The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-23

desire 10 be enlightened; on the other
chicanery making game of the public (
But lie knows not, the liar, how faI
he is misleading himself The capital .
ON which he lives is confidence, and (
nothing equals the confidence of the 4
people unless it be their disrust when /
once they find themselves betrayed I
They my follow for a time the ex
ploiters Of their artlessness, but then
their friendly humor turns to hate. /.
Doors which stood wide open offer an
impossible front of wood, and ears
once attentive are deaf And the pity
is that they have closed not to the
evil alone but to the good, This is the
crime Of those who distort and degrade
speech: they shake confidence general
". We consider IS calamity the de
basement of the currency, the lowering
of interest, the abolition of credit.
There is a misfortune greater than
these-thc loss of confidence. of that
moral credit which honest people give
one another, and which makes speech
circulate like an authentic currency
Away with cOuntcrfeiters. spectators
rotten financierS. for they bring under
suspicion even tho coin Of the scalm.
Away with tie makers Of counterfeit
speech, for because OF them there Is
no longer confidence in any one or any.
thing. and what they say and write Is
not worth Il continental
You see how urgent It is tlat cao1
should guard his lips ci!asten Ills pc
ard aspire - simplicity a1 Tce,h. \.
more pervcrs!on e aoTso. c-"Iu,IocI
Jior reticcncc te"-:,e"sat.on, Thcs,
S.Egs serve only to complicate and be
Nilder Be men. Speak the speech of
honor. An hour Of plain dealing does
more for the salvation of the world
than years of Guplicity.
\ word now about a national bias to
those who have veneration for die,
ton and style. Assuredly there can
be no quarrel with the taste FOR grace
and elegance Of speech, I aln of opin-
lon that one cannot say too we'll what
he has te say. But it does not follow
that the things best said and best writ
ten are most studied. Words should
| serve the fact and not substitute them
selves for it and make it forgotten in
| its establishment The greatest things
are those which gain the moss by be-
ing said most Simply, since thus they
| show themselves for what they are.
| You do not throw orCr them the veil,
however transparent, Of beautiful dis
| course, nor that shadow 50 fatal to
| truth called the writer's vanity. Moth
! ing SO strong. nothing so persuasive, as
I simplicity, There are sacred emotions
/ cruel griefs, splendid heroisms. pas.
| siOna1e cEthuSiaSms. That Il look, 3
| movement Il cry, interprets better thar
| beautifully rounded periods The most
| precious possessions OF the heart OF
! humanity manifest Themselves mos
| simply. To he convincing a thing mus
be true and certain truths are more
evident when they come i'm The sreecl
Of ingeDuousness, even weakness, thar
when they fall from lips too well train
ed or are proclaimed with trumpetS
And these rules are good Tor each Of
us IN his everyday life. No one car
imagine what profit would accrue t
his moral life from me constant obser
Walton OF this principle: Be sincere
moderate. simple il the expression Of
your feelings and opinions in private
and public alike; never pass beyonC
bounds, give out faithfully what is
within Won, and abeve all watcn-that
is the main thing.
For the danger il fine words as tina
/ they live from Z life of their own
They are servants Of distinction that
have kept their titles, but no longer
perform their functions, OF Which roy
al courts offer us example You speak
wei, write well, and all is said How
many people content themselves Will
speaking and believe that it exempts
them from acting! And those who lis
ten are content with having heard
them So it sometimes happens that i
life may in the end be made up Of few
well turned speeches, Il few fine books
and few great plays. As for practic-
ing what is so magisterially set forth
that is the last thing thought Of And
II we pass from the world of talent
to spheres which the mediocre exploit,
there in pellmell of confusion we see
those who think that we are in the
world 10 talk and hear others talk
the great and hopeless rout of bah
blers, of everything that prates, bawls
| and perorates and, after all, finds that
there isn't talking enough. They all
forget that those who make the log ST
noise do the most work An engine
that eXpeDds all its steam in whistliRg
has nothing left with which to turn
wheels. Then let lis cultivate silence.
All that we can ssge in noise we gain
in power
TO be continued
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