The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-04-29

etical. should net adorn bis stage, but un.
happily just now the resources of the the.
atre do not admit or LIS accepting the work.
IL is clear, therefore, that the meIe fact of
aawork remaining unpublished is no eyi.
deucs against a.s quality, and the writer Of
Q bad book Is not indicated by such a fact.
Besides, you have only to ask the author.
and he will supply you with a hundred rea.
sons why he is still In manuscript. not one
OF which has the remo,est reference TO apv.
badness. And If You, dear reader. should
ever aiight on that geological rarity, the, ,ali.
thor OF a book avo~edly bad, who tells Won
that Paternoster Row declines transactions
%.!h %.h him because his work is not rood
catch him, hurry him to the Regents Park,
cage him, and advertise the novelty in The
Times. "h s".'.h@ 100 5''
a#i IAN UGLY, DIsAeREKABLE BABY. 20 81
4 have had many babies thrust under my
nose, to kiss and admire, some of them
which to my Inexperienced eyes, seemed like
mere lamps of mortality, with the complex.
ion r..f ct a Cambridge sausage, and features of
a general squashness-fat babies, bloated
babies, brick'dust colored babies, yellow ba.
b'es. and skinny babies--but an ugly baby
have never seen. Moreover 1 have had
my aaniable temper slightly rufledSby the
howllng and frettipg OF those interesting
embryos have had my wbiskers mercis
lessly tugged by their fat fingers and nv
shirt 'front.' dabbled by the same, holding. n
weD-sucked crust of bread but disagree
ddle baby has not yet made its appearance.
THe MAN VINO WISHES TO HEAR rHs TRUTH.
.
Wandering about The world, L have ca
gerly sought, but sought in vain. for the be
ing who does wish to hear the truth. I
have not found him among philosophers,
not even among cabmen. No poet, no pol.
incian, no critic, no divine, has been able to
stand the simple test. If / tell Weissniclt
that his theory cannot be true, because il is
in hagrant contradiction with notorious facts
he gets angry, denies my facts, or tries Il,
evade their application, shuffles, sopbisti
Gates, and. If hard pressed, retorts upon the
some insinuation dsrespectfuI to my moral
character. If l point out to the Rev. Mr..
Birthstone hat his doctrine is unscriptural,
he grieves over my declension from his sim :,
Plicity OF vital truth, or perhaps insinuates
that | am an ihfidel. If Pericles Brown
asks for my candid opinion on his verses.
and hears that / think them mediocre. he
becomes my foe forever. ''' '.''
In fact, instead of finding men desirous
Of hearing the truth for truths sake. I uni.
formly find them desirous of hearing il only
when it is agreeable, when it fatters their
pndc, their prejudices, or their interest.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS Hrs PLACE.
A rare, a mythical character! It is often
advertised, often believed in. but has never
YET crossed my path. t'Biggam is an ex.
eellent mantle thoroughly knows his
place" / strsightway seek Biggam's &C.
quaintance; for man who knows his place
must be one of eagle eve, rapid intuition
and rare modesty. He cannot know his
own. place without knowing that Of every
one else; and as this is the most difficult of
all social problems, i am naturally eager TO
see the man who can solve it. On investi
CATION, Biggam turns out by no means an
eagle. find him man Of seryile, timid.
cringing disposition, acknowledging, with
great alacrity, the superiority of those who
are more wealthy, or of more consequence
than himself He is either fatterer, or a
" mush Of concession" He does not know
his place; he only knows thai il is pleasant
for others TO have their assumption of supe
riority recognized, their opinions uneontra
dic;ed, their efforts unopposed. One Of the
most conceited men ever knew-tbat is to
say, the man having the most exorbilant
and unwarranted estimate of his own en-.
pacity - was one of these concedinp, sunop
posing gentlemen said to- know their
place" lie knew his place so little, that he
was already attempting to do that for which
he was utterly unfit. and always failing, but
verbally aequieseing In his failure, and say
ing, "I have not your talents, or success
would have followed" pc ,tg5 q n ~ l.1.U
THE NAN WHO mas NONSENSE ABOUT HIN.
Wsrdle, is capital fellow, ] assure you
mo nonsense about him." Who has not
heard Of Wardlel Who can honestly say
he has the pleasure Of Wardles acquaint-
aneei got introduced TO one of the War,
dies, fopdiy hoping thatat last had found
the man with no nonsense about him. But
the illusion quickly vanished. found him
a large man, bald and yentripolent, loud in
voice, coarse in manner, and narrow intel.
jecr lie wore multon,chop ahisksrs. and
had strong opinions about Foreigners, who.
he thought were all dirty and exiles, He
had strong views on politics aud statesman
ship, without any acquaintance with history
OF political economy. lie thought birth
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