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 prove a means of reaching the hearts of a multitude of readers. It is when his mental powers are already beginning to decline that a man is capable of the greatest works; just as it is hotter in July, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun has turned and is on the downward grade, than it is in June at mid-day. True it is: all men procrastinate and are sorry for it. I think, however, that even the most active find as much to be sorry for as the laziest ; for those who do more also see more that might have been done, and see it more clearly. There are people who can believe anything they wish. What lucky creatures! The girl who reveals herself heart and soul to her friend reveals the secrets of the entire sex ; for every girl is the guardian of the feminine mysteries. There are times when country lasses appear like queensan observation which holds good of body and soul. He is a man subtle enough to make himself hated, but not enough to make himself liked. It is a fact that there are numbers of people who read merely that they need not think. Every man has his particular superstition, which