The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-02-09

sumption of humility. He speaks of his
"little place." of being barely equal to
giving Dombey chop, if he visited them.
carrying out his character, this gentle
men was very plainly dressed, in wisp
of cambria for neckclotb, big shoes, a
coat that was too loose for him, and pair
Of trousers that were too spare; and men,
ton being made of the Opera, he said he
very seldom went there, for he couldn't
afford it. 1t seemed greatly to delight
and exhilarate him to say So" If there
is a mean, contemplate hypocrite, it is to
be found in the man whose pride Of gold
is obtruded upon US by his constant as
sumption of poverty. Then there is the
pompous rich man, dealing in cumbrous
furniture, because it looks rich, whose
walls are covered with daubs, whose frames
look rich, whose words are rolled out
in such way as to sound rich, who
valves away from his notice everything
not rich. But this man, by the side Of
the "Bank Director" is noble
Then we sec pride with some, centered
on imaginary personal beauty-pride in
that casket which locks in the gem only
worth pricing! These victims of pride,
strange to say, have not generally any
foundation on which to build. "The
beautiful are wont to take their pride in
some supposed attribute. 1t remains for
those, ''cheated of feature by assembling
nature" to lavish upon their bodily de-
formitiss the excessess of their pride
Robespierre was remarkable instance of
this description Of pride. He was of hid
eous appearance, yet his whole pleasure
was in his ugly person. No sentiment of
humanity, no idea of true greatness, ever
pulled down from its pedestal of pride that
hideous idol. The walls of his rooms
were covered with pictures of his outra-
geous features ; and, to be found there,
were innumerable busts and statues of
his vulgar form.
How We SC I'm pride in intellectual at
tainmeut.. 81 know A, B, c." these vic
TINS say by their manner, land therefore
you know nothing" They assume
from their own knowledge-the curious
inference, all other men are ignorant
Let this description of pride hcarken to
the advice of poet:
ga little knowledge is dangerous thing,
Drink deep or taste not, of the perennial stream.
1t is notorious that the intellectual
great, have never exhibited this kind OF
pride. The greatest of philosophers said,
when complimented on his large stores of
learning, 81 have gathered but few peb.
bles from the sea-shore."
Then note religious pride. One would
think that men would not pollute the sa-
cred things of God, by spirit 80 mani
testify Satan's peculiar attribute, yet 80 il
is; hear Cromwell's soldiers naming their
children, "Blessed be God Barebones,'
Hear northern preachers, turning their
pulpits into lecturing stumps for political
purposes or sectional animosity. Look
around you, and see ignorant men anxious
to usurp the Priests office What
prompts this +? Religion d.? Do not sully
her pure doctrines, her sole office, the glory
of Christ, by such an insinuation. 1t is
pride-wicked desire for pre-. eminence-
nothing less.
There IS a kind OF pride, not often re-
marked. Its features are SO offensive,
that the mass of mankind do not dwell
upon them. A poor man, Or, man of
the middle class, when he Independently
accepts the fact, is not ashamed of it
wears the memory of it easily, honestly
pursues the even tenor of his way, is a
man from whom princes may learn wis
dom. For there is nothing truer than
that ono man is ridiculous for what he is
in himself; but only in the affectation Of
being something else" But when this
man begins to display that low, envious
pride, which like the viper, fastens itself
on its superiors, he becomes creature SO
base, that we blush to discover him. He
is one of those ours who bark at all who
do rot kennel with him. The oak which
now towers the monarch of the forest,
sprang from it'll acorn hid from hu-
man observation in the DIRK utlu aorth