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What is there a man cannot waste and
that 10 without a single instance of lavish pro
figacy; but solely by those minute, scarcely
perceptibte squanderings which, like the con.
stant dropping Of water upon the rock, wear
away that which seems most likely 10 endure.
He may waste his health by liulc indulgences
|ofpernicious habits by constant irregularities,
slight in themselves, and their effectsin single
instances scarcely perceplible, but which as
violations ofthe laws of his being. will work
gradual but certain inroads upon the strongest
constitution, untilth energies decay, the foun-
tains Of life are dried up, and premature old
age sits like crown of thorns upon the head
of early mandood He may waste fortune in
petty squanderings time and talents on tri-
fies or In lisllessness and idleness. How many
giant mind has been friuered away in pursuit
Of the belitting objects Of low ambition. How
often do we see powers perishing for lack Of
thought into insignifcance for
want Of intelligence to feed upon, which use
might have polished to the highest brilliancy,
and exercise would have made equal to achiev-
ing the nobest purposes! How many scatter
in ideness or indifference 10 their value, the
little minute particles Of golden-time, till gol-
den hours, and days and years are wasted, the
treasures Of life all scattered, and Death finds
nothing but poor naked and useless thing a,
the last. Ia