Show the simple truth what power there is in the li simple simpie truth troth what a solid respectability invests the character of a man whose words are known to be the liberal transcript of his mind how flow small and despicable pi cable in his calm presence appear the artifices of the jesuit the tricks of tile the humbug the tho committal ism of the politician the simple truth without exaggeration without concealment how bow beautiful it is and how st strong there is a prevalent feeling in the world that the simple truth is not tobe tome spoken children and fools speak truth says a current proverb we ve attribute this feeling to the corruption of the ruling classes throughout christendom for the last century they have held a false position in the world and have tried to maintain themselves in their places by diplomacy and lies napoleon bonaparte was an unscrupulous liar his bulletins were almost always a tissue of theatrical semi and his minister talleyrand was and I 1 Is another name panie for polished poli hed subterfuge J in pur ap pp 1 own country what ia la is 14 politics politic but bui bu vin vim wire pull pulling ing 1 tid and lid what is wire pulling putting but the ifie art of f plausible misrepresent thus the simple fimple truth hv hus fullen fallen into disrepute thus lle ile file lie successful liar hos has come lo 10 be applauded for his luge Iu genut nulty i jn instead of being execrated for cor or his tile baseness and despised for his littleness thus the tile dignity and tand power of perfect sincerity have llave been obscured and forgotten we have been reading read n g the washl washington mgt on papers I lately and aily any one ono who wishes to the tile character of or george Wes washington hington must read thos papers iii ili charActer is therein depicted u unconsciously iby himself and no puffing biora blora ra pher phen comes comei in la aldi within lii ili windy paragraphs to 0 o disturb in rh the readers reflections the impassion ampro assion chev leave anthe on the readers niina is i that the tho secret of power ower lay in his simple pimple ao floo lute lule and impregnable hib arity his ilia menial op era pra ions lons were slow blow ha ile was no talker no ll thinker no writer ile he was not a man of rif books nor of ideas ile he never said a great word nor even what is called a good tiling 91 ile he wa was a pilm blip methodical prudent painstaking man wan without brilli brilliancy ancy arcy of any klud but lie he was known to be perfectly reliable rel uble incapable of nril fice incorruptibly hor hof honest rest fest and unfalteringly faithful to every jirush his ilia words merethe we were rethe tiie words of simple simpie truth his ilia the acts of an honest man he roared death not at bt all but he be fear feard d dishonor with an infinite fear ile he had not a millionth aart oart of napoleons talent bilt but by virtue of ills 1118 single s uz ml I 1 in instinctive love lovo of truth he wa wax a rp million illion times superior to napoleon ilia life ilfe was wag a triumph napoleons was a failure his career was like the career of or the sun beautiful in the morning powerful at t noon glorious anil and serene in the evening sinking majestically to reposed repose followed foil foll owed by the admiration of a it continent napoleons career was volcanic I 1 i and arid destructive and at the end there was yeas merely I 1 the fume and glare of a volcano no which is spent I 1 these thase are all trite sa ings digs but HIP the best truths I 1 are trite arid and therefore are the le les ies s likely to 0 o be uttered but our young men ilerd tobe rem reminded thit that hanest ays yys power and that sincerity is safe sare and wie wise humbur humbug does not pay humbug is not appearances we know are ore against these assertions but appearances app arances are ye deceptive e cep tive that man alone bas has a sure ground of prosperity thois is in ili a way to render the public a r service arvice which is is genuine and whose words never create expectations which ITS actions do not satisfy it 11 any auy one tine replies that niost business men practice r a cil cli ce some deception ion oil oti our r answer isi is that most business inel fail we wo believe the foil ouli because er aus I 1 they deception and that age general return to truth alid anesty would give to business 1 I at stability a ali all 11 safety the lie lle want of which now calces such agonies of anxiety we W believe belleve in the he might of the simple trudi truth ith rth t I 1 th the e stron strongest liina under it lt out does talent alent and nd outlasts outcasts it it is precious it is beautiful U it is big high it is gral great nothing can clu atone for thewalt the want of it nothing is powerful enough to in overthrow it it makes ili til the e lowliest man heroic the absence of it renders the most richly endowed mail mall despicable happily for mankind few men can cin be brilliant happey for rn arkind kindy kindi all men mea can be honest jn in word eed red deed life fiell 11 11 |