Telegram-herald., 1889-06-30

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az4o1et - aso&s-Dg sn1 unworthy huo-
o4t proper pride, as Il > called, where ~se
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Ia ones ow8 estimate II MI allow ebe 10
d. uollalas - odds With oae deal II honoF,
II holssty, 0t eisillty, II klnaness. aad,
where res zlous props aud stays are Mss
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tt.1 Les Ia y ait II Il = not good morals IN
itself Il enforces good manners, AID leads
the B4y y good morals D. SUCH regard q
the real reason aud motiyeOf good EaDners
- springs from the Golden Rule. Il hAy-
lag nothiag 10 DO with that rule IA A.
self Bat, INDUCED beyond a proper
poiat. this CHARACTERISTIC Is capable OF as
slniug = double mask, either aspect of
y nlch - hateful IL las on the one side ar
rogance, al eKpressio Of self utterly outof
proportion with right and truth, where the
claimant gathers 10 himself al the wisdom
and virtue and admirable quality that there
may DO In question and II be does rot eT-
claim II sm Sir Oracle, and when l speak
let 40 dog para, - he thinks il, and therefore
bears himself as IL he were infallible. Ii is
into this detestsole quality that pride Of
birth and pride of money merge themselves.
AdgenttiOus circumstances aS both birth
and money are, the person who manifests
PRIDE In them. and claims superiority be
cause of them, acquires unconsclOusiy a
haughtiness of manner that makes him not
only unDearable but laug ghable, the haughti-
ness being only the external manifestation
Of the undue estimate Of the facts of ones
individuality, aud showing, on the whole,
less nobility and worth than there might
have been, without either high birth or
great wealth inasmuch as PRIDE IN ma
terial and perishablo things Is less 10 De
esteemed than pride In spiritual ones. A
man OF proper pride could never arrOgate 10
himself the possession OF the merest triae
that was not really his; he would consider
1t as all Of piece with any other dishon-
esty, and he viii never drag his name In
the dust of assertion, struggle and dissent;
but an arrogant man, assuming 10 be the
equal of his superiors, Is never any thing
but ridiculous object To those whose finer
senses are not offended by him.
The other aspect of this double mask is
that presented by the activity Of vitality
and self-conceit. Not that the presence OF
vanity always implies that of an oyerween-
ing conceit; it may be that its p0ssessor by
no means oyeresumates "a particle OF his
powers or belongings; he may have all that
| OF which nc is vain, and be really marvel
| of capacity or beauty, or whatever is the
thing most valued in his category. When
| the preacher said ''All is -snity," he
meant To use the literal signifcation OF the
| word-alI is hollowness; and hence some
times we attach to the word an idea of
falsity and pretence, which, the word IS
now used, is erroneous, as one is vain only
| of what one actually possesses, or sincerely
| thinks he possesses, and vanity pure and
| simple is as much an expression of active
| interest in ones self as any thing else
| There is, indeed, a certain questionable
variety of vanity which is so spurious and
| deplorable as hardly TO be claimed by
either pride or vanity, and is TO be clasSed
| under the head of self-righteOusness; but
kept out OF sight it does no special harm 10
any one, and If it does not clog his moral
| endeavor, acts only as a stimulant TO the
| pOssessor; always odious in the angelic
and superior eyes, it is only when it be
comes SO overtopping as to obtrude
itself upon earthly neighbors that
it becomes odious TO them; or
when it is founded on next to moth
ing that it makes its victim absurd /;
it is then form Of self-conceit that is an
abOminatiOn in all eyes and ears. To the
self-centered person the outer universe is a
trifie: the ego is the only universe; the
rest OF mankind are mere notes, or at best
parasites; he himself walks with his head
in the clouds, and so loftily that he fails to
see the pebbles on which his feet stumble,
| or the party-color with which his folly has
| dressed him like Harlequin. On the whole
| if in some relations there is any bracing or
stimulating quality in the possession OF a
certain amount OF pride, yet its abuse is so
tempting and so easy that one is led TO
| think II would be better when the good
fairy gives gifts to decline that one alto
gether. indulging no vanity, and running no
danger Of tramplng over the weak and
poor spirited. The safe and wise maxim.
| 'Know thyself." which used 10 be worked
by little maidens on their book marks, in
the days Of perforated paper, points out the
way 10 a proper valuation of ourselves and
our attainments. Possibly no ene ever
really acquired the knowledge thoroughly
or accurately; but he who has endeavored
to do so can not help agreeing with the poet
when he writes:
Seltreverence, selfknowledge. self-coutrol-
These three lead man 70 sovereign power"
q KENTUCKY FREAK.