The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-22
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by THE REV. HESRy WARD BGEcHER.
will draw distinction between char
ac,er and reputation, which are not sy-
nonymous A mans character is the re.
ali,y OF himself, his reputation, the opin.
ion others have formed abou, him char
ac,er resides in him, reputation in other
people; that is the substance, this is the
shadow; they are sometimes alike, some
times greater or less II a man be able
to achieve things beyond his time, his
renu,a,ion will be ditferen. from his char
acter. He who seeks reputa tion must
no. be beyond the time ne lives IN. II Is
important to r.en beginning life, to know
winch they waut--charactef or re2u'a.
non. To build character is the work OF
tune, as ships are bull, on one element
and used in another, 50 character Is built
in youth and Rome for after lite. hepu-
ta,ion is easily got, i, isgeneraliy chari-
itanism, empirclsm, taking many iorms-~
as that OF the patriot, tribe numerous as
mosquitoes, who, like them, lean and
hungry, suck all the blood they can, but
make none--who live OH suction. In
man, as in ship, the material must ex-
lis, originally man naturally mean
may be improved, but never Will be no
bic man. Reputation may be MADE lo'
a man; character may be made by him
character mus. be made by HIM, with Ia
bor and time, and it cannot be taken a
yav, The antagonisin between the two
is no, 80 grea, as the dispropor.ion. -
, Thus, a man, if wise, will be content Il
be considered wiser; he likes his shadow
three times his size like banks that issu'
three paper dollars for every one IN speei'
they have If worth a quarter he likes I
he considered worth half a million, unit
the assessor brings him 70 his senses. :
He will disclalm popularity, but eia'r
> the same thing under under the name
influence. hu, i, is what God made
man and he makes Of himself, that deter
r mines his influence the weights neve
ask A favor o. the scales; thousan
hounds vii! way down Ave hundred .
their na,urarforce. SO he speaks Of pf'
dence Prudence is coinciden, with re'
!. ti,ude and there have been men again
the grain OF life all their days, who y
were mos, prudeu, men lie substitute
,,f approba,;or. for tho love nf frn'
: Thousands loose their characters to sa'
,i,n-,r regulations. l will consider thr'
~ classes Of men; those whom a single Ia
ul.y rules those who are controlled oy
= group Of faculties and those VINO ma
several characters at different times.
ds will consider two instances III the III
:, lass. men who are ruled by the love
annrobat,on and the love OF gam. =
- nrohatiy.ness is almost exclusively
American faculty il originates IN the
70 , sessi,y for popular approval; we are :
: c,.dinplv vain, and growing vainel.
= Oar public man is the mos, plant Of tn
ali: YOU nav kneaJ him, so may y,
re. ae,gabr, and thousands after him,
he 5 dough still, his morals are not 90
lutte, bu. varSwi,h the company ne -
:. bis religion is like a nav'ga.oss ar
,s' ,s. changed for every latitude. Yet the
sds ul,y has its uses, wi,hou, it, the at'rit
&C. i the sorl, ,.,ld be harsh, ou.' wn
lbs !, 5 Weakness. II le
men differ says; some shun anysh
p,e new. o,he.. ding bombs into the m
.. Of stale properties and, like comets :
- thu. sun in the face with theif tai's
The ultras are lik. the engine ana
ard sarb,r-botl arc useful; but, much
- T,.p.c, anchors, would p eier 70 DC
engine. The faculty IS shown IN ..;i, .an'
,eral whose frs, question IS, 'wna' WI,
~ ,nd whose last 'Hlut