MORAL COURAGE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1097, 17 August 1880, Page 2

MORAL COURAGE.

;;•,, Have the courage to discharge a debt .while -you have the money in your pocket. To do without that which you do not, need, however much you may ..admire it. To speak your mind when it ,is necegsary that you should, do so, and to hold your tongue when it iB better that you should, be siient. To speak to ~fi poor friend in' a threadbare coat,' even in'the-street, and when a rich one is iiigh." ,'* The effort is less than many take 'it to be, and the actis worthy a king. To face a difficulty lest it'kickyoir har-

der than you bargain for. Difficulties, like thieves, often disappear at a glance. To leave a convivial party : at;a ; proper hour for so doing, however grpattthe sacrifice ; and to stay away from one, upon the slightest grounds ". for objection, however great the.'temptation to go. To dance with ugly people if you dance at all ; and to decline dancing, if you, dislike the performances or cannot accomplish it to your satisfaction. To tell a man why you will not lend him money : he will respect you'iribrV than if you tell him you cannot. To cut the most agreeable acquaintance you possess, when he convinces you he lacks principle. "A friend should bear with a friend's infirmities," not his vices. To we»r your old garments till you can pay for new ones. To pass the bottle without filling your glass, when you have reasons for so doing ; and' to laugh' at those who urge you to the contrary. To wear thick boots in winter, and to insist upon your wife and daughters doing the like. To decline playing ! at cards for money, when "money. is ai? object," or to cease playing, ~ when your losses amount to as much as • you .can afford to lose. Lastly, have the cburage to prefer propriety to fashion ; one is but the abuse of the other. . , „ , :: • ;

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