The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
CONSCIENCE THE law.

by nan t0r Che guidance of his fellows
tie highest law, after all. is that which
a mans individual conscience makes for
himself The highest law is conscience,
sa.1 Victor Hugo; and it Is conscience
alone lat can decide for us what is
moral aud what is not
"a and tire doctors and tie sagrs
Have dlf.red Fac an chimes and ages.
A-l Ea M diB scarce agree
oa uaai Is Du5e iacIality.
The great business Of life. besides that
az expressing all that is best in ones
SELF ia ones work which shall-whatever
may happen TO the Northumberland the
world a large. is 10 be good. However
hard we tg5. We need none Of us ever fear
that we are going TO be too good in this
garden OF temptations which we call the
world. Old Marcus AureIius said once:
Let people talk and act as they will.
your business is 20 be a good man. What
ever tie dignity OF human nature requires
OF You. Sc, about it at once without IFS
or ands, and speak always according 10
your own conscience; but let il be done
ina terms Of good nature, modesty, and
sincerity
There can De no possible doubt that it
,vonld 40 ms an GOOD - rar,ar,her Of
+ir,.s ,,,of nat ono ~ me is 70 no sa,.oa
at the last according to any code Of laws,
dlcta Of morals. or guides laid down for
ms bv any bodv of lavmalxfng men tn
q cart,ip evtonr ra mpsf sacb bo lav
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V'"ei people say OF 1HisA OF DO nut sat
isiy.ns orr own hearts and souls and
cousciences after all. no one in this
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you would near that lhls or mat pain
was wrong and dangerous. and, torn by
5,,,Hts ,,ist,,stirs, tho i,,d,.,,a,+ 90 ,-,.,,-
own conscience. which is never wrong
vop would excbanpa your chances If
neace for distraction and strive az Won
may Won would arrive nowhere.
..rbs rr,rlel,. of INV II,
is half rereutauce''-
wrote Bayard Taylor. ana we need no
outsiders to tell us Of our sins. The mon
itor within is infaHible. and no one can
possibly know our own strengths and
Weaknesses better than ourselves. And so
10 see 'He ''sHt di'~ 10 40 It, 10 recognize
that the way OF hofaiity' though some
times hard and diincult is the only safe
and true WAY. and with the strength