Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-02-24
POLICY.
NJ .
From The WaDerley Progress, by J. h..
LODGE, d. D., Editor

Is pTOluuully Ol DGllGl III Tue TlSnl' ltSlNSs
first, serenity; next, supplies strength to-
performance; then, nerves for endurance OF
persecution or martyrdom. Corrupt minds
unacquainted with the divine source OF
such sublime courage, seek eXoneration from
their guilty burden in the charge of tanati
cism, but still secretly admit the energy o.
that ncorruptible essence and influence
which commends itself to every intellect
and every judgment The copy of divinity
ceases from the earth with the suppression
of the divine principle, "Man consists in
Truth. If he exposes Truth, he exposes
himself. 1t he betrays Truth, he betray:
himself We speak not here of Lies, but OF
acting against Conviction" We unquali'
fledly adopt and endorse this comprehensive
and just apothegm of Novalis, only regret
ting the too slender distinction between lying
and disregard of belief; though this film is
swept away in the body OF his writings. What
is lying, it it be not acting in opposition to
thought How can man be vller traitor
than to do what he does not ieelY But the
policy man is not proud. That is his fatality.
Destitution of pride means dishonOr, and
capability of dishonorable actions. Only
the proud are honorable. Their pride Sc.
cures them. 1t bars the mind against en-
trance of unworthy sentiments. 1t shames
the inward or eXtraneous suggestion of the
ignoble 1t holds in check the slightest ten
dency TO mar the image of true manllness.
1t nurses emulation in the highest and
purest courses. Duty and responsibility,
clearly revealed and embraced, imperatively
rule their lives, but with solace and sweet
ness that kens nought of tyranny, but &C
cepts virtue and its rewards as at not too
great cost The calculator of chances has,
however, no taste for martyrdom. lie Is, so
far, a student of history and of his own
times, that he understands that before and
since Christ faced PLATE truth has never
been popular.
With the subordination of conviction is
a voluntary surrender of freedom
OF action. Ii the pen be taken, caution guides
the point. Not what the writer regards as
true, wholesome, safe; but in what estimate
will the reader hold what is writtenY Not,
is the proposed action correct, prncipled,
and called for by existing circumstances, or
10 meet genuine need, but how will it
impress beholders, and through them, affect
the actors plans? Thought, itself, becomes
enslaved, and therefore false; for who ever
has not entirely put the fear ol man under
his feet is coward and a slave Valor aud
value are one and the same, as their derlva-
ton shows-from oater0, to be strong, Old
French 0ai0ir to be worth Valorous men
alone are valuable. They are the true
coin, fit for circulation among their fellows;
all beside are counterfeit, spurious, base.
Only the brave are fit for crowns; only they
stud the dadcm of God They have sub
dued fear, eliminated the speciOus, cast out
the false, and are not slaves, but ireemen
Scott says of the trimmers of Charles IL
time These sagaCious personages were
called Walters upon Providence, and deem.
ed II high delinquency toward Heaven If
they afforded cOuntenance to any cause
longer than it was favored by fortune. -
(Peverll of The Peak Conservative is too
good a word TO use in this connection, Tor
in its purity il has strength; pity II Is that
multitudes who use it really mean that they
are watching for the buttered side Sub.
tety they range with aCumen, sagacity, IA
a synonym, in justification Of that serpent
wisdom with which they make their way
Policy is necessarily dsingenuous, 1t
must secrete one nature; it must hide one
heart; il must conceal one soul 1t is i'm
possible that true man should maintain
the same frame of mind in radically differ
ent experiences; pronounce uniform iudg
ment in maniiestly contradictory cases :;
preserve a similar attitude toward all classes
of actions. The perennial smiler is essen
TALLY a william. He meets the low, the
mean, the depraved, and smiles, lie fronts
the guilty, touches the designing, the fraud
ulent, knows their character, yet beams.
In the knowledge of mems sins bland 81
lence always promises present quiet and
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uleee sScVPnauls anu 9cno'iieIs ~ ~ p,i
suCCeou' inacAolay lniliA3 We o" VIV 'i','i
eate our celsuie VI PooI llouls ~ - o9 I,
Sause so'ile VI tlle iooiS a''9nu'"B nilil nan
poi , n ne "a9 Bpu, puC = 'ii p,.,,
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anu sne o.u h.nB Khew' .o.i VIVA. 'a"n 'ea,
awav ,ho vol Of uoni,y a (torword th1
Gch9rus oi cnrsesn thst CoIlows the cornse
that aeks moi givee a favor Refrcsbing i,
ia NO vortheless once or twice in n century
TO find a philosophic and penetrating mind
which recognizes the flatterer and suitably
rebukes him Boswell, in his life Of John.
soma work of vast vaIue-has omitted,
think, TO write il against himself but Irving
in his Goldsmith, narrates how, when Bos.
well, as usual, was chanting the praises Of
johnson, the sage, surieted, turned upon
him with the rebuff: "You have but two
topics, sir; yourself and me, and | am sick
Of both" Good medicine for the toady
but, alasl the malady is lncurable.
In this exhibition of the dual character
il il, unfortunately, the genuine nature, the
real heart, the true soul-while a remnant
of either is eit-that is cast down and throt
tied, substituting habit for the natural ex
preston of life damming up, finally dry
ing IN, the springs of sincerity and truth
fruitage which shall feed and nonrish ma
uons' oucn WISE sucn "iech, u la,,len ia
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