Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-11-16
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search of an honest man. and fount
he had undertaken a long journey
and in like manner, if we look at
our lives in the simple light of hon
csty we will find that the highest
estimate of mans average virtue is
the mcancst moral statement posi-
bic to make. The truth is our
system of education has all along
been, and now is wrong.
Instead Of teaching honesty he
cause it is sacred principle Of
right, never to be swcrvcI from
under any circumstances. civilized
communities everywhere, adopt the
old proverb that ''hon"Sty is the
best policy and it is taught not as
principle, but science.
Even Juveniles are great moraliStS
and for reasons of obvious, personal,
external or immediate advantage.
adopt the maxim, that, ''honestyis
the best policy
We all remember what was said
to little girl, that had been
l'runght up to ten or twelve years,
in all the rustic simplicity and in
nocence Of country life. by her
teacher, when arrived at the juvenile
school. Why said the teacher, |
have little boy. Tom, four years
younger than yourself, who knows
six psalms by heart; and when You
ask him which he would rather have
a verse of a psalm to learn, or
pocket full of nuts, and a piece of
gingerbread to eat, instantly re-
plies. ooh give me a psalm;
angels sing psalms, and I wish to be
a little angel here below And
then he gets, two pockets full fnuts
and huge card Of gingerbread. of
course in reconf pense of his early
piety. This preeocious little NOR
alist had learned that there were
two pockets of nuts in every psalm
and seemed to fully understand the
question of ''Policy,' though re-
ligion and gingerbread were a good
deal confused in his mind. And
this is precisely the practical appli-
cation of the maxim that honesty
is the best policy when taught as
a science, and not as principle.
If any young man asks me if hon.
csty will make him a richer man.
| cannot answer, nor can anybody
else. l can only reply that as
many knaves, as honest men, are
rich. If he asks me whether it
will make him better man, then
can say, there is nothing else un-
der heaven that can do it. 1t is
the one supreme quality going be-
fore all others, and without which,
even your connection with the
church, and devout profession of
religion, is the basest hypocrisy,
glaringly revealed to God, though
obscured from mortal vision. Our
social relations and responsibilities
warrant me in demanding it Of you,
and you Of me, though We may new
er meet again, simply because we
each have an interest in the other
as being constituent members of
society.
\ few words to the young man
ambitious of responsibility, sociaI
position, wealth and fame. Fore
most in the list Of requisites stand
Temperance, honesty and strict in
tegrity, in every transaction in
life. Without these qualities every
other merit will prove unavailing.
To young man, no matter with
what talent nature may have en-
dowea him, or to what extent it
may have been improved by cult
walton, when seeking employment
or business connection, the first
questions to be answered are; lis
he Industrious, temperate, active,
capable, trustworthy, and regular in
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Of these questions negative answer
is given, the business -cnga cement
fails; and if deception or other
means enables you for the time to
perfect it, so soon as your true
character is known the partnership
OR engagement is dissolved. But
this is not all. Intempcrance be-
sides, being a fatal vice breaks the
fathers heart, bereaves the doting
mother, extinguishes natural affec-
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