Show IS MOST I 1 COMMON OF FAULTS envy and jealousy are passions Pa ealon that indicate a lack of control and weakness what common faults are these thes envy and jealousy yet how bow profitless and foolish whether one envies a natural endowment or an attainment achieved ichi eved by dint of human effort it is the groa grossest sest of f follies no person is entirely by nature and in the disposition of providential gifts the clement element of compensation counts for something surely the distribution is not all one sided the envious man may have quaff ties which the envied lacks but likes what a pity instead of wasting time coveting possessions he does not take time to appreciate hia his own talents how much happier and better oft he and tho the world would bo be As for envy jealousy of acquired powers it would be much more sensible and profitable to set about matching wits for wits in a determination to achieve instead of covet ovet c no one is envious or jealous of anything or anybody beneath him it is always of a superior envy and ana je jealousy therefore are signs and se self if confessions of weakness inwardly aar adly or outwardly the admission is is made of a deficiency in possession or acquisition this is a passion and like any other passion indicates a lack of self control weakness |