The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-03-30
QUE Of 'T'HB CROWD,
Zach Individual Man is & speoi-
atty.
Pow ER IN A CcUNTENANCE.

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TCWER IN A CcUNTEMANCE,
Philosophical Friend in Richmond nisnatcb
"My holy sir, none better knows tia,
you,
Ho" I have ever loved the life re
moved
And held in idle price to haunt Assem-
Where youth and cost and witness
bravclS keeps
--"Measure Tor Nj Ieasure."
There is no denying tha: man is ?
grexarious animal, as well IS PROCESSION.
al! 1t The salne time, It il equal,
true that Il !:a lives al TIE time in
cro:st!s, ana his thoughts and -ersib!!i
i:les are all the time exposed, be dries
up ani withers; be becomes like th1
summer grass, wherawii.l the move,
| iileth not his hama, nor lie gatheretl
sheayes In Ills bosom, Z yertahia l!g;i
weight: ghost OF a departed quar-
tity.
Hotel life tells its own tale. Eve
ii the smell OF the kitchen and dinins,-
room is effectually excluded, still it Is
lota! life that you live there. Ia Q
common one the flavor OF breakfa
dinner, and supper fills your nostriIs.
ana walters passing about occupy your
eyes, SO that the whole place is full
Of the ide; CT eating, thoroughly sto.n
achlc. In larger establishment fumes
and fiayors give way to artistic display
and elaborate entertainment mjpis,ra
tlons TO the lus; Of the flesh, the lust
d the eyes, and the pride Of life and
tbasa oYeruhe!m you. Man pays very
heavily for ambition and magnifi-
cance. For them lie trades off his in-
divsduality, his selfrespect, lis free
dom. his manhood. Magma fortuna,
magma seryltus. We can 20 N 3re resist
the influence Of the people that throag
l., L.,
TO strike and Impress us than we can
rasist the heat or cold Of the atmos-
phere they are in Baal is the god Of
ILL., s, and the God OF this world is the
prince OF the power o. the air. The
g:ances OF many eyes, the expressions
and looks 0! many countenances, the
hum Of many VOICES make power Of
the air that it is vain to contend with.
And one countenance, the presence Of
one simple person exerts more or less
power. The most consequential ass
that ever posed as 4 misanthrope, Or
looked loftlly over his eyebrows at the
common crowd aroInd. has been a
more despIcabie slave than any Of the
who enjoyed their neighuors
and Surroundings The furnishings OF
a house and the Jew or many people
that walk about in it. whether it be a
grand proprietor, a solemn swallow
tailed darkey, st up;d, diguifed, we'll
fed boarder, Or an ambitious house
keeper, these ali help to make Il power
o. The air, controlling influence that
oprress the weak, and tie the wiser
) )u's to their false scanning.
: People that are babitual'y snojected
% these i,iuences become saturated |
and possessed wlth them, and can't be |
else. Every thought OF their
souls, every effort Of their being, every
pleasure Or lesret Is favored ana con
II ,lled ty :.le crowd they keep in.
they are merely one cf the crowd
,.i.nples-
Hotel lives ana clubs and social com
ines and trust Of one sort or another
re good IN their way, but they have
heir dangers. They may devour in
liviluaiity, and dlsslpate, waste, crush,
,r kill psrscnll freedom. When their
nen:hers put on their i,;1eIles:ua and
moral livery, ADOPT their regulations
md orders, What becomes OF their own
:l.tiyidua: manhood and ess:stEaJ self
espees?
Mes. wero not ma Ie to be measured
,y cry. measure or by the dozen.
Eac:, individual man is speciality
.:ih gifts and endowmenis and pecu-
lar i:kings and oisliklngs Of his own
lis patriz,cny his share OF The nature