Mature Age

Yon "iré getting into years." Yes, but the years aro getting into you - the riu; rich yenr?, thé genial, mellow years, the lustv, lucious years. Une by une, the crudities of your yo;:üi are falling off fibm yon, tho vanitj, the egotism, the iaolation, the bewildennent, the unéertiiiuty. Néaref aüd ioínrer yon aro approsching yonrself. You are consolidating yovjr forcea. You are becumiug piaster of tlio ituation. Everv wrong road uito wliich you have watidered lias brought you, by the knowledgü oí' that mistake, so much closer to the trulh. You no longer draw your bow at a venture, but shoot straight to Ü:e luark. Your possibilities concéntrate and your path is olear ed. On the ruins oí shattered plana you find your vantüge ground. Your broken hopy, youf thwarted purpnpo-, your (Itf'uated aspiration?, becoir.e a tall oí strength wuh whioh you mount to sublimer heighín. With selt-possession and self' eornmand rotiirn ihe pos sesaion and coinunind cf all things.- ïhe title (iu'cd oí ci catión, íorfcited, is replaím'ed. Earth and sea and fky pour oiit their lárgéss of lovc. All the past ero iv ds .down to lay ils treasuies at your feot. -