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Show FLATTERY AND REAL PRAISE. Distinction That Is Worthy of Careful Consideration. "Wo sometimes fnney wo hnto Hat-ery, Hat-ery, when in truth It Is tho manner of It wo dislike," said I.n Itochefoucauld. Stripped of Its enlclsm, the saying comes to this thnt whllo praise is eternally pleasant, thero aro fashions In flnttery, and those fashions chnngo very complete!) Flnttery Is Innocent or dosplcnble, not according to whether wheth-er or not It oversteps tho limits of tho accurate, but whether or not It pro-leodw pro-leodw fiom nn Interested or a disinterested disin-terested .notlvo There nro moments when a true statement of honorific fact made for tho selllsh purpose of the speaker mn.v bo gross flattery, whllo nn exaggerated speech may bo Justified by Its good Intention. Tim real question Is not what was said, but why It was said That Is tho only lest by which we can dlvldo tho con tumptlblo from the hnrmless kind. Suiely there Is less of tho worse sort than thete wns or do we hut flatter ouiselves'.' i |
