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awe which would have endured to the end of his life , iff his own resources h ad borne-hint © i # r ; ir h ® 3 | iigend « us . ^ hein € 53 . But his wisdom failed ; events ployed too etrong for him ; and those \ suffered under his arbitrary s ^ k ^^ him with thei r wrongs ; those who had before crpjuch ^ d under hirri , ventured to criticise his plans and to ridicule his failures . He became the object of pity to some , of scorn to others ; and if multitudes still-gazed on him with interest and regarded him with veneration , it was for other qualities than the dignity arising from his decision of
character . . How different was the dignity which invested the character of Howard ! The peculiar characteristic from which he derived that dignity was decision , but a decision founded on humility , instead of presumption . All that he did was done in the name of God and of Christ , and self was forgotten . He regarded not the opinions of men , wher * they opposed his career of duty ; but he was far from despising men , or deeming himself above them . The decision with which * lie cMrii ^ ' ^ career J facing the wonder of relati ves and
acquaintaiieia , disr ^ gar aiil ^ th 5 e ^^ eculaffirisiof ^ mousands , braving the anger of princes , resK ^ jli gilli ^ l&pfc ^^ ef gc ^^ rM ^ making his way amidst the sneers , the ^<» afe ^ i $ ^^ thronged round to gaze or to opposfi ^ j wo ^/ qr ^ iiia a ^ J ^ rigkjt )^ yepfr ^ km of all who ever heard his name . IJujf | ^ ^|^ ^ a ^^|( SQug | t ! a ^ | jgdesired . He was unconscious of the glo %$ ij $ r ^ before it : its celestial lustre wai ^ s ^ frailty , for it was not of earth ;' and if still abided to consecrate his tomb , till the great day when it shall agaift < fct $ pf Iito %% ^ sfi e ^ a 1 ^ d § £ $ i *» £ reat ones of the earth . % 4 i ^
Couragf ^ &iqiM ^ ^ < commands the respect of mankind , ^ utl & ^ e a ^ tw ^ n $ f Icouragei the one the offspring of impulse , the . ftther of prineipie , and the ^ re ^ peet which they ought to command is in proportjpi ^ ^ t ^ ir cqmpm The worldly and narrowminded re | ftr ^ y ^ lw ^ p ^ l tUQu ^ a ^ niir ^ tj ^ , the animal courage which urges the soldiet for ^ r ^ . tracts of aggression ! and into scenes of slaughter . In their eyes Jiis dimity is increased ir ^ proportipn to the fields he has fought , the lives lite lias sacrificed , the misery he has inflicted , the wounds he has received . As / long as , the fiend of discord walks abroad among the nations ,
brandishing the torch which " is set on fire of hell , " there will be men who will dare to break the laws of God to obtain the homage of men ; there will be those who think it more honourable to be stained with the blood of the defenceless , than % q be anointed with the regal ujiction ; there will be those who de ^ m it the most glorious lot of man , to rush at once from scenes
of conflagration , / or agony , and murder , into the presence , of him who hath said by the mouth of his servant , " He shall have judgment without mercy who hath Mfewed -iu > mercy ; " there will be those who , elated by the applauses of th ^ giddy multitude , and regardless of the dying curses of their brethren , whose blood crieth unto heaven from the ground , deem it no fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God . And as long as any
are found fr ) be proud of the mark which . they inherit from Cain , there will be rulers to sanction , honours and wealth to reward , and servile crowds to applaud , theit blqoijy deeds . But the reign ot Violence cannot last for ever . The hour W doming when the oracles of God will fee nipre intently listened to , and more Hgntl y liiterpreted ; when he wlio , by the heathenish decrees of unregenfeVjtfetiaboiis '' , is pronounced to '" foe the greatest among men , shall become the lowest servant of all . The hour now is when the truly wise « T . )! ff ? h 7 * V . () : ¦ * > VW . WW
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788 On Dignity of Character .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 788, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/4/
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