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Show WUV H1,A( KGI'AIUHSM KAILS lllm kiinrdiBiu id Wf.tk.ntBd, aiid I'vcry cihihiti'in u( it in a imuiift-a ttttit)ii of moral atid intolleWual wt-uk-nead. Let me illualrttto. A buuinood man of my aitjiuiiiitatioo hns a ro j tiut-d I'Kik, n pttlifli, (iiit?t, n'prv((l I hIiuiIu lit ('..initeiniiico. Hire, 1 ;tid to nijoi'il, Id a niiui ul etiil, curtoi t, mural rbarat-UT; ono anion; many morally r'kU-na nn-n. tiiJin into hm lunineBM routii, and seating my-i my-i It nntitly Inr u word utftii ntl ru ria dun, m timu tirtiui- iiui tliu i ix mi i.n n lnjfan mullur, ;u,il liuiy a li in y m tn lit) wit in liu tulli a, luud ivuy, ami utitjf ly, Vulul'ly 'To (an i'. V'fll, my I'l.ti'tt d iltiuiatiLly lull) tuo hhm-(Ihiult' hhm-(Ihiult' IhIiIi.um, uvci l.,kin tut nIlooilitT, and 1 i i-LKixl aiirprimd. LIij a pas;I Ula door tuin aller 1 livaid a pfuluti" ciprt'siiun a rather 1 1 ti j 1 1 l i ; , wnterinli, pLiBillaiiiinoiin oath i. net) it hid t-l.iaii:al itmiill). U'uh it not lather miBerat-ltr? Ho wa a wenk , man, and a I til tire. TiiO tacofLilly cjmpoaod dnj)ort-m dnj)ort-m out if a trained jftiutleman, is a bud of prouiUu in bdcihI matter. W'o eipect much (rum a man of iaey t lanue ol manner, man-ner, and I rather oonKratalatfd my-oi'U my-oi'U on uuuiU'iiutf uluuij my at:-- at:-- uainlAiict'd aut.li a imi'. lie wu jurliCl it) tliu acrcue dignity uf Ina tone ol camal inU-ivoiiTBe. Von wuu'd haidiy n wJ Uj ha lold m wurda that Ir.iia a clnld ho hud (I loyi-tl every literary and Boc:al advitnUe. Hisnut'irjl atjilitita were ready mat lair, and hia natural inipulM ail luiLle mnl cntrmiB. rtu the il,vr of a hiIlnih, near whlcn a nuiu ttr nf per ma weie Btaniiing and t'.iiiTrrfi'nf, 1 p:tw my artvirnpliftipd irit-nd t"Mi Wlkt-fi ailti a rather j-miily air, and ty, in a tonu hmlow .ilJ i;tk, wait Mi-a uu-auL to ht) a strand V(; r i. an uatti. Wli.tl a iuh wits 1 1 it-re ! What a blight ol my -ncet bod ul ruiuistr I i. lio hollow mn:ntpa ol h'js UiL,t iu uiteni, what li,' W.ftLtd U.1 hVf toualdcrt-0 ifiml o! uip in pi r i i :H u o.d m ral wa a, Wic I uy iu ul tn boitow nt m ol j la ii..i-l.-t. ()', ail Blirci.t.uns 1 ;i.n.k t ! e atKrtal.-tii tl nn-rt inw in inoUnity lim ry e;ki-tt MtiJ tliu I CaUiinluLiB. tVit:. i 1 Itust :.d rcal.y ui'iHir u:y uj. i.A lueud.' Ccu Id 1 hiip piljli; him .' I:i its cc-i nt'.al nat-ir hlat kj;nard ia Voiunt.try o JuimitLl ol .--it-control, li is moro t:ian mere inkui-c3 it is volun. jer weaknirt. Aid a.l fxhih:t;oD ol w&akiiL-M, , wLether foliintctr or other ne, is hhy, Ilif re it no remedy for lh Joos in reputation which is tho ciiiim;-j'lODCt! ciiiim;-j'lODCt! of the cpen waul ol thorough sril t"vt rnnient. II a man acta toe blackguard in a mumeut 01 ovcrpov-id; ovcrpov-id; paoiiuo and ouulcesas ins fault in any manner, direct or indirect, bo-ciety bo-ciety will paxdm it, aLd trust him, pertiai, to i.-" '-r.ial ho generally ap pear to b:. U'Jt if bin habit ie oia-phtmous, or if he aflecla the Mackguatd biliiur with or without a purp- it is all over with biru. It is alHnyd felt tLat he aloue is a el rung inao hLio ruim hlui-ell: that is, on Hie whole druj hJ. Acd 1 am aptmk-iup aptmk-iup of reputation as a nipani lo an end. PlreoKiti, si l. lily cl chrtrrtcler wit.s ui.d ieiurtB tniat, at:d .th,jiit il i hero is no tUL-ctts really worth while. birpoi- lament of a Iitfrary kind, Si- ua a Lewp.p'T writer. In a cr-u;n cr-u;n criris mpp-u eiu'li a man .hruititii; Linut-ll into a cauri whijh be thinks moral, m.d in whiil) are mv"iv(d very mtny moral and aucial mil rets. His Hyi,' i- -uccinct ard pure in an (inmf rt tit j;rc-e. He writ ea au if mai-tcr of lepic ftlw.ty?. Ci;ical uKiilritii n ia at his command. com-mand. And ho cviJenlly haa a worthy, wor-thy, no Deal price in iiis noblo cailmg. But if in furthering his end, and meeting what he mus high moral motive impels him to meet, ho habu-nlle habu-nlle and ro.-irp:v TihliS. ll?'C3 ba?0 rpilheto in f peaking of ineu uf eoc:al and poiuicrfl ciauding, empioys willy, fanciful hull -onery to iliruw odium on which hi oprtoneots tiunk ft matter mat-ter ot reliwion, if it not wrakT And mu3t he in i K'p-.caliy if Irs opponent- commit none of this sort ol iMiudviii l; to aa to 6UCCttQ asainst them? I)u ever a Irillmg niuluod of ca nilt overcomo nincerity of he.trt? D.d eicr moral abandonment work ih(- overthrow of moral eelf-contro! ? In thrt cao tiippi'we'i the auditulttd parly may he tho wker iu argu-iih argu-iih i:t. i live mat ttr, but. if self-poa--i'?t?td liny ru mre to conquer, lueir liirftisith is to sit y ill and 1 1 1 am -piMking of mrenth ot character j I 9 either ariuouetraled oy self control, 1 or en own to l e wanting by blackyuiird recklesr.Otja. Iu lint?, bluctguardiam i id uneoeruutj aud felt to ho eo when employed ae a method of assaulting people for even uJmitled faulid; more ' (specially is it repulsively ungenerous I when the aim U to crush a heart , conviction. True manliness is Ibe 1 uppL-Bileof the ooarae trilling with a mor.i.1 question; especially American manliness ia considerate toward every heurt percuasiou. Xtio coiiatitutiou uodrr which we happily live, in it.i , broad, kind toleration, ia the manliest document extant, the farlhtst posaiblo i from yielding sanction ti brutal, co;ime, trilling witb any form ol religious re-ligious persuation whatever. Indirectly indeed, it prohibits it. This national view of the quality and pcope of tne vilifyint; method of trerttinf; Biieh pensu.isioos Bhows it to bo not only weak, but rvs un-Aiueiican aa it id uniiifinly. Uiacretion, balance, candor and kindness, are necessary to llie reputation reputa-tion for strength, and solidity of character char-acter in mornl and social mailer?. The difficulty with the triller it lhnt we oanuot trust him. ' Deliberately he lays Bobriety aud humane con-sldernlencf con-sldernlencf a aside. It is not lens than brutal lo raise mirth at any heart convictions, and the method is therefore there-fore worse than weak. It is really ' immoral. Gentile. |