The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16
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put ne QlQ not UolIeNo lI, al- though his own skirts were not entirely free from the stain of duplicity and deception, Pessimis- tic philosophers have accepted and taught this monstrous theory Of natural untruthfulness, but they had more cause to distrust their own reasoning than other mems veracity.
 Falsehood is unquestionably al together too common. The general standard of truthfulness has been lowered in our day. There are those who seem to regard lying as an accomplishment. Artistic ly- ing" has even become with some profession. Then there are distinc- tions in vogue on this subject which directly encourage falsehood. There are those who would endorse a public lie while deploring a private one. Merchants who have prided themselves on their veracity and honesty have, nevertheless, said "wool" when they should have said "cotton." The "best side turned out" is as much lie as is willful misrepresentation in words. A short weight or measure is lie as we'll as fraud.
 Then, too, there is classification of lies which indicates a weakness in general veracity. Hence, we have "business lies" professional lies, political lies,' society les," and "white lies," which always leave a black mark behind them
 There is also a variety of ways in
 which men lie almost unconscious fly. Tbey may lie by an affected
 humility; by flattery or false praise;
 by assuming to be what they are
 not; by withholding from state
 ment of facts any essential thing or
 circumstance; by equivocation, or
 the use of word which will con-
 fuse or deceive; by making promises
 with the intention to break them;
 by tone, manner, or artful arrange
 ment of facts calculated and in
 tended to make false impression :.
 Still, the photographers egregi-
 ously blunder in making lying the
 synonym of deception. A criminal falsehood consists in an intention
 to deceive. Hence, Paley declared
 that "a false statement is not lie
 when no one is deceived" This
 proposition is fallacious because it transfers the determining moral
 quality of the act from the inten-
 tion of the person telling the talse- hood to the capacity of another tc detect it.
 If this theory were true then {
 person might be both guilty anc not guilty of lying at the same mo ment. If a false statement ad- , dressed to two persons deceives on' , but not the other, then, according to Paley, the maker of the fals' statement has lied only to th' person deceived. When a mar has lied so often as to lose al character for truthfulness and can not, therefore, deceive any one
 then, if this theory be correct, h.
 can no longer be guilty of lying
 To tell the truth, mans word 2 must correspond exactly with hi knowledge or belief Some lie b, attempting to make the false seen true; and others lie by attemptin to make the true seem false. O these two, the latter form Of lyin
 is the worse and more dangerous However common this detestabl and destructive habit may be, it if s nevertheless, against nature and a
 war with the instincts of the huma |, mind natural CT instinctive prin h ciple of veracity. Truth is spon a taneous in a child.
 e Falsehood implies a certai z, violence done to our nature in con t sequence of some motive or purpos y which is carefully concealed. More s over, sincerity and veracity ar = always considered as pleasing ant s noble, while duplicity and deception 8 are regarded as disagreeable an' s disgusting. This fact is furthe s seen in the general confidence re = posed in human testimony. Ever. breach of veracity indicates som t active or latent vice, or som : criminal intention which the guilt. f ono ia aithar ashamed nr afraid f