The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-05

easy to men of the good-naturcd sort as
their alphabet. Indeed it Is their al
phabet, out of which they spell their own
ruin; but so long as the impresSionaole tem- I
perament lasts. so long as the liking TO 40
good-natured action is greater than caution,
suspicion, or the power of analoSical reason
ing. SO long will the oafmake himself the cats
paw of the knave, till at last he has lett MINI
selfno fingers wherewith to pluck out the
2hestnuts for himself or another. Inc Hrst
doubt ofyoung peoples always source ol IN,
tense suffering. Hitherto thsy nave ,
what they saw and all they saw; ana they nave
NOT troubled themselves with motives or facts
beyond those given to them or lying on the
surface. But when they find out for themselves
that seeming Is not necessarily being, and
that all people ear not as good throughout as
they thought them, then they suffer moral
shock which often leads them into state OF
practical atheism and despair. Many young
people give up altogether when they nrst be,
gln to read the book of humanity beyond
the title page and because they have found
specks in the cleanest parts, believe tnat
nothing is left pure. They are as much
bewildered as horror-struck, ana can
not understand how any one they nave
loved and respected should have done
this or that misdeed. Having done, it.,
there is nothing left to love or respect further.
It is only by degrees that they learn to adjust
and apportion, and to understand that the
whole creature is not necessarily corrupC pc
cause there are few unhealthy places here
and there; but, in the beginning TINS nrst
scorching by the fire of experience IS very
painful and bad to bear. Ihcn they oeetn W
think the knowledge of the world, as got from
books, so wonderful, so profound; ana they
look on it as a scieRce TO be learned by mucn
STUDYING of aphorisms. They little know tha1
not the most atfluent amount of phrase knoWi-
edge can ever regulate that class OF acllon
which springs from mans inhcrenl Gisposl. si,
ton, and that it Is not facts wnich teacn o,.C
self-control which prevents. Alter very cary
youth we all have enough theoretical KNOW,
edge to keep us straight; but theoretlcal
knowledge does nothing without sell
knowledge, or its corollary, self,contr0l.
The world has never yet got oeyona lne
wisdom Of Proverbs and Eccleslastes, ana
Solomon's advice to the lsraelltlSn yOuthi
lounging round the gates OIL the IenlA
pie is quite as applicable to young u HOPE, I,as
iul coming up to London chambers as IL was
to them. Teaching of any Kind, by DOCKS OF
events is the mere brute weapon, but sell-con-
troll is the Intelligent hand to wleld IL. 10
burn ones fingers once In lifetime is no
fault, and tells nothing against mans conf
mon sense or dignity; but TO go on ouInlIs
them is the act Of a fool, and we cannot ply
the wounds, however sore they may md uei hnmo nmo
Arcadian virtues OF unlimited tr'lSt ana n0l'e
and love are very sweet and lovely; pMt tney
are the graces of childhood. not the qualities Of
manhood; they are lovely little flnalilies, whlcn
40 not admit Of modification or expansion; ana
in naughty world, to 90 about Win ones
heart upon ones sleeve, believing every one,
and accepting everything to be just as 1t pre-
sents ITSELF is offering bowls Of milk to tigers
and meeting armed men with tin sword.
Such universal trust can only result IN per-
petual burning of ones fingers; and LIE spent
in pulling out hot chestnuts from the fire ior
another's eating is by no means the most use
ful or the most dignitied to which man can de-
vote himself.