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Her eye went to the emblems upon her wall: a pine tree on a poster, typical of strength, a banner with a sunburst, the sun shedding warmth upon the earth. And then then! To the little squat figure of a woman, as the Indians depicted her, with a torch in her hand, Wisdom's torch her own emblem as Wantaam of the Council Fire. But there was another representation of that Wantaam that Wise Woman.
But now I, who have dared to draw my tiny draft from Aristotle's great well, seem after all to be seeking an excuse, seeking it in example and precept. Precept, at least, I know to be of no avail. My father spent all the many days of his life in the study of Greek; you might suppose it was for Wisdom's sake, but my father was a modest man.
Alarmed at sound of fallen fruit, A hare once ran away; The other beasts all followed suit, Moved by that hare's dismay. They hastened not to view the scene, But lent a willing ear To idle gossip, and were clean Distraught with foolish fear. They who to Wisdom's calm delight And Virtue's heights attain, Though ill example should invite, Such panic fear disdain.
Where they have gone, we will go also, not very greatly fearing; what they have endured unbroken, we also, God helping us, will make a shift to bear. Not only is the presence of the aged in itself remedial, but their minds are stored with antidotes, wisdom's simples, plain considerations overlooked by youth. They have matter to communicate, be they never so stupid.
XIII. Thy breath inspires the Poet's song The Patriot's free, unbiass'd tongue, The Hero's gen'rous strife; Thine are retirement's silent joys, And all the sweet engaging ties Of still, domestic life. XIV. No more to fabled names confin'd; To Thee supreme, all perfect mind, My thought direct their flight. Wisdom's thy gift, and all her force From thee deriv'd, Eternal source Of Intellectual Light!
Whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole; Or, darkling, grubs this earthly hole In low pursuit, Know prudent cautious self-control Is wisdom's root. When I ponder that forlorn masterpiece, I cannot help a tendency to despair; for I know, by multifarious experience of men, that the curt lines hint at profundities so vast as to baffle the best powers of comprehension.
And he from fortune's storm at rest Smiles, in the quiet haven laid Who, timely warned, has owned how blest The refuge of the cloistered shade; To honor's race has bade farewell, Its idle joys and empty shows; Insatiate wishes learned to quell, And lulled in wisdom's calm repose: No more shall passion's maddening brood Impel the busy scenes to try, Nor on his peaceful cell intrude The form of sad humanity!
"Ah! where was wisdom's tardy voice that it did not whisper: 'God made men thus: there are no perfect men!.... "How true it is that ideals are simply mental will-o'-the-wisps!.... "I married for ideals, not for love.
"Examples demonstrate the possibility of success." Cotton. "The force of his own merit, makes his way." Shakespeare. "Reader, attend, whether thy soul Soars Fancy's flight beyond the Pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole In low pursuit Know, prudent, cautious self-control, Is wisdom's root." Burns. "In the family, as in the State, the best source of wealth is Economy." Cicero.
Verse 22, with its praise of 'Wisdom, introduces one instance of Wisdom's excellence in verse 23, and that again, with its reference to speech, leads on to verse 24 and its commendation of 'pleasant words. Similarly, verses 27-30 give four pictures of vice, three of them beginning with 'a man. We may note, too, that, starting with verse 26, every verse till verse 30 refers to some work of 'the mouth' or 'lips.
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