Shutting Our Eyes

Yfi'v miserable people are tbose WW) fío througn ilu wotH seeimg too ïnucli. They plome themseli m apon tbeli abHity, and proclaim cverywlicn' the wonderfu] secrete their shairp-aightedmeBS has iliscoverecl. They ftad out smail deltaquenclea and trining ol trienda, nelg-hbora .".nd eervantB. 'c are n t at all obüged to thi'in for wha1 they rerii. Cin i!ic contrary, we are con1'iiu;i!ly ti-cmbliiiii lest cmv own ppt : s: il be brouijht to lliilit. or our friend's little secrei sveaknees ezposed. It is not bard tD gain much peace of ni:nd by tudying ttte act of Judlokiusly slmitiim' our eyee. Lel us refuee to see too much of oth r people'á error and mtatakea. Nay, more, let refuee d see anytWog ''xcept what we vM to see. Tlic way is clear, tliV (Mrcnmetancee are fortúnate, people are well ímaninií and industrious, tvappineee abounds, and we onreelvee are m the hlgh-road to fa in e and fortune. A fool's jiaradise. yon gay ? Perhnps. T.nt I doubt if a fool's parai!i-c is not letter than tlie heaven of people who would oarry thlther mieroeeopet that they m'nlit discover