Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
KEEP YOUR TEMPER,

$40 who Control Themselves Likely to
'h" Longer and Become I.0 ,it.ly Han.
per.
according to the observation Of
.anv men. the results being preserved
w. satisfies. those Individuals live the
,oraest and reach the greatest success,
ne.iles being infinitely happier. who
Ina, control of themselves and do not
d. off into tempers. 1t is impossible
~ 90 through life. or even a single day
II il, without meeting %perplcxities and
%onnovancc. as everybody knows, but
.,,ov are far more easily dealt with. if
,,aotcd coolly in the face without ex-
';,anent, than when irritation is al.
,owed to pass into anger and its &C.
Compartments.
It i, easy enough to see why the pos
sossor of a quiet. calm, equable TEN.
nevament lives longer than the hasty,
i%sssionate one. There is no such ten
.;on on the vital organs as a fit of
.noer induces. The blood is sent rush
inc madly through the veins. beating
mon the heart in a tumultous invasion
and straining its powers to the utmost
to resist the strain, and this often when
the system is least fitted for endur-
suce. The processes of life proceed
cuietly day after day, through the
ycars, and the body is kept in good
order save from the natural wear. 1t
is Just like machinery which
Runs smoothly, and will last many
Hears, if unexpected demands are not
made on it. but which is liable to give
out suddenly when called without
preparation to bear unusual burdens.
People who fly into q passion often
defeat their most cherished purposes.
An angry mar is always at q disad-
vantage with an opponent. H%cforgets
what lie should remember. fails to see
an advantage. says what he should
have left unsaid, and omits what is of
valid Importance. He will be made to
appear in the wrong when he is really
in the right. 1t is not impossible for
one who easily loses self-control to win
success in life. but he will not reach
the HIGHEST measure, and what he does
gain will be from a combination of for
tunate circumstances, or because he
has far more than ordinary ability.
Perhaps nc better example can DO
given of a man who always possesses
himself than General Grant. His cool
steadincss has passed into an axiom
with the Nation. He never showed
excitement. even when it would seem
natural and eXcusable. aud he never
failed to come out the victor. 1t il so
in every position in life. There
is something in that quiet
steaaincss which holds the lash
Of sclf-possession, that influences
others, and compels them to yield. no
matter how holly they have contested
a disputed point. Everybody knows
how hard lawyers work. how deftly
they ply an opposing witness with ir-
ritating questions. in order to arouse
his anger and make him stultify him
self.
That the individual who can hold his
temper is the happier for doingso. goes
without saying. There is nothing
which humiliates a self-respecting man
or woman so much as the conscious
ness of having lost self-control. and be-
ing therefore placed in q position to
attract ridicule or disgust. The very
consciousness of self-mastcry gives
pleasure, and there is not the continual
state of bitter penitence for having
been unkind or unjust to be endured.
The physical. mental and moral being
is in N infinitely better condition.
OF course there is such q thing as
righteous Indignation. but even that
should not be ungoyernable.-1oled
Diade.