The brightest jewel in the human heart is worth a thought or two.

By _a loving_ _look_ we do not mean a look of love bestowed on a beloved object.

_That_ is common enough; and thankful should we be that it is so common in a world that's overfull of hatred.

Still less do we mean that smile and look of intense affection with which some people--good people too--greet friend and foe alike, and by which effort to work out their _beau ideal_ of the expression of Christian love they do signally damage their cause, by saddening the serious and repelling the gay.

Much less do we mean that _perpetual_ smile of good-will which argues more of personal comfort and self-love than anything else.