Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-06-05

| imposes on no one not extremely limo.
rant; fsr Who beliessss The common
phrase. ofa polite man to GOV; ia . n,,re
strrara from his hssrts They are con.;.
deredas . currnt colt, to which custom
has affixed certain value, and which are
seldom offered At more than the aseu.eo-
med price. ~ j.. -, go =: :
/ must be understood 10 perceive and
recommend the necessity Of eonfninr
the exercises Of this vistsr within cers
tain limits what these. are, it i not en-.
sy to determine; they must be 6xed .bv
the good sense which sSery Truly. polite
person necessarily possesses: A@sw ps.
neral obsettat:ons n1syltill Be hazarded.
Truth ought never % BE aacFleeed.
though il NAV, when necessary, be CON.
cealsd politeness should induce no one
to make promise which he intends not
to perform nor should itever be exer.
eised where thepe is any danger of de.
eeising the Person to whom i, may be ad-
dressed ), there should be 40 kWninp.
no nsonkey tricks praetised or encourag-
cd: these form no part of poli.eness,
they arc useless and disgusting appendix
ges: Ike those preposterous fopperies
which fashion iptroduces,; and expels to
introduce Others, not Parts Of dress con.
tributing to elegance or utility. -,
= Perhaps it may be necessary to define
what is here considered as constituting
politrnesa. 1t is that feeling which in:
duces US to be tender of the feelings Of
our fellow-ereatures /; to be careful never
waatonly, or. unnecessarily to wound
themi toroncesl all those disasreeable
thruths. the disclosure Of which IL use
less 70 soften, a. much - Is consistent
with sincerity, those which must be i'm.
parted and to tell those which are aRreea-
Die in an agreeable manner for il should
be remembered, that true poEteness is
not merely eas -ef~those things which
hang suspended between virtue and vice,
and keeps pace with the advancement Of
civilization, the progress ogthe arts, and
the introduction Of luxury, bu, I. virtue
which is al~ays aNen9ant, in some shape
or other. on the footsteps Of humanity ;
not weed generated and cherished in
the hot.bed offe6nement and corruption.
but the genuine produce of feeling heart
aad a cultivated mind
.ss...s..s.ssass
Life little stage, (observe. Young)
is small eminence, iuch-high the grave
above, thar final home Of man, where
dwells the untold multitude We look
around--we read their monuments--
We sigh-and, as We sigh, We sink, and
are-~hat wedeplored :-lamenting or
lamented al our lot" - q, ,c::.ss.t
These sacred truths, though sammari- ~
lyexpressed, srereplese wi,h iutersssing
admnnitions. -.
We areaps to ,hinl chs Life Of oura
inmOrsefs-andt to beseow no atteution
to the harrow limits destined sooner or
later 10 eonfine Titus thinking, We
Eues and oct on many occasions Fepug-
nant to that virtue and justice which We
should admire, venerate and practice,
did We call 20 mind the unce, tainty Of
our prospects and duration htre, aud the
eertainfy of IN hereafter, in which We
are to be rewarded, or punished, &C.
eording to the goodor bad desds done
in this life. -
A yard 10 both instructive to
the mind, and whelsome 70 the seul -,
While il ridieules the idea Of any ether
superiority in human nature than that of
worth and virtue; L demonstrates that
death harls his darts alike at all and
that in the grave all share one common
fate, to moulder and decay And rs
We pass on. from stone TO stone, from
tomb y tomb, and either reflect upon
the Inscriptions, or upon the actions
which distinguished the persona they
mark voice seems continually ascend.
ing to our ears, saying-" Live right.
Feously, that you may die good and live
again, to Immortality happiness and glo.
y" - <i
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Niue senths Of the happiness Of mau-