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Show Sort Words. One of the most curious of current beliefs is that of hypocrisy lurking in pleasant manners and sincerity in those hat are rough or stern. It seems a relic of our Puritan forefathers, but it certainly is out of place today. One is foolish, or very innocent, to give heed to more than the letter of society courtesies. cour-tesies. But, on the other hand, the wish to please ia a good sign in itself, and the willingness to hurt, by word as well as by deed, is a bad sign in itself. it-self. Selfishness is, far more than hypocrisy hy-pocrisy even, a usual failing. And there is small hope for the habitually self absorbed rough speaker, while there is always a chance that the soft manner may sink intc the heart. To those who tell us that soft words butter no parsnips, pars-nips, we may retort, oil is also better for a wig than vinegar. If proverbs mean anything, it is because there is one for every side of a question. Exchange. |
