The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-04-22

sbut small quantity Of heat has been
Fable to penetrate to the interior Of tn,
amasS. For this reason the red heat can
speedily disappear.
Thus has the falling Of the metcoric|
sstonc, the minute remnant Of processes
(which seem to have played an important
fpart in the formation Of the heavenly
abodicS, conducted US to the present time,
Swhere we pass from the darkness Of hy
Hpothetcal views to the brightness Of
hknowl, dge. In what we have said, how
lever, all that is Hypothetical is the as
sumption Of Kant and Laplace, that the
EmasSeS Of our system were once distrib
Ented as nebuIn in space.
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\ Reputation IL not Character.
I "Striye to be worthy" SAIL an old
clergyman to a young man; "it is better
ito have character than reputation" Rare
!ly are great truths so pithijy put. II
Ircputaiion was less frequently coniound-
grl with character the aims OF thr young
swoud be nobler, men more viituouS, 50
Scitty altogether better. For reputation
+iS often false, which character can never
gbc. The one is but a sham, the other a
living fact. Reputation is what men
;ithink Of US; character is what We really
Iarc.
q Yet too many prefer the shadow to the
Z Substance. To enjoy the good report Of
:smcn, even when undescrycd, is sufficient
ttfto satisfy the majority.
4 Hence, instead OF striving to be really
lswortuy, thousai'4S intrigue only to ap-
Hpcar 80. They shine in tlu>yi when they
.5ought TO wear real g".d. laey Try every
Dart to be thought rich, or fashionable, ol
Cultivated, ncg.cctiug, very oItcn, tn,
..meauS which ight make them wha
5thcy wish. They wear out their lives ii
Ipursuit Of deIusion. They practice
",kccpinS up appearances till they con
l.,touud the sham with the reality the shad
Cow with the substance, forgetting thai
'qthc world soon rirrccs through then
;3maSk, discovers what they are, and de
.sspseS them for false coin.
4 Take the case of a young lawyer, wao,
,'nsttad Of mastering his profession, tru. T.
'ato fatal facility OF words, q"d thluks t'
.1soar to eminence aui tojiurG without as
V>iGuily or other real merit. lie gctS.per
.,.hrp> sort of reputation Iy p:act;cinS il
B.. 'pcttii,lgiug cases, but lac never IlScs
fa,ovc ihis; and at the end Of twenty
y,ar, lac is 40 luftnc'' on Dhcroai lu fam,
.,hln he was at first. Take tn, N rr tta
..iia. j.ui,ician, " he, instead of seeking t,
sc>'ah'I>h a name for stat, Smrn>hip, pre-
!lcrs what he thinks the easier paths OF
scunning and corruption, anl win" though
,hhe may secure some petty Office, never
:sbccomes truly great; though he may jig
Sglc himself into a tiectinE reputation, ncY
Ger leaves behind the fame Of Webster
faor Clay. Take the plausible, u in
Acompy tent merchant, who, thong. he may
,@llor while obtain credit, finally cnllap,. :,
10 all The world what I buhLc
he Las been We might 20 through liz,
lin the same way; We might select exam.
'pleS from every class ana profession, and
,,thc result would always be the same
fSooncr or later the chailatan is found out.
.Ibc his stage tricks what they may. Rep.
gutation cannot stand, IN the long run,
against character.
/ Honesty is the best policy even in re
gard to ones gool name. 10 He, not to
3,sccm. is wiser, even tor the "cildien "l
ibis world than to seem and not to bc.
Z II a man has really no elevated aims, if
he cares not to be worthy for the sake Of
Virtue itself, it will Yet pay him better,
permahently, to be true and good than
4 crely to put OF the Schblancc of it
1;iIuntington, the furgcr, appeared, for a
.iHhile, to thrive ON evil. Dishonesty. in
s.his case. was ostcn>ibly lucrative But
where is he nov? Where are all the
HforgcrS, embczzlcrs and other false dia.
imonds Of the financial world? The hon
sest, who have plodded along, aud who are
their old age in comfort aud
Hhonor, even when not in luxury, have no
cause to complain that ScoundrcIs have
rproSpcred more than themselves.
A But the lure Of mere worldly success is
Ebut base motive at best. True manhood
Esccis nobleness for its own sake; aSprcS
TO he, not to seem; is prouder OF charac.
tier, even when unappreciatcd, than Of
population, if undescrved. proportion
Jas men are real coin, and not counterieitS,
athcy scorn to enjoy credit for what they
Hhave not. Paint me-" said Cromwell.
II wrinkles and ALL" Even on canvas the
Tgreat hero despised falSehood.
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