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CHAPTER XIII.
F.1-;\\'thing~ arc morc 11~Gel'.:iar.r to the com.
fort :md su('C'.c'f.;,.,or a young mau, than the
.proper go¥crnmf'nt of h.iJ:; uwn wmper. You
can tako no part whatever in the concerns of
the world, without meeting with much to rume
your feelings awl put 'your disposition to a se-
vero tcst. But let your lrial~ of this !'oort be
what they will, it may be laid down as a
maxim that nothing c.1.n Sc-.riOllsly illju!'e :rou,
if you retain the mast€ry oyer Jourl'oeln~.
Other spot:! may be eOl-crcd with douds aud
fl.huken with tempest.') but 11mt 011 which the
sclf-controllcd man stnnd.s will he vi..;itcJ with
sunshine.
Solomon places tlle control of ono'8 self
abov~ the exploits of the bran:'et and most
succf.:s~ful heroes . .And the statement is not