light is quenched1   
there is no light outwardly1  though a  
thousand suns should preside in the     
heavens4          ,,true ,,dignity ,,of 
,,mind4      ,true dignity of mind is   
always modest in expression4 ,the grace 
of an  action is gone as soon as we are 
convinced that it was done only that    
persons might applaud the act4 ,but he  
who is truly great1 and does  good      
because it is his duty1 is not at all   
anxious that others should  witness his 
acts4 ,his aim is to do good because it 
is right4    ,it is impossible to       
conceive of a truly great character and 
not think  of one with the spirit of    

kindness4 ,true dignity of spirit will  
not  dwell with the haughty in manner4  
,true dignity delights to take up its   
abode with the generous and those who   
seek to relieve the misery of  others as
 they would their own4 ,as long as human
 nature is a mass of  contradictions    
this is not to be wondered at4 ,but the 
influence of  such men is ever working1 
and will sooner or later show itself4   
,men  such as these are the true        
life-blood of the community to which    
they  belong4 ,true dignity of character
 is within the reach of all4 ,it is  the
 result of patient endeavors after a    
life of goodness and1 when  acquired1   
cannot be swept unless by the consent of
 its possessor4  ,wealth may be lost by 
no fault of its possessor1 but greatness
 of soul  is an abiding quality4    ,one
 may fail in his other aims2 the many   
accidents of life may bring  to naught  
his most patient endeavors after worldly
 fame or success2  but he who strives   
for dignity of character will not fail  

of reward if  he but diligently seek the
 same by earnest resolve and patient    
labor4    ,is there not in this a lesson
 of patience for many who are almost    
weary of striving for better things8 ,if
 success does not crown their  ambitious
 efforts1 will they not be sustained by 
the smile of an  approving conscience8  
,strong in this1 they can wait with     
patience  till1 in the fullness of time1
 their reward cometh4          ,,to ,,be
 ,,famous ,,we ,,must ,,be ,,ambitious4 
,young ladies and gentlemen1 an appeal  
to you4    ,the desire to be thought    
well of1 to desire to be great in       
goodness1  is in itself a noble quality 
of the mind1 and is often termed        
ambition4 ,if it is our ambition to gain
 distinction1 we will rob the  weak and 
flatter the strong1 and become the      
fawning slave of those who  are able to 
foist us above our betters and deck us  
with the titles and  honors of the great
 without any regard to our own merit of 
respectability4 ,but if we are ambitious

 to do good1 without any regard  for the
 fame we may win or the praise we may   
command1 our course will  be honorable  
and our acts and deeds most worthy and  
good4 ,when we have  done with the world
 the prints of our worthy ambition we   
will still  remain in the minds of those
 who come after us to enjoy and reap the
  benefits1 for which they will revive  
our memory and retain our names  in the 
lists of those whose labors have aided  
in enlightening the  world and exalting 
the general interest of mankind4        
,much of the advancement of the world   
can be traced of the efforts of  those  
who were moved by ambition to become    
famous4 ,ambition is like  fire4 ,it is 
an excellent servant1 but a poor master4
 ,as long as it is  held strictly to    
integrity and honor1 and to conform to  
the  requirements of justice1 there is  
but little danger of a man's having  too
 much of it4    ,ambition is an         
excessive quality and1 as such1 is apt  
to lead us to  the most extraordinary   

results4 ,but if our ambition leads us  
to excel  or seek to excel in that which
 is good1 the currents it may induce us 
to support will be of great good4 ,but  
if it is stimulated by pride1  envy or  
vanity1 we will confine our support     
principally to the counter  currents of 
life1 and thus leave behind us misery   
and destruction4    ,the happiness      
promised by ambition dissolves in sorrow
 just as we are  about to grasp it4 ,it 
makes the same mistake concerning       
wealth4 ,she  begins by accumulating    
power as a means of happiness1 but she  
finishes  by continuing to accumulate it
 as an end4          ,,dark ,,and ,,full
 ,,of ,,disappointments ,,may ,,be ,,our
 ,,lot4      ,it is generally known that
 he who expects much will be often      
disappointed2 yet disappointment seldom 
cures us of expectations4 ,but  one of  
the saddest thoughts that come to us in 
life is the thought  that in this       
bright1 beautiful and joy-giving world  
of ours there are  many shadowed lives4 

,there is but one way in which we can   
succeed1  when we admit that happiness  
is but a state of the mind1 and that    
success is the faithful performance of  
known duties1 then shall we  acquire    
both4 ,though we may wander the wide    
world over and gather  wealth and fame1 
they will be found impotent to confer   
happiness1 and  life to us will seem    
full of disappointments2 but it is      
because we  failed to seek for life in  
that spirit of quiet content which      
conducts  it4 ,it never happened to any 
man since the making of this world nor  
ever will1 to have all things according 
to his desires4 ,if you risk  nothing1  
of course you lose nothing4 ,let him who
 is enlisted for the  war expect to meet
 the foe4 ,it is with life's troubles as
 with the  risks of the                 
battlefield--there is always less danger
 to the party who  stands firm than to  
the one who gives way4 ,to give way to  
disappointments is to invite defeat4 ,to
 bravely cast about for means  to resist

 them is to put them to flight1 and out 
of temporary  misfortune by the         
foundation of a more glorious success1  
by sending  disappointments to the      
winds2 taking life as it is and with a  
strong  will1 make life as near what it 
should be as possible4    ,the most pure
 lives sometimes are those who are met  
with the most  disappointments4 ,with   
some it is the wreck of a great         
ambition4 ,yes1  he has built his ship  
and launched it on the sea of life      
loaded with  the richest jewels of his  
strength and manhood4 ,and behold1 it   
comes  back to him beaten and battered  
by the fury gale4 ,we may add some rays 
of sunshine to our path if we earnestly 
try to dispel the clouds of  discontent 
that may arise in our bosom1 and by     
doing so enjoy fully  the bountiful     
blessings that ,god our creator has     
given to his humblest  creatures4       
,,memory ,,is ,,the ,,cabinet ,,of ,,the
 ,,imagination4      ,memory is the cord
 binding all the natural gifts and      

excellences  together1 and though it is 
not wisdom in itself1 still it is the   
primary fundamental power without which 
there could be no other  intellectual   
operations4 ,the memory of good actions 
is the starlight  of the soul4 ,yes1 it 
tempers prosperity by recalling past    
distress1 by  bringing up the thoughts  
of past joys4 ,it controls youth and    
delights  old age4 ,without memory life 
would be a blank4 ,the mind must be made
  to think as to remember and to        
remember principles and outlines4 ,we   
think of faces1 and they return to us as
 plainly as when their  presence        
gladdened our eyes4 ,when sorrow and    
trial1 care and  temptation surrounded  
us how often do we gain courage and     
renewed  strength by thinking of the    
past4 ,the course of none has been along
 so  beaten a road that they remember   
not fondly some resting places in  their
 journey--some turns in their path in   
which lovely prospects  broke in upon   
them4 ,how much is spoken which deserves

 no remembrance1  and which does not    
serve as a simple link in one's         
existence not  calling forth one result 
for others' need or thrilling one chord 
with  nobler impulses4 ,the gift of     
memory is diversified to different      
people1 some having a taste of history1 
some for literature and others  delight 
in politics1 and so on through all the  
different phases of  existence4 ,memory 
has been compared to a storehouse4 ,how 
much  important then that we renew the  
mind to healthful actions instead of    
feeding it on poisons until it will     
produce nothing but poisonous  thoughts4
          ,transcriber's ,note          
,inconsistent hyphenation               
7touch-stone_/touch stone7 has been left
 as  printed in the original4 ,a few    
obvious typographical errors have  been 
corrected4    ,the sentence printed in  
the original as      ,happy are they who
 can pass through               h a firm
 mind and a    pure heart1 encountering 
trials with cheerfulness and standing   

erect    beneath even the heaviest      
burdens4    has been reconstructed as   
,happy are they who can pass through    
misfortune with a firm mind and a       
pure heart1 encountering trials with    
cheerfulness and standing erect         
beneath even the heaviest burdens4