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SELF-CO:-;'TROl. ~ln
delusiou, in which our upiuions arc generally
cIToneoutl, awl our decisions extravagant.
''\0 arc tempted then to palliate the COTIlIUO'
tion wllich nur own bad feeling,,; have C'xcitcJ.
nut this is not tbe time to !'peakor act. ',l.at
we neNI, is to wait until the dust ~ttlc~ and
the mists diFnppcnr, that we may the better
:::cc wht'fe the path of trne comfort al1(1 dignity
lies, Kindnefl8 !l4owll us is oft.en like lines
urawll iu tIle EMil, which the next wave is
FurC to oblitlJrllte j while ftnything in the
shape of nn injury. real OT im.aginary, IC~n"eg
a mark whidl ~ecms ne:\"er to wear out.
As for stopping: at C\'"CTYcorner to toke care
of our charadcr, it is nIl a mistaklJ. 111.\ lying
tongue i:i uut for a moment/: and if we treat
unfounded repOlts wiLll neglect: other people
will commonly do ::;0 too. The best way to
bnild up n fair rcPUkltiull, i-= to be sure to act
right, and leave our reputation with God.
Slander may genernlly be lived down, but it
call ~(.'ldOlLl, if p.Y~r, be talked uown.
Hut what arc the AlI\"A:\'l'AGES which will
he likely to rc;mlt from this kind of self-con.