The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

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118 THE YOUNG LADY S COUNSELLOR.
would have turned to loathing ar.d to scorn, and the
miserable pair would have spent their lives in mutual
disgust and sorrow. Annette, though she had the
power to appear lovely, lacked true loveliness of
viind, and could not create an empire of pleasure
without first remedying so essential a defect. Remember,
therefore, young lady, that loveliness must
exist in the spirit. Outward gentleness, like odor
from a flower or music from a harp, must proceed
from a soul made lovely in itself
When that iron-minded warrior, Caius Marius,
was taken prisoner in the marshes of the Lmis, his
captors sent a Gallic soldier to his prison, with orders
to put him to death. The captive sat in the darkest
corner of his chamber. His eyes gleamed fiercely
on his executioner, and in a voice of thunder he
durst thou kill Caius Marius ?
exclaimed, " Man !
The looks, the language, the voice, the energy of
Marius, produced so powerful fin impression upon the
Gaul, that he threw down his sword and fled, declar
ing it was impossible to kill the prisoner.
Now, of ten thousand other meu, probably not one in