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SERENITY

try, ambition; but it is, in reality, nothing but a weakened nervous system, and should be deplored.

Let us cease the fretting, fuming, worrying, hurrying, breathless chase in which so many of us waste our days. There is time enough if we will but utilize it, but to do so we must cultivate serenity, concentration, self-control, and cheerfulness. Then, with strengthened nerves and a more effectual interest in the questions of the day, we will real- ize that problems, once so intricate and complicated, have solved themselves; that the simple life has already begun for us, and that, "like a star, unhasting, unresting," we are faithfully fulfilling our destiny.

L. C. S.

Cambridge, Mass.



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