When the great steamer receives its cargo the captain must
correct the compass, neutralizing the influence of the iron
cargo in the hold. And sympathy keeps the needle of justice
turned toward the star, corrects the aberrations of the
intellect.--N. D. HILLIS.
(3150)
* * * * *
Dr. Dunning, of the _Congregationalist_, tells of a very
near friend of his who visited Tiffany’s great jewelry store in
New York. He was shown a magnificent diamond with its gleaming
yellow light, and many other splendid stones. As he went along
he saw one jewel that was perfectly lusterless, and he said:
“That has no beauty about it at all.” But the friend with him
put it in the hollow of his hand and shut his hand, and then in
a few moments opened it, and he said: “What a surprize! There
was not a place on it the size of a pinhead that did not gleam
with the splendor of the rainbow.” And then he said: “What have
you been doing with it?” His friend answered: “This is an opal.
It is what we call the sympathetic jewel. It only needs contact
with the human hand to bring out its wonderful beauty.”
Doctor Dunning adds: “All childhood needs is that the human hand should
touch it, and it will gleam with all the opalescent splendor that can
shine from heavenly minds.”
(3151)
* * * * *
There are songs enough for the heroes,
Who dwell on the heights of fame;
I sing of the disappointed,
Of one who has missed his aim.
I sing with a tearful cadence,
Of one who stands in the dark,
And knows that his last, last arrow
Has bounded back from the mark.
For the hearts that break in silence,
With a sorrow all unknown;
For those who need companions,
Yet must walk their way alone.
(3152)
See ACTING, ACTOR AFFECTED BY; KINSHIP; RAPPORT.