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Show gtttj BBBa THE STUDY Of"sELI--. H Tl.a Way to n l'lopor Valuation of Our- ggga elvoa null Our Attalntnsnta. gH It la a Mite (lingular that a quality which H roiilly eescntlal lo decency, not to nay ox- cii nee, Is yet ono cnpnblo of producing a ii 'orlenktton of character, qullo at low in gH on ileenntiit Its dppotlto la lofty In attl- (ude, eaya ltarpnr'a Jlarar. for ocortaln H amount of oouciouu"84 of oursolvoa Is gggt ;i'od oarl nocoasary, wlillo too great an gH .nnouiitisdoUialng and Unworthy. With- H outaproier pride, 0.1 Ills oiled, whernara H trol Wo nro nlninst wlllnmt aulf-ruipevt. H rpr prldo of a po. tonal kind keeps ono In t tho obMrvnnco ef tlioso leaser duties, which H not to obtervo would rciulor ono reeronnt gggt in ono'a own estlninti!. II will allow ono to H tin nothing at odds Willi oiio'sliloul nf hon6r, of honosty, of civility, ot kindness, nnd, H whoro religious proiis and stays nrolulss. H big, It keeps una from much of tho ovll ggH that Has In wait. If It is not good morals In g ltaolf Itenforcos good nmmicrs, nnd lends B tbo way lo good morals by such regard of H tho rent renwn nnd tnotlvoof good mannor g as springs from tho Jlolden Hulo, if hav afgl Ing uothliig to oo with that ruto Id It- H olf. Hut, Indulged beyond n propor H point, tfils clmractcrlslle is cnpablo of as- H silml.ig n doublo mask, cither aspect of H which is hateful. Itlmson tlioono oldoar- 4rgH ri -co, kn cprostliin of self utterly outof H proiiorllon Willi rlglit nnd Iit.IIi, whero tha ; "gH claimant gathero lo lilmnolf, nil tlio wldom fH and virtue and atlinirnbla quality that thoro H may bo lu question, nnd It ho does not ex- B oinlrni "I am Hlr Oroolo, nnd when I speak gVBH Ietnodogmrl(,"hottilnkalt,anaihoroforo J boars himself calf ha wera Infallible It Is HBHj into this dotestablo quality that prldo of 9Bp birth and prldo of rconoy incrgo Ihemsclvcs. J Adventitious circumstances ns both birth ami monoy nro, tho person who manifests HBl prttl6'ln Hem, and claims suiioriority be- J onuso of llicui, acquires uuconsciousty J haughtiness ot Manner that m.tUrti him not only unbearahlo hut Uuglmblo, tho haughtt- HBl news being only tho external mamfiHtatlon B of thaundiioosllinatnof tho facta ot ono's BBH Inillvklualliy, nnd showing, on tho whole,. gSBl loss nobility and worth than thoro might havo been, without cither high blrtV or great wealth, Inasmuch ns pride In ma- torial anil vwrlshubio tilings Is leas to bo osteemed than prldo In spiritual ones. A BBfl man ot proier prido could never arrogate to BHh himsolf llio pjssosulon of tlio tnorest trirlo that was not really his; ho would consldor it as allot n plcen with nuy nlhar dithon- gSHl osly, unit ho will novcr drag his name In thOdustofaiSLi lion, struggle and dissent; HHV but an arroguut mini, assuming to be the HJ equal of his superiors, la never nuy thing but a rlilinuloiis object Ui thoso whoso flnor HHj souks arc not olTondcd liy him. - "ti wSHl Tho other its pet t of thla doublu mask Is thai prnsentoil by tho activity ct vitality nml selt-coneoit Not tlut tho prcaenco of SBl varlty always Implies lh.it of nn nverwoon- Ing ooneolt , it may bo that ita iiossessor by no tueons overeatimalca a partlcloof Ms SBfl powernorlmlonghigH', he may havo all that gSH of which he Is vain, mid be really a marvel SHh ot capacity or lion .'y, or wbatorcr Is the HHJ thing most valued In his citegory. When flHJ the lirearhar said "AU Is vanity," ho aoAnt to usn the literal slgnMcallou of tho HJ word all is hollowncjs; and banco some. flHl times we nlUch to tlio word an idea of HH falsity and protence, which, as the word Is SB now used. Is erroneous, as ono Is vnln only ot what one nrtually )o4sessoa, or stnreroly BgVJ thinks ho posnotscs, and vanity puro and HHJ slmpla is as much nn expression of active HBl interest In one's self ns any thing olso. SHgl Thoro Is, tndooil, a certain questionable) variety of vaully which Is no spurious and ilcilorablo ns hardly to bo clubnod by SHl either prldo or vanity, and Is to bo classed BVJ under the hnntl nt self righteousness; but kept out of sight it does no sticcial harm to any ono, and if it does not clog his moral flHJ endeavor, nets only as a stimulant to tbo HJ posscasor; nlw.iya odious In tho angeUo (BBg and superior eyes, It Is enly whou It' ba- MH comes so overtopping as to obtrude .SVJ itsqlf upon earthly neighbors that BJ It becomes cdlnua to them; or when It Is founded on noxt to noth- HH lug that It innUos Us vlcUm absurd; It Is then a lot in of snlf-concolt that Is nn - -BlVJ abomination in all eyes and cars. To tha VHs 'self-centered person tbo outer univorso Is a trlflo; tho ego Is tho only univorso; tbo SHl rost of mankind aro moro motes, or at best BHJ (larasltos; bo himself walks with Id head BBl n tho clouds, and to loftily that )io falls to gSH sco tho pebbles on which his feet stumble, HHl or tha party-color with which his folly has HHl drosscd him like Harlequin. On tho whole, ' HJ If In aomo relations thcro is any bracing or H Btlmulallug quality In tha inssossloii ot a H certain amount of prldo, yet Ita abusols so H tempting nnd do cany that ono is led to 'B think it would bo better when tha good J fairy glvos gifts to docltna that ono alto- flBg golhor, Indulging no vanity, and running no flHJ danger of trampling over tlio weak and pMr-siilrltcd. llio safe and wiso maxim, HJ "Know thyself," which used to bo worked HBJ bylltllo inikldcn on their liook-marks, In BH tho days of perforated papor, points out tbo way lo a propor valuation of oursolros and BBg our attatnmonta. Possibly no ono over BHg really acquired tho knowlodgo thoroughly HH or accurately ; but ho who has ondouvorod HHl to do so can not help agreeing with Uio poet BH whou ho writes: HJ " Belt rovercnee, iclf-knowledge, lolt-control gSH Thcio throoloulmjn to toTcrclvr. dow-j j |