Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-06

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l;,,lo II will 6osa;J If Won baye hnen ovor'
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headache or hr,rt,cbc or ho;b hnt Won
ouyht tn have honn consistent. onco rIcyor
aIw,vs clever AnJ ,hara viii Ina dire
boues tb,t thero ie rotbing wrong win
vour off, air. or vopr br,in or vonr cnn.
Sc;orco 4nJ ,onnIo Who had mo, yn,
for The fret ,ime will s,v of Won that ,hcv
had exnoctod IN find Won ,1reeohln and
antort,,;n;nr hnt ,ba, ;bnv Gnnnd uou lnss
tbnn commonnlnce, on,e honelesslv stn.
mid unless indeed Won were piviny v9ur,elf
airs But dullnrss has no condemn,tion
il is not even called dull for nothing was
e,nected of if. If Won firmly take IN tho
.injicious nosition of beino n dnll nrrsnr
hut lS tn aplnGnI nd
BETRAYED into AMUSING. you will 90 free Of
criticism and incm no susuicions exccnl :
inu NAV he. snsnicons which incline to
credit ,ou with a hidden fund of MI SORTS
of abilities.
The creditino dullness with abilities of
which il is the only evidence is a very f,.
vorile exercise of discernmcnt among peo-
nile who know that i, s wise not to he mis-.
led Inv suner6cinl circumstances Tins
if of two school-bov brothers one is a vi.
vacious lad who likes his studies, learns
onirklv and ALWAYS brinos his lessons
nerfecf and the other learns with toll and
dist,ste only bccouse he mnst and as often
as NOT nrefers the dunce's nlnce or the risk
of a foppino TO the tedious effort. there
will ALWAYS he some of the more oyeItly
saoacious of their kinsfolk to shake their
heads over the (acile progress of the clever
lad. as inevitably delu,iye because Gcile.
and to nredict the success Of the future for
The dulI bor on the ground that he is a
duh bov. The fable Of the hare and the
tortoise has wise moral: but that moral.
we'll weighed is a warning to hares mo-, TO
90 to sieen instead Of runninp rather
iban ACCORDING to the INTERPRETATION fire.
nnentlv fitted to il. a disnpprobation of The
natural speed of the hare as compared
with the sober making haste which an
anxious tortoise can ac6ieye-and still less
AS compared with the pace of IL tortoise
indisposed to racing at all. 1t is probable
to saw the least of It. that a hare who did
not co TO slepp would he nt the winnino
most before The stnidcst of tortoises. and
one NAV venture to doubt whether diligen,
dnllness can match dlioent aptness. Int n
great MANY mentors and guardians of
vou1h h are nossessed bv the idea that all
bares must by the nature of them take
mans and nil tortoises be somehow or other
Dloddinp on, and, with similar confusion
of inference. they have a reverence for
dullness in itself os safer and sounder than
nptness, Many bright children. fond of
thheir hooks. and using their vouno abilite.
to all ADVANTAGE, are unwiseiy discouraged
bv admonirion tha, what thev aconire
must be superficial and soon to be forgot
ten because thew are able to acquire so
easily. and assurances that their dull com
rades will in later grown ND days be solid
" their superiors. The old hare and tor
toise story thus applied dashes the energy
of MANY a hare for one tortoise it spurs on l..
But the respect for dulluess as Il sign of
sound capacity is not extended to the rip
eninp intellect only. A discreet amount of
dullness will pass off anv sane man for the
possessor of great practical Judgment; and
If his face he of the shane that smiles. he
will he understood to he a shrewd and
cautious observer. lie can have repu.