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HINTS ON LIFE.

YOUTHS BELONGING TO TRADE AND

INDUSTRY.

EVERY one seeks happiness where he thinks he shall find it: those whose hearts and minds are sufficiently well constituted to entitle them to any chance of success in the search will discover that it is more equally distributed than might be supposed, and that it is unattainable by the envious, malevolent, idle, and dishonest alone. Health and contentment are, however, the foundation upon which the superstructure of enjoyment is built. With sound health, common checks and casualties are cheerfully borne; and to be content is to possess a sunshine of our own an internal light to warm

and cherish that cannot be extinguished. It is

easy to reconcile contentment with a desire to rise

in society.

Being dissatisfied and repining is very

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London, Published by Longman Brown, Green & Longmans

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