The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-06

great anu Tie small The high ana the inw.
and which would shudder. and almost
die with modification, should its great
ness sfeni f1r . moment 10 be forgotten.
Tony Lumpkin, 10 his eonieseeasion. If
we niay 50 call il, did MOI so much en-
JOY is greatness as he enjoyed getting rid
nf l.; bni iegulsr eoniesceasihn is one Of
The highest lnxuries 81 greatness. al
greatness Is apPrehenjed By comparison:
ne never feel how great sc are all We
bring naT greatness into enntacI with an
Others lislleness. When CULVER dwell
IN England. previously 10 his voyage TO
LillilIi. lie y as moi sensible II his great
ness If body; hns when lie dweli anuug
The Ll,ipuiians. he felt himself 10 be
morseliously great man indeed. Thus il
Is wish such IS eondesrend: they come
from snci height 10 such a dep,h. that
they are wholly aslonmded al once a,
their greatness anti al Others lilileness.
Tie pleasure Of condescensi1n is so
great, that many seek for the enjoyment
Of IL. whom We should not at FIRST sight
think likely 10 lave opportunity or ruom
inr lis exercise.
In BoswelFs Life Of Johnson. mention
is made Of funeral sermon which had
been preached for lie wife or widow Of
some rheesemonger in TooIey street, or
Bermondser. In which, amongst other
Mandatory topics. il was recorded. TO the
honour Of the deceased. tha, she was re-
markable for her condescension 10 her
interiors. On which DIR. Johnson remark
ed. that there might be some little diff
Guilty In ssceriaiming who her inleriurs
were. The doctor was more obiuse Of per-
cep,lon than was the cheesemonger's wife,
who had no difficulty whatever IN sseer.
tanning the point. Condesceasion is a
luxury, the enjoyment Of which is happily
no, confined To any one graduation Of soci
eiy. .-7 -
Every goose is tall enough 10 sioop.
There is no condition in which man
may nat have some fear nr degradation
aud down-let.ing Of his dignity. or ia
which lie may not show some GRACIOUS
eondescensian to his interiors. Aud all
The beauty Of the arrangement is owing ia
what some people may think defect,
viz. the indebtedness Of dignity, and
that Gd HJittnl, which suffers 80 many
10 place themselves as they will or can,
aided By the various points of comparison;
50 that. though there may be inferiority
in some things. there may be SUPERB
GRITTY in others. Thus no individual i,
the lowest; for he that is low in som,
respects Is high in others. ~
| When | was lii,le bny was al We
~ great schnol-great, ] mean. in poin
Of numbers: and when We walked i
church, our arrangement WAS not accord
ing 10 literary merit or proficiency. bu
according TO height. so that we Nigh
thereby luok more uniform in the publ
eye. There were also two other classi
ticaions, viz. the classification accortlin
to penmanshin, and the classification &C
corGing 10 general literature or gramma'i
cal at,ainmrnis. Thus there was a Plea
SAINT and amusing variety of rank; an,
| We were s1metimes as puzzled to sc
} points 81 presidency and etiquette, as an,
, little party IN a country town; for il wa
seldom that height, writing, and gram
mar were in the same proportion: ua
: WAS before another in measuring; and an
+ other took precedence in writing. hu
! wanted heich'; while third might be a
: cxcellen; grammar schnlar, but neither
penmsa nor a COLOSSUS. So by lhes
means we all uf us had more or less III
: pleasure of looking down upon one an
other; and all Of US could enjoy, If "
= wished it, the pleasure Of condsScensioa
/ DIR. Johnson was therefore manifesto
, wrong in doubling whether the wife 81
chees snoag.r in i'uOley street was capa
l bic of con,.escendiag, or whether Their
: were any persons who might properly b
( called her interiors.
I Ii would be, indeed, sad and crue
; thing il man should feel that all wer
: Notwithstanding tn him, anl;ha. he him$el
= could be candescenjing To nobadr, be
: tcause nobody was inferior TO him. u,
: be The first in society, though ATTENDED
: with some Inconvenience, is still rathe
: an object of ambition; therefore the frs
5 may be safely defined. 10 be the last i
E too painful; and The herAld's Office. il
/. mercy 10 mankind, leaves tha, point Il
/: be settled by those whom i, may concern
, therefore it never is settled, and never cal
: Ebe settled, and SO the pleasure OF condo
lscension may be enjoyed by all.
+; The virtue of condescensioa is, indeed
{ so exceedingly amiabe and interesting
| that one cannot help wishing 10 initiate il
e and we naturally look out for our infer
r ors, in order 10 have the pleasure Of era
, ltilving them by pur condescension, a
2 much as we have been gratified by III
{ condescension Of oar superiors.
, II is observable how very condescend
r ing aud patronising are the servants an
] dependents of the great. From observ
ing the manners of their masters, mis-
D lresses. and patrons, they gain the sam
4 air aud imbibe thu same feelings. In oil