{"id":7828,"date":"2021-12-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2021-12-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:00:00","slug":"the-good-old-maxims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-good-old-maxims\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Old Maxims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Rock Island Argus, December 22, 1913<\/em><\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to read the maxims which
    Philosophers have made;
They tell us how we may be rich
    And wise and unafraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrice armed is he whose quarrel\u2019s just,\u201d
    \u201cTruth crushed to earth will rise,\u201d
\u201cRight will prevail.\u201d \u201cThey can who must,\u201d
    \u201cHe only wins who tries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook ere you leap.\u201d \u201cThe rolling stone
    Accumulates no moss.\u201d
\u201cA cat may gaze upon a throne.\u201d
    \u201cYour gain\u2019s another\u2019s loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey cannot win who hesitate.\u201d
    \u201cThink twice before you speak.\u201d
\u201cThe bough too often bent will break.\u201d
    \u201cThey find who bravely seek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA little nonsense now and then
    Is relished by the wise.\u201d
\u201cThe sword\u2019s less mighty than the pen.\u201d
    \u201cMan\u2019s strength his need supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So down along the list it goes;
    The maxims make it clear
How each may overcome his foes
    And at the front appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I am often filled with doubt,
    My faith is insecure;
The men who worked these maxims out
    All died so very poor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Rock Island Argus, December 22, 1913. By Henry Howland. I like to read the maxims which    Philosophers have made;They tell us how we may be rich    And wise and unafraid. \u201cThrice armed is he whose quarrel\u2019s just,\u201d    \u201cTruth crushed to earth will rise,\u201d\u201cRight will prevail.\u201d \u201cThey can who must,\u201d    […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-7828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}