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The Outcast Empire.
THE OUTCAST EMPIRE .
Philosophers inform us that we tread upon endless circles of worlds successively subordinate to our own , whilst above us soar other series of existences all bearing a remote or approximate relation to our physical and moral being . The graduated scale of eminence in these worlds and in their inhabitants depends upon their
proportionate closeness to the highest intelligence , whilst the circumference which incloses them all with a subtle line is , Mind . Moreover , each individual is a world in himself , to whom the same rules apply , and wherein the same characteristics exist , as affect the whole series . If sensuality suppress conscience in a man , if knavery exceed justice in a country , whether the person be a senator or journalist , or the
nation belong to Ham or Japhet , so far as its claim to the rule of Intel * ligence is concerned , that man or that people constitutes an " outcast empire . " Not that either is left without a dynasty : an influence still
remains , equally potent as pernicious , aamely , that of debased motive . Individuals compose masses , which are the stones in the edifice of nations ; so that the stability an $ real safety of the last depends upon the proper constitution of tbe > first . If we build a wall of putty , it may have the appearance of granite , and hypocrisy is the veneer to imitate the mahogany of virtue : for a long time in the one case , and for a very short one in the other , the counterfeit may
ocularly equal the real ; but wear and tear try both , and they fail ; the one is washed away , and the other comes off and splits , whilst the worst is , this failure does not rest only in the trivial destruction of the worthless substitutes themselves , but entails general loss , involving the narrow-minded trickster and the duped patriot in one common ruin .
Before , however , we urge upon our readers the stern duty incumbent upon each , to diffuse proper notions of individual responsibility vol . i . 3 p
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Outcast Empire.
THE OUTCAST EMPIRE .
Philosophers inform us that we tread upon endless circles of worlds successively subordinate to our own , whilst above us soar other series of existences all bearing a remote or approximate relation to our physical and moral being . The graduated scale of eminence in these worlds and in their inhabitants depends upon their
proportionate closeness to the highest intelligence , whilst the circumference which incloses them all with a subtle line is , Mind . Moreover , each individual is a world in himself , to whom the same rules apply , and wherein the same characteristics exist , as affect the whole series . If sensuality suppress conscience in a man , if knavery exceed justice in a country , whether the person be a senator or journalist , or the
nation belong to Ham or Japhet , so far as its claim to the rule of Intel * ligence is concerned , that man or that people constitutes an " outcast empire . " Not that either is left without a dynasty : an influence still
remains , equally potent as pernicious , aamely , that of debased motive . Individuals compose masses , which are the stones in the edifice of nations ; so that the stability an $ real safety of the last depends upon the proper constitution of tbe > first . If we build a wall of putty , it may have the appearance of granite , and hypocrisy is the veneer to imitate the mahogany of virtue : for a long time in the one case , and for a very short one in the other , the counterfeit may
ocularly equal the real ; but wear and tear try both , and they fail ; the one is washed away , and the other comes off and splits , whilst the worst is , this failure does not rest only in the trivial destruction of the worthless substitutes themselves , but entails general loss , involving the narrow-minded trickster and the duped patriot in one common ruin .
Before , however , we urge upon our readers the stern duty incumbent upon each , to diffuse proper notions of individual responsibility vol . i . 3 p