Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-04-16
Pride and Vanity.
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Watchtower, April @, '58.

the teo qualities ct the human mind aud
heart-pride and vanty. I conclude they
have conounded them from the fact that
many display their vanity IN "a hundred ways,
whilst they boot At the name Of vanity. 10
have pride j. something worthy the emula-
ton Of ali good mru. bat 10 be vain is the
highest quality Of a s'mp,-ton. Pride. cor
rectIy speaking, IS "a wholesome desire TO bee
highly esteemed for some solid, substantial
quality Of nina, or he thought by our fellows.
well behaved and honest, upright citizens
Pride prompts not to any extremes either In
dress, opinions OF tastes. II does not iu1u-
encs Us TO arroga,a TO ourselves "a superiority
in knowledge, or provoke Us to a desire TO
desire to be considered men Of taste in dress.
In fine, it is a desire Of q sound mind and
honest heart, to be correctly judged by the
community in which we may move. Pride
iucites US to honest ezart.,a lu order ,aat We
may be thought respectable, invhatsocrer
undertaking we may embark. Possessed Of
it the divine strives to teach successfully tue
congregation entrusted 10 his moral guidance:
the professional man Of law or medicine
strives TO DO honestly aad faithfully the best
he eaa for bis c.ir.t ar his pe..ne the me
chauic desires TO please those tar whom he
may lansr by performing substantial and
neat work; the merrhaat oudeayofs 60 please
and gain the appreciation Of his customers, in
a word pride operate ON every individual
possessed Of it in the same way and Z, the
same end. No doab. mug o. sha faults Of
which we now con. ls.a a.aa 0a .t1.e.ua#r
rcmrd.ad if those aao .oma them. wsr.
only possessed Of Il.e ru4e and not SD
much vanity. I is yaG.tv which prompts
men to be presuwptuous and arrogant slat
causes the weak minded of our good narural
community to wear the finest apparel, when
their fortunes would suggest gb. most hum
bic dress. Il is vanity which induces some
to Use the mirror when they should use
book; to walk our streets as IL they owned
bali Of creation and bad mortgage on the
other, to ha.I them heads SO high that they
seem to Spun poor ma.aar earth tha' The,
4.--aa.a. lli- vanity uaj maae- .a. mwy.r
-use t9u.ya u.a daw .a tA- tide deeds %.
creation. aa# ar-u- aa aiol for l.. sun al
4.y. .a. . is .aa.. aad hypocrisy thar
mr>e- ..e r..a.-t-s ufe..u in thunder tones
to aa a1...... a.a-.a.s which .aay sa.w
Le docs n.r ..a a.. --. l-asas a.m aa-
them hum I'll. l..., a.l Instruct them 60
.aa. rn charity a4a ..I men, an4 then swim
size tho poor .aaurar gf a., hire. /, is vanity
which causes one physician 70 1.m-n ami
speak dis. ar.-.u-.g uD bis brethren of the
-"I-" b. .na~ he a|.a. knows the science
of h., rla.es~ou and that every successful. ,<s.
Of bis brother ia pa..ab.s contradiction 81
his arrogant opinion, Aa j, SD Vain a-- 10 l--
t!e.e .a-l bis Ia.ua aaa A., oa... ,- the cor
feet one, and uaag L, a...ar from AIu is to be
morally AM physically guilty Of treason
against common sense. aud at.a..ma- !. +.
were treason. he oa..I a.s- DO right 10 com.
plain, for the design would never effect him
as Le hts not right d. property OF posses
ion Iu the estate %. common sense. The au-
thor and ta. critic all. often .aua3 go n.-,e.,
vanity ia great aaouIsacr. For instance.
Elgar A. Poe was an rzamH.. Of tao most
consumma,e vanity. both lu his criticism. and
other writings, and strange To- say his vanity
often blinded him aad led h.sa into gross en-
ror. A striking eNamnL, is seen i'm A.- as.a-
monious criticism OF usal.g'- ~aerad Maaa-
taiu,." IIe rates Mr.II-.IIg ~.ua..v for
using tie word -uau. .r.re." -gn.ugm,u-Iv
with occur" forgetting chat in most lan-ua.
ges, and IN the American most particularly.
custom q the aw of correct speaking Al
though tsaasa.rs j, .r.m two latin words.
which literally ag u.s signify .o -uecar" or
happen, bat to leak uu. Inadvertently SO ,o
speak For la-.a.. Oh. secret mysteries Of
know nacHa4sm. a..raaa..y no- H.m.
traasFr.a. .a .a- -.a-. En. Poe. .a a.-,au-
lty, wishing 10 .e .-...m.5 . .r..t -ar-a5
critic, used Of. asia -u.. ....F 6.uz pas Of
Mr. Hss4,E. forgetting ta. ae ,aat Use is
the iav, au. custom makes traa-ura -,uoug-
nous with occur. 1h., in,tanya is given only
to demonstrate the aa~urdny into which va
of other mems opinions when they clash with
our own, that We IN the face Of reason allow
ourselves to be even guilty Of gross error, iu
order that ue may have the satisfaction of
gratifying foolish vanity. 1t is useless :er
me to say that vanity ia every department
most caot-uf u..., sar from the very tact Of
aNesl Ole t.- guam. ...g av.r-a 10 being proc
n.uucsd IA nan, We may conclude ,la,
3, quality neadzd bs public opinion. If
l... s. aa. mas o.. a~.aaj Why is jt that
SOC ssr SO much yanF 80 our h,tIe town. ]
answer tust ii Is llI- blind NJ, Of ourselves TO