God more for having given you something to bear for his
sake. God himself will help you to bear your trials. You will conquer your
troubles one by one, and by a succession of LITTLE VICTORIES will at last
completely triumph over all."
--Harriet Martineau.

DEFINITIONS.--1. Af-flict'ed, overwhelmed, dejected. Reck'-oned,
calculated, counted. 3. Com-pos'er, an author of a piece of music.
Or'ches-tra, a body of instrumental musicians. 7. Ap-prove', sanction,
allow. 10. De-ject'ed, discouraged, low-spirited.

NOTES.--2. Francois Huber (b. 1750, d. 1831) was a Swiss naturalist. He
became blind at the age of fifteen, but pursued his studies by the aid of
his wife and an attendant.

2. Ludwig van Beethoven (pro. ba'to-ven; b. 1770, d. 1827) was born at
Bonn, Prussia, but passed most of his life at Vienna.

CII. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.

Sir Henry Wotton (b. 1568, d. 1639) was born at Bocton Hall, Kent,
England. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. About 1598 he was taken
into the service of the Earl of Essex, as one of his secretaries. On the
Earl's committal to the Tower for treason, Wotton fled to France; but he
returned to England immediately after the death of Elizabeth, and received
the honor of knighthood. He was King James's favorite diplomatist, and, in
1623, was appointed provost of Eton College. Wotton wrote a number of
prose works; but his literary reputation rests mainly on some short poems,
which are distinguished by a dignity of thought and expression rarely
excelled.

1. How happy is he born and taught,
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armor is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill!

2. Whose passions not his masters are,
Whose soul is still prepared for death,
Untied unto the worldly care
Of public fame, or private breath;

3. Who envies none that chance doth raise,
Or vice; who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of state, but rules of good:

4. Who hath his life from rumors freed,
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed,
Nor ruin make oppressors great;

5. Who God doth late and early pray,
More of his grace than gifts to lend;
And entertains the harmless day
With a religious book or friend.

6. This man is freed from servile bands,
Of hope to rise, or fear to