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146 TifF. ~PRING.TI~C OF LIFE.
ignoranr,e, is 50 much unlawful g:'lin to tbo
other. So f!l.I' a~ principle i.~conccrllf!d, it
would be jUgt :IS proper to go unobserved iut,)
a neighbor', .. home, lUld t:.th from it fin equal
amount of silvcr or gold. To r:a,Y tbat !;Ill.:h
thi'Jg~ are common iu the bU8ine~;; world,
aYlIils nothing, unless you C~Hlprove that theX
arc right.
'1'lIat the deviation from perfect filirDcs3, in
the way of traue, is in itself but small, by no
means proYt:':i that it is proper. The maxim
of tIll.: 1les-sed San,)ur is, "He that i'I f:litLful
in that which if> least, is faithful aJ"io in much,
and he that i~ unjust in that which is lCR.'lt,is
unjust ahooin much." It is neither tll1~ large.
lies.~ IIOT the littlene"~ of the thing, that make~
it f:\ir or unfair, honest or dishone ..t. Find a
man who will deliberately O\.erre~lChhis neigh.
bor in IIIlt .:;mallest item, nod that man, if (lie
temptation wcre illcrenscd, would oyerrcach
him on the broadest senko The straighL line
of duty may as n~ally he pl\S5cd, by tho least
dt'parturc from rectitudl.', as lIy the most pal.
pable i[Jju.~tiee.
N"c\'cr forget, m,)" )"uungfriends, lhat a penny