American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-14
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Trust not Appearances.

!
ry, a rich gem is sometimes conceal
ed in a rude caSket. Some who have
personal and intellectual beauty are
wholly deficient in moral worth and
excellence. The intellect and soul
does not always harmOnize with the
outward form, fer men may dr2s
well and possess a handsome face,
and vet be devoid Of moral and in
telleCtual worth. Could the drapery
be for a moment drawn aside, one
moment would perhaps suffice to
show us it shrouded a lOathcsomc
form, and could we see every one
thus, we would shrink with horror
and disgust from many whom we
now tolerate for their beauty and in
| tellioencC. No one who had seen
plain and even repulsiye features
lighted up with mind ard soul, but
what has found Something than
beauty deareG," and more Subduing
/ in the magic charm Of intellect and
/ feeling. What avail "LUVc tinctur-
ed lips and tresSess like the morn, "
i if the former give utterance only to
vapid and SenseleSS nOthings, and
/ the latter shadow a beam defOrmcd
/ by sallenncsS and discOEtent There
are many whose personal charms,
united with a highly cultivated mind,
enchant tie beholdCr, and would
win every heart, but some who look
deeper than the surface, behold the
dark trOWn that almost hibitually
contracts the sunny brow, and the
angry glanccS that often dart from
those brilliant eyes. There are those,
also, whose faces are redeemed RON
absolute plainneSs, only by the eX-
perence of unaffected kindness and
intelligence it constantly wears /;
those who are attracted by the beat
. ty Of the former of those whom have
, described, will soon become disgust
ed with their caprice and ill-humor,
and gladly turn from the chilling at
mOSphere of these rCpellant qualities
to sun themselves in the beaming
smiles of the latter, although it is
true, their eyes have not the spark
ling lustrc of the former, but heart
fall OF generous and Womauiy IN
pulses and affections is always speak
ing through them; their lips are ucv-
er compared to rubies, bat in them
dwells continually the law Of kind
ness, ana they utter high and noble
thoughts in tones OF richest music.
This is the true loycljness in woman
which commcnds itself alike to the
understanding and the heart. There
sometimes found il beneath q rough
) and repulsiyA exterior, the germ OF a
true and noj.e heart, and we should
+ not Shm sucn, because OF their L.
pulsive features. We often see men
handsome and intelligent, well cal
culatcd to win the admiration OF those
who cannot look far below the sur
face, the exterior graces Of whose
minds are many ana variOus in their
attractions in external accomplish
ments they are perfect gentlemen,
but who have no principles fixed up
on firm, sound and sure basis.
We should not look alone TO the
attractive exterior, but should seek
to know what ends actuate them. 1t
is the lovelinesS of pure, high princi-
pies that remain verdant longest
these, and these alone, can make
, one permanently happy; without
! them an angels grace or form would
: lose its attractions; with them the
plaincSt countcnanCe soon grows
b beautiful. Could We lift the vail
from off tine exterior of all men and
women, and see deeper beneath the
u surface, and judge by more correct
standard, how different would those
we daily see and know appear to us.
We live two lives the real one Is
the one concealed, and the false one
b, that's seen. Things are not what
they seem, the ,eords 'ce speak are
- often not la unison with the feelings
of the heart. The world knows little
of the heart from what the lips may
:. say; the eye may sparkle brilliantly
? and the cheek glow with rapture,
{. while envy's poisoned arrow lies hid
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