Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
MORAL COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

MORAL COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
Have the courage to discharge debt while
you have got the money in your pocket Have
the courage to do without that which you do not
need, however much you may admire it Have
the courage to speak your mind when it is ne
cessary that you should do so and to hold your
tongue when it is better that You should be ST.
lent. Have the courage to speak to a friend in
a 'seedy' coat, even in the street, and when
rich one is nigh the effort is less than many
people take it to be- and the act is worthy a
king. Have the courage to set down every pen
ny you spend, and add it up weekly. Have the
courage to pass your hosts lackey at the door,
without giving him a shilling, when you know
you cannot afford it-and, what is more that the
man has not earned it. Have the courage to tell
your personal defects, and the world will be de-
prived Of that pleasure, by being reminded of
their own. Have the courage to admit that you
have been in the wrong and you Will remove the
fact from the mind Of others, putting desira-
bic impression in the place ola unfal orable one
Have the courage to adhere to first resolution
when you cannot change it for better, and to
abandon it at the eleventh hour, upon conviction
Have the courage to acknowledge your age to Il
day, and to compare it with the average life of
man. Have the courage to face difficulty, lest
it kick you harder than you bargain for diff
cultles, like thieves, often disappear at glance
Have the courage to make a will, and, what is
more just one. Have the courage to avoid
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money, and TO decline pecunlary assistance from
your dearest friend Have the courage to shut
your eyes at the prospect Of large profits, and be
content with small ones. II AVE the courage to
tell man why you will not lend him your mon
ey; he will respect you more than if you told
him You can't Have the courage to cut
the most agreeable acquaintance you possess,
when he conynceS you that he lacks principle
friend should bear friends infrmities not his
vices. Have the courage to show your preference
for honesty, in what ever gulse it appears and
your contempt for vice. surrounded by attrac-
tons Have the courage to give, occasionally
that which you can i'll afford to spare giving
what you do not want nor value, neither brings
nor deserves thanks, in return; who is grateful
for drink of water from another's overlowng
well, however delicious the draught Have the
courage to wear your old garments till you can
pay for new ones Have the courage to obey
your Maker, at the risk Of being rldculcd by
man. Have the courage to wear thick boots in
winter, and to insist upon your wife and daugh-
tiers doing the like,
Have the courage to acknowledge ignorance Of
any kind everybody will Immediately doubt you
and give yon more credit than any false preten-
sons could secure. Have the courage to prefer
propriety to iashon-one is but the abuse of the
other Have tina courage to listen to your wife,
when you should do so, and not to listen when
you should not. CI'his applies to husbands. y
Have the courage to provide frugal dinner fol
a friend, whom you delight to honor Have
the courage to throw your snuff-box into the fire
or the meltpot; to pass tobacconists shop and tc
decline the use of friends box or even one
pinch Have the courage to be independent i
YOU can, and act independently when you may.