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ABOUT PEOPLE.

calamities to those who take "uppishness" as their motto in striving. That restlessness may often have a physical basis; may be fostered by temperament, if so, to be eradicated, — or by special individual conditions, — then to be conquered, — are but secondary causes for its existence.

Restlessness does not necessarily progress. It goes from one side to the other, tossing up one set of miseries, and exposing for public pity another set of foibles; it hates others' and condones its own short-comings. Education and culture are constantly regarded as antidotes to restlessness; and though such only to a certain extent, their value is not to be decried; but a restless nature cannot be satisfied with study alone. Education must be used as a means of enjoyment, not as a stimulus to personal ambition, nor as the sole implement for a livelihood. If valued for its power of securing success, rather than for giving peace and strength to the mind, it defeats its purpose, and

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