-
Articles/Ads
Article AN ADDRESS TO YOU TH. ← Page 3 of 4 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address To You Th.
If you are truly pious ,. you will , from principle , become exemplary in the discharge of every moral duty ; you will reverence your parents , be submissive to those who are your superiors in years , station , and knowledge . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth , and has ever been esteemed a presage of rising merit . On entering the career of life , commit yourselves to the guidance of those who are more experienced , and learn wisdom from those who have already acquired it . Of all the
follies incident to youth , there are none which either deform its present appearance , or blast the prospect of its future prosperity , more than self-conceit , presumption , and obstinac ]* . Positive as you may now be in your own hasty , premature opinions , be assured that a few years will confute them j when both men and things will appear to you in a very different light , and you will often be ashamed of your former
precipitation and temerity . By patient and gradual progression in improvement , you may in due time acquire lasting esteem ; but by assuming a tone of confidence and superiority to which you can produce no title , you will disgust those whose approbation it is of the utmost | importance to gain . Forward vivacity may be acceptable among the companions of 'idle hours ; but more solid qualities must recommend you to the wise .
' To modesty sincerity and truth are indispensable ; for the want of which no other qualification can atone . That darkness of character where we can see no heart ; , those foldings of art , through which no native affection is allowed to penetrate ; present an object unamiable in any season ' of life , ' but particularly odious in youth . Dissimulation in youth
Is the forerunner of perfidy in old age : its first appearance is the fatal -omen of growing depravity , which will degrade every other accomplishment arid sink you into deserved contempt . A serious adherence to veracity iii language requires to be supported by a strict observance of justice in dealings ; which is the foundation of all the social qualities . ' In your most early intercourse with the world , and inycur youthful amusementslet no unfairness be
foundEneven , . grave o ' ty your mind that sacred rule of doing to others according as you wish that they should do unto you : and to this end impress yourselves with a deep sense of the orig inal and ' natural equality of mankind . Think how little you know as yet of the vicissitudes of the world ; those whom ignorant and contemptuous young men once looked down on with scorn , have often risen to be their superiors
. Justice ' eads to compassion , anemofion of which no manoughtevertobe ashamed : the tear of sympathy , and the heart that melts at the tale of woe , aregrateful" in youth . . Let not care and indulgence contract your affections , and wrap you up in selfish enjoyment ; accustom yourselves to think ' of the distresses of human life ; never sport with poverty , pain , or distress ; nor treat even the meanest iiisect with wanton cruelty .
' Youth is the season when friendships are formed by similarity of dis positions , which not only continue through life , but g low to the last with a tenderness unknown to the connections begun in cooler years . This propensity therefore is hot to be discouraged , though it requires to be regulated with much circumspection . Too many of the pretended friend-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address To You Th.
If you are truly pious ,. you will , from principle , become exemplary in the discharge of every moral duty ; you will reverence your parents , be submissive to those who are your superiors in years , station , and knowledge . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth , and has ever been esteemed a presage of rising merit . On entering the career of life , commit yourselves to the guidance of those who are more experienced , and learn wisdom from those who have already acquired it . Of all the
follies incident to youth , there are none which either deform its present appearance , or blast the prospect of its future prosperity , more than self-conceit , presumption , and obstinac ]* . Positive as you may now be in your own hasty , premature opinions , be assured that a few years will confute them j when both men and things will appear to you in a very different light , and you will often be ashamed of your former
precipitation and temerity . By patient and gradual progression in improvement , you may in due time acquire lasting esteem ; but by assuming a tone of confidence and superiority to which you can produce no title , you will disgust those whose approbation it is of the utmost | importance to gain . Forward vivacity may be acceptable among the companions of 'idle hours ; but more solid qualities must recommend you to the wise .
' To modesty sincerity and truth are indispensable ; for the want of which no other qualification can atone . That darkness of character where we can see no heart ; , those foldings of art , through which no native affection is allowed to penetrate ; present an object unamiable in any season ' of life , ' but particularly odious in youth . Dissimulation in youth
Is the forerunner of perfidy in old age : its first appearance is the fatal -omen of growing depravity , which will degrade every other accomplishment arid sink you into deserved contempt . A serious adherence to veracity iii language requires to be supported by a strict observance of justice in dealings ; which is the foundation of all the social qualities . ' In your most early intercourse with the world , and inycur youthful amusementslet no unfairness be
foundEneven , . grave o ' ty your mind that sacred rule of doing to others according as you wish that they should do unto you : and to this end impress yourselves with a deep sense of the orig inal and ' natural equality of mankind . Think how little you know as yet of the vicissitudes of the world ; those whom ignorant and contemptuous young men once looked down on with scorn , have often risen to be their superiors
. Justice ' eads to compassion , anemofion of which no manoughtevertobe ashamed : the tear of sympathy , and the heart that melts at the tale of woe , aregrateful" in youth . . Let not care and indulgence contract your affections , and wrap you up in selfish enjoyment ; accustom yourselves to think ' of the distresses of human life ; never sport with poverty , pain , or distress ; nor treat even the meanest iiisect with wanton cruelty .
' Youth is the season when friendships are formed by similarity of dis positions , which not only continue through life , but g low to the last with a tenderness unknown to the connections begun in cooler years . This propensity therefore is hot to be discouraged , though it requires to be regulated with much circumspection . Too many of the pretended friend-