MORTAL man, in his native element of error, may aptly be termed a bundle of wants. From the very hour of his nativity he begins to want something,—everything that gives promise of satisfaction,—and it may be safely affirmed that the mighty discontent of the human race to-day lies in the fact that more time and attention have been paid to the thought of humanity's wants than to its needs.
The most successful men and women in every age are those who, at an early period, have learned to distinguish between human desire and moral and spiritual need. The child that meets with little or no restraint in the direction of its whims and wants, but is pampered and petted by too lenient parents, becomes oftentimes little else than a drone in society. Says Pope,—
'Tis education forms the common mind:
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
