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Collectanea.
" THE more correct a man ' s conduct has been , the more eagerly any tale tending to injure his reputation is received and circulated " ; this is conclusive evidence that his character is admired by his calumniators , as much as envy can admire ; no one , of common observation , needs look out of his own circle of acquaintance for instances which confirm this obvious fact ; in general , however , it costs the slandered person , who is necessarily of superior mind , but small effort to forgive his enemies , whoever they may be ; because , they most certainly are people whose opinion makes no part of his happiness . "
ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITERS . — "This description of mischiefmakers is , perhaps , one of the most contemptible classes of villains in the community . An open slanderer possesses more courage , at least , ancl , as far as that trait redeems his character , is superior to the fellow who shrinks behind a concealment , and thus confesses his cowardice and his guilt . There is one fact , however , which goes far to defeat the anonymous slanderer . With the wise , his communications and
accusations go for naught , and are regarded as carrying a contradiction by the very mode in which they are asserted . Anonymous writers to newspapers are not always guilty of slander , even when their statements affect character . But they are liable to such suspicion ;—now , even though they tell the truth , and though the public good may be advanced by the publication of their articles , they have no right to suppose a newspaper will assume the responsibility from which they shrink . "
A STRIKING CONTRAST . " When I gaze On the proud palace , and behold one man , In the blood-purpled robes of royalty , Feasting at ease , and lording over millions , Then turn me to the hut of poverty , And see the wretched labourer , worn with toil , Divide his scanty morsel with his infants , I sicken , and , indignant at the sight , Blush for the patience of humanity . "— Southey
" Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as detecting another in an untruth . It strikes at the root of our confidence ever after . "Hazliti . FORGIVENESS . — " The brave only know how to forgive ; it is the most refined pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at . Cowards have done good and kind actions , cowards have even fought , nay , sometimes even conquered ; but a coward never forgave : it is not in his
nature ; the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul , conscious of its own force and security , and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness . "—Sterne .
" NOTHING is more moving to a man than the spectacle of reconciliation : our weaknesses are thus indemnified , and are not too costlybeing the price we pay for the hour of forgiveness ; and the archangel who has never felt anger has reason to envy the man who subdues it . When thou forgivest the man that has pierced thy heart he stands to thee in the relation of the sea-worm that perforates the shell of the muscle , which straightway closes the wound with a pearl . "
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Collectanea.
" THE more correct a man ' s conduct has been , the more eagerly any tale tending to injure his reputation is received and circulated " ; this is conclusive evidence that his character is admired by his calumniators , as much as envy can admire ; no one , of common observation , needs look out of his own circle of acquaintance for instances which confirm this obvious fact ; in general , however , it costs the slandered person , who is necessarily of superior mind , but small effort to forgive his enemies , whoever they may be ; because , they most certainly are people whose opinion makes no part of his happiness . "
ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITERS . — "This description of mischiefmakers is , perhaps , one of the most contemptible classes of villains in the community . An open slanderer possesses more courage , at least , ancl , as far as that trait redeems his character , is superior to the fellow who shrinks behind a concealment , and thus confesses his cowardice and his guilt . There is one fact , however , which goes far to defeat the anonymous slanderer . With the wise , his communications and
accusations go for naught , and are regarded as carrying a contradiction by the very mode in which they are asserted . Anonymous writers to newspapers are not always guilty of slander , even when their statements affect character . But they are liable to such suspicion ;—now , even though they tell the truth , and though the public good may be advanced by the publication of their articles , they have no right to suppose a newspaper will assume the responsibility from which they shrink . "
A STRIKING CONTRAST . " When I gaze On the proud palace , and behold one man , In the blood-purpled robes of royalty , Feasting at ease , and lording over millions , Then turn me to the hut of poverty , And see the wretched labourer , worn with toil , Divide his scanty morsel with his infants , I sicken , and , indignant at the sight , Blush for the patience of humanity . "— Southey
" Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as detecting another in an untruth . It strikes at the root of our confidence ever after . "Hazliti . FORGIVENESS . — " The brave only know how to forgive ; it is the most refined pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at . Cowards have done good and kind actions , cowards have even fought , nay , sometimes even conquered ; but a coward never forgave : it is not in his
nature ; the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul , conscious of its own force and security , and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness . "—Sterne .
" NOTHING is more moving to a man than the spectacle of reconciliation : our weaknesses are thus indemnified , and are not too costlybeing the price we pay for the hour of forgiveness ; and the archangel who has never felt anger has reason to envy the man who subdues it . When thou forgivest the man that has pierced thy heart he stands to thee in the relation of the sea-worm that perforates the shell of the muscle , which straightway closes the wound with a pearl . "