The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
SILENCE or Spec ~.
4 London View Of = Question Discussed
o., Man, OF Our Correspondents.
From ne london Spociaio.

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The notion that the habit Of silence j. a
yirtuous habit j. passing away J. is part
OF tho ascrtio ideal IN which We no Longer
believe. and u - strange 90 rrco.l"ct how
~a-sIduously this invented virtue va pressed
upon the world toy religious mon ~ all shades
Of opinion Ahs'inenc" from talk was one
of the ab.ttnences which hy ~ "a" root ~
monasticism That words might be. man,
and Vet wholesome seems 20 have. been a
conception outside the ina gination 81 monks
But the belief that silence u 10 speech
a. gold " To- silver ~ no means melted away
IN England a. the time Of the dissolution OF
the monAsteries The early evangelioslS
regarded much silence a. a counsel OF ,pct-
lection. and law Ia lie serious call relates
how N" worldly flaNtA. was aINayt talklhg
and relates u - one % ~" difficulties IN me
Nay ~ her extremely profile mstical SILVA
ton white Nth Mlranda-the model Miranda
1T wa, quite the wise Her couNrrsatton
W. arc 'old Wss alvarS calculated to make
any companion wiser who should chance 70
be b. company when she thought ~ To spe@s
rooted iu talk lt'la' aud this not onIy with
tho reasonable intention Of giving theiT
elder iiu" :" sleak' bu, al.o 70 l.hIIe,s
upon their YOUNG tlinds the !ulilh-., NalPs
~ silence Before they spoke thev were tod
to ak Themselves n what they we're about 10
say was not only true and k.nd ~, also
many Wii- and moralists have upheld silence
or al iea.t sd'tsrd great fc,rLNr thS TsAr ~
general sd,icc To speak ul,l". adding The
We csn ever regret William penn in his
Fruits Of solitude recommends hts readers
TO speak httle-and las In thus Cas" W"
two last words rather take the moral nlNor
out ot ID. sentence Perhaps the old quaker
was thinking less Of a N.rtuous habit thau ~
n verbal victory. the more signal perhaps
the smaller he expenditure ~ words
Montague. on tn. other hand = a gT"a.
advocate of talk The most na,ural a"n
fruitful exercise of the mind M my ,opinl'' o.
CouNerSttion. be- declares, and ] hhd lh'
"" % u more sweet than any other a,uoh W.
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Is not. ko~.vsr. an ar witch can in h. eycI
i.eoplr aud fool.'@ and an who ~" 80 nm
handsome ss 20 fight in play SHOULD VI" pro-
Nut n, trlculsnt srsuers DESTROY yonv"r-
Sston they are az least les- depI'--I ON
any than thos" who are Wat Is ca'"a
W. blankets, and might often ge - "'n
desrtibrd a. empty people. 'nf ..' ~
general belief that "mp'in"s- alr''' I'm
plutes liNo1IfN and never sNIFIf
~sionAll,. no doubt. silent mon la'r n.1'n
wisdom. 20 which iU"v could l
M. s.sumsd o. yt ., uar-u,l'r warm and
sensitive hsafts bu' such N-i'l' .Hss
common Men who. eyer. % r,nds
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% whom q - really 'fi' 30 d.,fin
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