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    < ^ UmW . * ) S « # « freedom of speech an ^ Aqti ^ , ^ ru ling W § M pf m ? | hr ^ of vengeance have too often tew ^ ibsfwbx # f £ ufllr ^ Wfpr Conscience'sate ; and those who have cooujaan ^ t | e #$$ > ept ^^ er ati ^ i % y their -fineness in the presence of foes * in th ^ dept % # > 4 w > - Wohs , or in view of the stake , have too often pained the ears ^ ntffsi ^ n ^ tlie hearts of their friends by some humiliating display of unconqiiered passionof tinchastened feeling * / ^ < u

    , Meekness , then , is another quality requisite to the maintenance of ^ rue dignity . Meekness in prosperity , courage in adversity , —if these , vir ^ uesihe ftftfy exercised , dignity of character will be nearly perfect Jn the view of the world , indeed , meekness commands but little admiration , apd will ixot be treated with due respect till a reformation takes place in the fashionable code of morals ; till resentment of injuries ceases to be called proper Jtpiat ;

    till all are as willing to acknowledge as they must inevitably feeJUheabsurdity of resisting insult by an appeal to the ordeal of powder an $ shoj . ^ ftll jrien learn to be more jealous for the honours and rights of p ther ^ thai ^ i / Qr their own . By the wise and pure among us , however , humility is , re ^ r ^ as the truest mark of dignity ; and , happily , there have teepi examples

    will hope tlieir number is increasing ) of men , eminent by tbe ^ ppw ^ , conspicuous by their honourable deeds , who have been at the ^ rc ^ time clothed vVith JmmiUty ; who , while tb ^ world was prost mt ^ a ^ fth ^ ir ^ f e ^ t , iiaye ^ pointecl to heaven , and excjainied , " Not to us * out toflira , be the glory a ^ nidf thepraisg . " ' Such examples as these , examples of me n ; whp , through ind aj ) le to lish theniaimsto

    ^ ekn ess epuifag ^ ^ nitedt . haye ^ ^ eeji a ^ cpmp , ' | rM Mn tfee jKarr ^ rs ; of p ^ eju <^ , ip ^ ivj ^ e , as by divine power , tfce waves oT ^ pp b ^ oo , and make tliem M a ^^ waj ^ of defence on the right band an € . on ; % M \ $ m ^ ^ ' ^ . ^^ -W * P streams pf i&Aefo& $ to fldk wi ) J , m to ^ t ^ e ^ ei ^ atu ral effect of securing ^ nwe ^ rsal ppect , of ^ npfti ^ of the mighty talisman wht ^ fi h |^ cor | ei ^^ sucW , p > pwei ^ . ^ n sci me in < Jividuals of their species . This waW ' th ^ i talistna ^ w jfuchi ^ oj ^^^ ' ^^ prpcmi in the trackless forests , and seciire 4 '' pi ^ ' r ^!< w ) un ^ ' iDL the hearts p jf savages * Jt was this which washed the blood-stains from " the laurels of Washington , and imparted unfading

    bloom to his bri ghter civic crown . It was this which opened the prison doors before the unassuniihg Uoward , and gave him entrance into the deeper dungeons of the depraved and heardened heart ; and when the brokenspirited captive raised the languid eye at his approach , this it was which made his countenance appear as it were the face of an angel . But perfect dignity is not secured even by the perfect union of these two

    virtues . Something more is wanting , and some greater degree of this quality may be attained , even in our present uncertain and imperfect state . The meek and resolute maji may forfeit or impair his dignity by want of consistency . He may suffer one quality to predominate too much over another : he may change his opinions too often ; he may engage in designs which nature or education has not fitted him to execute ; he may be

    mistaken in his judgment of himself , and may therefore encourage what he ought to repress , or repress what he ought to encourage . As long as these inconsistencies remain , his dignity of character is vulnerable . Intellectual error and imperfection , happily , have little influence over moral greatness .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 790, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/6/