Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-11-04
Elegant Extract,
FRol1 +" DISCUSSES oN DAYIEl."


FROM g DISCUSSES oN DAYHLd"
sMEN, in their primitive conditions, however
(avage, were IN loubt dty erega ious-- and they
ontinue to be focal, not only m every Gage OF
civilization, hut in every pofi1le ftu3tfn in
which they can be placed. As natu inreni-
"a them for fociety he has furai.hed thsnl With
pailions, appetite and pr ,eafities IS We as
gariety Of faculties, ealluiated b th 70 indii ID
ual enjoy mett, and 10 render hem uf.tul to
each otFer in their focial con ections There IS
cone among them more efential or remai kable,
han The bs6f,a f6r dIent7ioa. A d.tre t be
obferved, conGdeied. elteene I p aiied, beloved,
admired bv bis FLOWS is one Of the eallleR. As
well AS keeneit difpoGtons dfcovered in the
healt OF man II any ore lhould doubt ,he
.istenee Of his rrope fifty, Ter him go and
attentvely obfsrye the orncS men and ap2ren
tees III the fl & worklhop, or the GA men IN a
cockboat-a iamiy or mel tourtipoi--the
Inhabitants of honle, or the crew # mp
"A Gchool, o, eoilege a civ, or village
a favage, or civilized people an hoipi i, OF
churcl-ihe tar, or he escha &c camp or
court Wherever men, womsn or children
are TO be found, whether they be old or Young
rich or porr hieh ct low--wife Or foolith--
ignorAn, OF iearncd--eveIy individual is feen to
he arongly at,uatsd ~ deii-e 70 be feen,
heard. taikeI of, app owed and refpeet.d by the
D. ople about him. and within hs knowleiee.-
Moral writers have by immemoial ufige,
righs to make free uie of the poets.
The love of prafe, howeer conceaI'd by art,
Reign, more or lef. and CLOVIS in every heart;
The proud 10 gain IL tolls tolls endure.
The model fhun it, but 70 make IL furc.
Der globes and fceptrcs now thrones it fwels,
Now, trims the midnight amp in collegc.cels
IT'S tory Wight plots prays breaches, pleals,
Harrasues n ftnates fquesks in malquerades;
It aids the dancer heel the writer's head.
: And heaps the plan with mountains of the dead
Nor ends with life but mods in abe p umes,
Adorns our verie and naiters tombs.
A regard to The fentiments f mankind con-
cerung him, ard to their dfpoiit ons towards
him, ev " MAJ ftels within himfef and if he
has ref .tied and tryed exper menrs, he has
found, that no cxer ION # his reafon-no eft
fort Of his will, can wholly Div 4 him of it. In
proportior 10 our fFettion for tie noice. of
Others i our avsriion to heir nerlett: The
utoHbcI tHS uSuIS VI hS SueSi' - bS p"s''>'
the more powerful me ayeif 10 thsir ddap
pr ohstIon--the more exalted h W fh Tor adrni
ration, the more invinciblt The abho'rnee cf
contempt Every one not only, dcfrrs the
confederation Of Others tut lie eqneotiy com
pares himfef with others, his friends or his
enemies, and in proportion as h. eSnlts when he
ter elves that he has more of it, he fees a
keener affection when he tees tina, one or moe
of them, are more reipetted than himisf.
.sThis patton, while it IS hmply a dttire TO
excel another, by fair indultry in the fe'reh OF
ruth, and the practice Of virtue, is properly
CA led emulation. When il aims at power, a
meaos of diRinaion, it is amti'iou. When It is
in fi.uation 10 fcggea the fentments Of fear
and apprehension, that another, Who is COW
inferior, will become hyperion, it is denominated
jezlouly---When it is in fate OF rnortiieation,
at the fupeiiorly Of another, and deftes TO
bring him down TO our level, or to depreis him
below us, It IS properly called eazy. When IT
deceiees mar into belief Of falfe projections
of elleem or admiration, or into a iale OPT ion
of bis Importance in the judgement o the world,
it is oanif, Thefe eb eivaiions alone would be
efficient 60 thew, that This proPenfity in all its
branches is a principal faurce of the virtues and
vices, the happnefs and niiery of human lie
and that The hllory of mankind is little more
than fimpie narration Of its operations and
eff ets."