processions unknown.

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Thousands of human lives are blasted by negative goodness.

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A little country boy whose mother everlastingly nagged him about being
good, but whose father was ever telling him about the beautiful things
in the city, ended his prayer with this: "O, God make me such a good
boy, that when I die I can go to New York."

_One Hundredth Thousand_

Observe your opportunities to be kind. A little boy was sitting in his
father's lap in the street car when a charming young lady entered, and
as the little fellow observed there was no seat, he quickly jumped off
his father's lap and said to the young lady, "please take my seat."

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It is not wealth, or position that gives health and happiness.

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A mighty Emperor was stricken with a malady; his court physicians
gave him up to die. He called in his magicians and they told him if he
would wear the shirt of a happy man he would recover. He ordered his
kingdom searched for a happy man. They found him, up in the silent
mountains, but alas, he had no shirt.

No, Satan did not bring the temptation to Eve instead of Adam,
because woman was a weaker, and man a superior being. He brought the
temptation to Eve because a woman isn't afraid of the Devil. If he had
brought it to Adam, he would have been running yet.

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Some people are so stupid in passive goodness, that their whole life
wouldn't fill three feet of a moving picture reel.

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=Dedication=

This book is gratefully dedicated to the kindly memory of two eminent
physicians, long since gone from this earth plane, who professionally
observed my fourth physical eclipse by rheumatic fever; and who
hopefully assured me, as I fluttered weakly from the shadow, that I
could never pass thru it again. When I received their bills I was sure
I could not.

The Author.

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If you are "A Self-Made Man," don't say too much about it, someone may
suspect you "loafed on the job," and tell the Union.

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Prayer should always prepare you for action. For example, little
Willie was saying his prayer, and his sister, seeing his pink toes
sticking out from under his nightie, tickled them. Willie g