The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-23

DcNfS on us royal WHY'S cNcIv luitHlu
child, every sclfimmolated heart. Az
well attempt "to bind the sweet infu
cnccs Of the Plciades, or loose thu
bands Of Orion rs prescribe its limits
to those who shine by the reflected
light of noble ancestry, to those who
are in possession Of an heirloom o
nominal greatness. The borrowed halo
will vanish before the miasmatic breeze
of contempt, unless the heritage Is
preserved by emulation and originality,
hat this nobility was never condemned
1t, from its nature, cannot be. 1t il
too full of witchcry, all concedc, but sc
sure as the world is the world, many
prefer the potent diamond, would fal
ather see their graves engraven with
ignoble action topmost on the CORR
doris of fame But even, while drift,
ing with the golden tide, they look
back and feel Il thrill in their bosoms
as they trace in prospective the success
of one who has on the regalia Of nobil-
ity, They approve, but do not. The
human heart may sell itself for ignoble
ease, but it acknowledged the supremacy
OF one'for whom the world contains no
price. You may subsidize your auxil'
%iaries, mould your minions, pamper
your sycophants; but feed, buy, gov
ern, if you can, the nobly honest man.
Never! He spurns your millions,
scorns your protlcred robe of magnetic
influence, resents your ig%nominious
power, disdains your palling Injuries,
and strives, starves, dies, true to the
majesty Of his own soul. Withhold
your appreciation, he EFFORTS it from
you, lnterposc your power to thwart
his success, hcriscs by his own inherent
energy. Poor, but hingly poor, is such
II man-rich in selr-gratuation, rich in
your hearts secret appreciation, the
heir of an "excceding great reward"
"Some are born great; some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon them" Thus spoke Shaks.
pcarc, the exquisite portrayer of hun.
dred-hcaded feeling; but his greatness
is not that Of which we speak, but that
which every man may attain. TO be
great in goodness is within the power
Of every one, inasmuch as all are born
with the clements Of greatness, and the
ability to develop them, or desert them
for mcrccnary cnds.
Man is noble orignoble, dignilied or
s~crvilc, as he wills. The germs of no
bility can be neglected, every impulse
to worthincss can be chilled, reason a
be hooded by desire, the whole struc-
turo feIIcd by passion, lift plcases him.
lie can ward oil greatness, can rcvcl in
the gossamcr pleasures of the hour I'M
mindful Of higher duties, can murder
manlinoss, and bury himself in the deep
ofmoral turpitudc, ifhe wishes.
"Man's acts proclaim nobility and
not the kingly crest succinctly ex-
presses it all. The crown may corrus-
cate upon the brow and bewildcr
with its potency, but it remains
for acts to glorify the man. Impotent
throne and sceptre to extort that
real homage which admiring humanity
and proudly lays before the
King who sits upon the throne Of self,
and wicids thctridcnt of his own soul.
grandeur can subdue when
Wanting power is tOyed with and
scorncd. Puissant is the influence of
one who will maintain his integrity
it be by resigning seeming in
and rclinquisIling the dearest
schemes Of the heart, though it be by
opposing the conceits of the many, and
provoking "the worlds dread laugh"
THE worlds dread laugh" what is
{, That man should tremblc SO? The
,roan of Envy, convulsed by the pain
ulncss Of her own emotions. Envy
hat would thus destroy the %suscepti-
be, and goad them with derision when
hey fall.
IT'S strange, it's passing strange,
lis pitifuI, It's %wondrous pitilul," that
he race is so easily moved by the vani-
: ~, o ~
sum- "i'" 50 many recofus VI us
'rFo'H'''',''V "",H us Vi waiting
i'''' anu "'! ie!rN's rc'i'orsc'
me "..u,so"',I' vi n'plllly' .hls uleau,
)bcyed it, attest that there is no securi-
Is, no nobility but fidelity to the soul
.L,t nI,ode within
Ask the poor human chameleon,
who has pandered to selfishness, who
ias followed the irksome pursuit of
Termination, who has lived by fiat
ask him if he IS satisfied. "Sat-
SIZED! If to he condemned by others,
oathcd by self, is satisfaction, / have
t. If to feel that your soul has been
nhumcd in ignoble ends, that nothing
AN compensate for the manhood you
lave lost, ifthis is satisfaction, / have
t. Satisfaction! there is none save
II noble action"
Go again, when life's lurid light is
and the UNDECIDED soul is