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226 TilE SPRING.TIYE OF LIFE.
dure trial l bear reproach, and confront danger
-power to follow the convietionR 91' eon.
KCicllce in the midl'l-t of t.aunt and scorn-the
power of calm self-command, when Illade the
mark of envy und detrnctioll. 'rhis is real
nobility: a name inscriueJ in the very bc!"-t
book of heraldry.
It ifl. impos,qiblc to awaken the sympathy of
wise and good men, by vcLement gestures and
boisterous language. If our cause be n jl1~t
and right OUC l it lleedl:!not the defence of :m
excited temper; and if it be bad, to defend it
with a bad spirit i8 only to make it tenfold
worse. This is the common opinion, Dud it is
not entertained without reason. _Letn di::.putc
arise whenever and whcre'Vcr it may, we naturally,
and, I might nlmoot flay, instinctively,
take the side of the man who b mo."itcalm amI
flclf.controllcJ. It is IH~itber the la:;t word
nor the loudest word that cOllvinces us.
Such a mall carries a pleas..'lnt atmoSIJherc
with him wherever he goes .. As we gaze
upon hj~ placid awl colnp08ed countenance,
and see how unmoved he stands in tbe mid~t
of the jarring elements around him) we can