Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-27

Love Of Appreciation.

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Tor no Intelligent being can give n rea-
b son Tor his action unless il hah previous
! W existed III his mind, or was the off
shoot Of aDothcr's, upon whose expe-
ritnce he had placed value. 10 give
reason for the faith that il in ms is
testing the matter thcoreticaly: but to
act on that faith; for the body 10 exc.
cute what the mind has thought out !.
! thus is the noble feature Of his creation.
ana which allies him to supreme Intel.
ligencp
Reasons may he assigned for pursuing
. certain kind Of life, which NAV not
IN the least justify it, but nevertheless
reasons. There IL a class of Young men
IN every community aud they are the
majority among them, WIN belong TO
TINS second class Of reasonors: all those
VINO set value upon the experience of
others. The love of APPRECIATION has a
wonderful controlling Influence in their
character That faculty lives upon the
popular wave Of Thought: the Empcroy
Napoleon possessed it in marvellous
degree and the English bundcrcd ON
his death blow when they confined him
on the rocky and dcsolate island of st.
Helena.
Love Of appreciation determines the
! hahlts ot mos, yoIn9 men. Its bosses
S"r is alwny III deep study to find out
and adopt popular habit. Smoking
Is one of them, and there is no surcr
indication ot the truth Ot this assertion
than the fact, that there is no excuse
for this habit only tine ono which the
lnduIger will not, through ignorant
shame. offer; that n person without
that habit stands no show among GER
tam set ct last yeung mpn-a proof
conclusive, if his standpoint is correct.
that all The high and lofty aspirations
of mans higher nature, the impulses of
sentiments which keep the animal III
check. which for the time, make us al.
most fdfget tile Ills and trials of life. and
thai there is an element which partakcs
"t the nature of supreme intelligence.
that all, aIl this is not worth the delicious
sensation of one good Whit trom the
chest Havana -
When this faculty prol"minatee, it is
indlcated not only 10y the walk. but by
the inclination of the head to one ,idG.
III the direction Of the organ. and the
way in which the hat sets ON it. That
active, healthy and sprighrly Young man
who wal k' with cane. hn his arm, and
hat cooked on one side, who has a rra-
ciens bow for every cne friend or foe.
and now and then SENDS curling up in
the air the graceful wrcathS of smoke.
the only real grace about this habit Of
smoking, possesses great love of appro-
batiou
n man may possess this faculty, bui
1t governed by reason and conscience
will make 10 presents when debrs cry
ont for liquidation. OF this class are all
those who can give n reason tor the faith
that is in them. The shrewd and aStutc
politltion, the hunters TOR office, poitiril
and social waits, who have just cnoneh
tor "rainy day" but would he ont If
pocket if it should rain two days, those
who make great entertainments Just be-
tore election, and cordially siake III; |.
hands of those they never will know /
again only under similar circumstances {:
such ones are governed by this faculty
1t is tho great lever OF their mind. This !
faculty prompts to sucl, Expressions ,as Il |
desire To know what others saw about
them, and what community will think. |
Such, we are apt to believe, make man
KIND their rule OF conscience, instead |
of "INeHS SWj cOHSci0 rtcH,"-n mind |
conscious 20 HSelf Of rght-a sentence no .
poet cou!d have been he author of, and
which only in four little words, draws
such II beautiful distinction between the
one whose conscience regulates his &C.
tiOns, and him whose actions govern his
ttnnv,;nna L, l;a,,.lI' l.,
ricnced the impulse of that sublime emo.
tinn.
The moderate drinkcr, those persons
whose happiness depends upon conviv-
ialities, and even the drunkarl possesses
great love of appreciation. 1t loves so-
ciety, it thrivos upon its good opinions,
but of itself it has hot the power of
discrimination, and if the animal directs,
it seeks the adulalion of the degraded
and proniga,r, Burns "Tam O'Shan.
ter and "Willie Brewed n Peek %
Maut,' were written under such inspi-
ration, but who would dare imputc the
same 10 "IIighlaud Mary" or ".Atton
Water 2" This organ was large, to-
gether with the social organs in the
poet Horace tor he liked wine so well
that Hll his songs savored of sold Faler-
man." and he was n most consummatc
sycophant. With wine his eyes became
sore, which prompted Mpcenas to say
when he sat between Horace and CON
snmp'ive Virgil, that he sat between
sighs and tears"
This faculty regulated by conscience,
loves appreciation, but only from those
who can give reason for the faith that
is in them, and who love to do right for
sake. But will he who
does mean act, rs it must often occur,
to obtain the praise of the dissouto, ''to
h~ seen of men," mveil the motives OF
his heart, and give that as the reason
for the faith that is in him--the excuse
for his actions?
SELF-DEPENDENCE.-NIany an unwise
parent works hard, and lives sparingy !
all his life, for the purpose OF leaving :