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The Bright Side

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
July
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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Look on the bright side. It is the bright side. The times raay be hard, but it will make thetn no easier to wear a gloomy and sad countenance. It is sunshine, and not the cloud, that makes the flower. There is always that before and around us which should cheer and fill the heart with warmth. The sky is blue ten times where it is black once. You have troubles, it may be ; so have others ; none are free from them. They give sinew and tone to life, fortitude and courage to man. That would be a dull sea, and the sailor would nover acquire skill, where there was nothing to disturb the surface of the ocean. It is the duty of every man to extract all the enjoyment he can within him ; and, above all, he should look on the bright side of things. What though things do look a little dark ; the lane will turn, and the night will end in broad day. What is ill becomes well ; what is wrong, right. Men are not mado to hang down their heads or lips, and those who do, only show that they are departing from the paths of truth, common sense, and right. There is more virtue in one sunbeani than in a whole hemisphere of cloud and gloom. Therefore, we repeat, look on the bright side of things. Cultívate what is warm and genial- not the cold and repulsive, the dark and moróse.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus