Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-17

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them their troables and Affections. an
ths world there is nothing lastlng-nor
fortunes the most afluent-nor friend.
ships most sincere--nor character the
most .exalted--nor favors enyiable.--
Men pass their lives in agitations, pros
jects and schemes; always ready to de-
| ceive, or trying to avoid deception; al.
| ways eager and active to profit by the
retirement, disgrace or death of their
competitors; always occupied with their
fears or their hopes; always discontent-
] ed with the present, and anxious about
the future, never tranquil, doing every
thing for repose, and removing illfur-
Their from it. Vanity, ambition, VEN
geance, luxury, avarice-these are the
virtues which the world knows and ,es-
teens. lnsthe world, integrity passes
for simplicity, duplicity and dissimula-
ton are mcriterious. Interest the most
vile, arms brother against brother,
friend agsinst friend--and breaks all
the ties of blood and friendship; and it
is this base motive which produces our
hatreds and attachments! The wants
aud misfortunes,of a neighbor find only
Indifference and insensibility, whea Te
| can neglect him without loss, or cannot
be recompensed for our assistance. If
we could look into two different parts OF
the WORLDLY we could enter into the se-
cret detail Of anxieties and inquietudes
If we could pierce the outward APP
pearance which offers to our eyes only
! low. pleasure, pomp and magnikceace;
how different should we find it from
what it appears! We should see it des-
titute of happiness-the father at vari.
ancc with the child--the husband with
HIS wife, and the antipathies the jea-
lou.ies, the murmurs, aud the eternal
dissentions of families. We should see
friendship broken by suspicious, by in
terests, by caprices, unions the most
eadearlng dissolved by inconsistency;
relations the most tender destroyed by
hatred and perfidy; fortunes the most
affiuent producing more vexation than
happiness; places the most honorable
not giving satisfaction, but creating de-
sires for higher Advancement; each one
complaining OF his lot, and the most
elevated not most happy.
From the Economy Of Human Life.
WISE AND IGNORANT.
/ The gifts Of the understanding are
the treasures Of God and he appoint
eth to every one his-portion IN what
measure sceneth good unto himself
Hath he endued thee with wisdom! ?
hath he enlightened thy mind with the
knowledge OF truth? Communicate it
TO the ignorant, for their instruction J;
communicate it to .he wise, for thine
own improvement.
True wisdom is less presuming than
folly. The wise man doub:eth often,
! and changesh his mind: the fool is OBJ
stinate, and doubteth not; he snoweth
all things but his own Ignorance
The pride of emptiness is an aboIni-
nation, and to talk much is the foolish-
ness of folly. Nevertheless, it is the
part of wisdom to bear the impertinence
of fools, to hear their absurdisies with
patience, and pity their weakness.
Yet be not pulled up in thine own
conceit, neither boast ofsuperior under
standing; the clearest human know
ledge is but blindness and folly.
The wise man feeleth his imperfec-
tioDs, and is humbled: he laboureth in
vain for his own appreciation. But the
fool peepsth into the shallow stream Of
his own mind, aud is pleased with the
pebbles which he seeth at the bottom
he bringeth them up and sbeweth them
as pearls; and with the applause of his
bretheren delighteth he himself.
! He boasteth of attainmeuts in things
that are of no worth; but where it is q
shame to be ignorant, tuere he hath no
understanding
Even in the paths Of wisdom, he toll.
eth after folly; and shame and disap.
pointmept are the reward of his labor.
But the wise man cultivates his mind
with knowledge; the Improvement OF
arts is MS delight, and their utility to
the public crowneth him with honor.
Nevertheless, the attainment Of vir-
tue he accounteth as the highest learn
ing; and the science of happiness is the
study Of his life.
RICH AND POOR.
The man to whom God hath given
| riches, and blessed with mind to en-
| ploy them Alright, is peculiarly favored
and highly distinguished.