PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

BY

MATURIN M. BALLOU,

AUTHOR OF THE TREASURY OF THOUGHT," 99 66 HISTORY OF CUBA,"
"BIOGRAPHY OF HOSEA BALLOU," ETC., ETC.

BOSTON:
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

1882.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

To

MY WIFE,

THE PATIENT AND CHEERFUL ASSOCIATE OF MY STUDIES,

AFTER MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF

HAPPY COMPANIONSHIP,

This Volume

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY

THE COMPILER.