Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-03

By applying to their friends for aid.
That puts an end 10 the enusive
pr'ttlemen respecting charity and
benevolence and brings grabbed
seltishuess TO the surface with lying
regrets and unblushinR suhterfuRes,
or its friexiug astonishmeut, that it
should be suspected Of Quixo,ism
in benevoience. The churlishly ael.
fsh affect the latter toue, hoping TO
conceal the want Of all feeling With
mankind under a brusque manner /;
the urbanely selfish adopt the for.
mer blaudiy excnipatory tone from
Q motive Of policy.
II 10 essential that young men
should start ont 10 life with a inst
view of human nature and should
comprehend the wide difference
there is between the CONVEX sation
and the actions of uen-between
the principles they profess to be
guided by and the actions they l'er.
form. Sel6shness is common TO
men. while generosity, cons,sucy In
friendship and benevoleuce are ex
otto plauls, only cultivated by such
as rise above the ordinary level Of
humanity. l would have young
men study the maxims of Roucbe.
foncould until they become firmly
fixed 10 their minds, aud then to
recur to them as guides at every
step in their lives. They describe
men as they appear without their
conversational masks and a. they
will appear Whenever they shall lie
put TO the test, and teach Us to look
for no display of generosity and be.
nevolence aud to rely OH our own
resources. This will prevent our
being disappointed In or estimate
Of men, which is always q shock 10
us aud apt to turn us into man.
haters.
Shakespeare's play, Timou of
Athens, should likewise be read and
studied with the utmost care, BY
young men for its graphic define.
alton of human nature Of men.
Ninety nine men out of q hundred
always have, and ever will, act pre-
cisely as did the friends OF TimOn
when be put their friendship and
benevolence to the test, With cold.
bloOtled seltshuess, and it 10 . good
thing TO know beforehand they will
do so, since it spares Ms terrible
revolution Of feeling. This play
Describes men as they appear, and
for that reason, men are inclined TO
term il a satire, bot 20 far from .
satire, it is a truthful and life.like
portrait drawn with q mastery hand
by one who knew human nature to
it's core.
But yon are intoxicating . selfish
philosophy in the same breath in
which you cOUdemn sei6sbneas! !
deny the imputatiOu. One may
feel that men are selfish aud On.
grateful, yet s,ill himself b. gen.
prous and benevolent towards them,
for ge4~a.siic aud kmevolence do
not look for u return in kind, nOs
tor gratitude from the recipients Of
their favors and bcnefactiOns. Such
expectation would he, IN no sense
; disiu terestrd, nor would tue Rensr
; osity or benevoleDce be praisewOr
, thy where it was prompted wholly
by selfish motive. A man can d,
J his duty towards bis fellow Great
ure, although he knows they an
utterly selfish and be 10 bound Il
do his duty just the same, bcsus'
. God imposed that duty on bin
God sends his rain on the just ant
the unjusi, and In like manner
should We, His creatures, distrib
ute our Chart les, not looking TO
, any return in kind, or even Il
grateful feelings This may seeu
too high a strain Of Christian dot!