The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-20

lstelCeS. AcNcf OtioIt HaNt l'it
how inadequate are our conceptions
concerning the depths TO which our
fellows may sink in weakness aud IN
folly.
From the New YORK American.
"Lei p0man b. IN n hurry t0get rcPttat'0n''
AS modesty is the usual afsom-
piishmcnt of truc merit, So there II
no other garb in which il eau appear
TO 50 much advantage. Vain pre-
tension and Industrious show, may
in Iced take the wings Of the nam
my, and promise we'll for a while /;
but they are soon swept away like
the dew, WhiN the retiring and un-
urging claims of worth and talont,
will grow stronger Il stronger. CO.
vetins the blaze ol noon-day, and
sure Of a plentiful harvest OF an un-
solicited reward aud honour at the
last.
There is no greater folly among
men than false petenslon, tn ia
lcnts, consequence or literature.
OF what avail is it to obtain ut
an early or middle a,e the rcpnta-
ton of BENG learned or gifted III any
manner ABOVE ordinary men, by the
assumption of what belongs tn 9th
ers, or by setting forth claims to
distinction N admiration which can
mol long be sustained !--Donbslcss
some men have been hurried by rir-
cnmstances unthought OF y ntwlsh-
ed for into reputation whichtheir mo-
desty would have bIushed to aspire 10,
(which they have found t0,thelr cost,
had led them to cxactlons they could
not meet, and to expectations they
we're never designed To lulGl. Bui
where man has been thus uniortn-
nately belittled. hundreds of others
have debascd themselves by crowd
ing forward in places where They
were not wanted, Il by forcing cha
ractrrs. before their natural spring
time. into the gaze CT the public, and
To the test Of their fOunaatlon.
Young men begin to grow 7ctSe When
they are about sixteen, and II before
they arc t@rNty five they do not
learn That they are, or have been
fools. they are generally 50 tolera-
bly, kno1oing, as to preclude all hope
oil their ever improving any more.
The wise man has very apply SAID
:. srest thou man Wise in his own
conccit; there is more hope OF a fool
than Of him.
There are some professions IN
which success depends upon much
reputation, as those of tie physician
and the lawyer aud 10 these may
be added another, not OF the growth
of this country, but an exotic, which
flourlshes surprisingly in our soil
1t is the political professional pro-
frssiun which in the corruptlons and
cunning OF the times. II seems neccs-
sary for even honest men aud patri-
OTIS to study for it is now boldly
set forth, that a man may be "A Sldlt5-
man learned and able, and 1t Shall
avail him aud his country nothing,
unless he be also politician. Wien,
therefore, a young man has hn'shtd
his studies. (and most young men 90
make a finish of Il study as soon AS
they CAM and commences his pro
fessional oarecr, he is greatly liaolc
to set out in immediate chase ot re-
putation, negiccling, in his hurry TO
obtain the prize, all those means
which can afford him reasonable cx
pectation OF gaining the object Of his
ambition.-Io all such Coursers. re
putation is not nnly a " bubble bi'
A phantom. 10 all men it is tlmit
thing. GLIDING the grasp OF proteSSe'
followers, and won only By careless
merit and uncourtly industry. In
stead of waiting until called iron
the walks oil business and the retire
ment Of his study by the spontane
Gus voice Of his Sellow citizens, tn