Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-04

believe II of importance to fupport a cha
ratfer in the world, or he can never pay
that refpea to himielf which viii produce
the re-. ct of Others /; he mua fear the public
ceniure, for line OF conduct VIII ich is
evidently wrong, or he viii :ofc one con-
fierabls che k upon his paaions be mua
efeem th,ir appreciation, or he will never
pariue thele means thar conduoe 10 it.
1heie coniiderations fhould influence every
one who has eyteniiye iDtercou:ie with
fociety, hGt more particularly fuch as By
their protection are eorNansly pfeicns.d TO
the public eye. To a practitioner CT the
law they are very necsharJ, Especially
VIXEN fra coming forward into profeiional
life. We viii iten examine how lar a
man is a pphlic capacity (houl:i refpeGt
hin{elf, and how far he fhould repett To-
ciety.
By firm, decent ard upright conduct,
to convince the world that we feel cur
felyss Of f@me value to it, and re thew
, that we ponsfs fome qualities which en'itie
| Us TO the regard of mankind. is the Duty
| of every one. Without this line Of con-
| dutt We lh9oId receive neither attention
or regard. People are not fond of trua-
ing any oae who is afraid to truN hinlielf;
they naturally reafon thus that man is
| confious Of 70 ne def. i.ncy, which he ap-
prehends no one knows but h;nfclt; he
fells weakness which he fam would ccR.
cal if he could, bot unfortunately for him,
| nature is true, however he may be, and
| ihews that he is no. qualified 70 exfealive-
" as he would fain have us believe. Thus
difident man, whatever may be his real
capaci:y, is believed to poaes inferior ia.
lsnts to what he truly owns, becaufe re
difru:ss hirfelf; an error of this kind is
NOT uncommon. Many men of the fra
salents aave been noted for hagular diff
derce; delicaiely contributed at heart,
they fhrink from the turbulence and rough
colliGon of active life, ana depreGrd by
apprehension, are not able TO PIT forth
half their frength. From not making 70
accurate comparifJn Of their own talents
with rhole Of others as they might do, they
imagine the powers Of Others II be in pro-
portion to appearances; whereas the fan
is, that among the greatef novices is found
the mof ignorance. Bold and forward,
like the hoIf. in battle, becaufe ignorant
of danger, without that tenderness Of feel
Ing which chsraterifes men Of the fgt
genious, they dafh through the ocean Of
lie, unhult by the waves Of contention,
AMI fearels of the rocks Of infdmy.
A maxim has long been held out among
lhallow thinkers that impotence is abfo.
Intely reqaGfe to eniare fucceis at the bar;
few a6er,ions perhaps will at bottcm be
found more faIle. Wherever inpudence
appears, it never fails to difguit it is
frowned on ana reprobated i, may lome-
times appear in perions who become over
confident through frength of their mental
powers, but of ittelt, unconneaed with ad-
mirable qualities, it never fails TO create
aver6on. To be firm and refolu,e is We
ry necefiary in our commerce with The
world but the more we vail this hfmnels
of silpoGrion beneath the ma05le Of model !
~, the more likely are we to cn!ure ap-
probation.
In word, five are extremely dcfrous |
of attention and reipea from the world, it
is really necehary that we pay proper ref
peel to ourielves, and rather 60 beyond
than fall below the proper mark : but
lhould we arrogate much more than our
merits en,itle US 10, we lhall either meet
with modification and neglect, or be the |
fubjett Of ridicule for our extravaganza de- |
manG.s.
Wewill now conGder how far we fhould |
refpea the public. However .depraved IN |
private life many men ofnote may be, and
however neolipent of the ffrifi rules OF re- |