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Self Praise

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
November
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Conoeited people niay he divided into HMMfl - the oftens-ivcand ihfl Doa-afiènuve There are pcople who liave a very (ood opinión ol' theuiselveí", bat tliey manifest it in such a way as n far (rom mak ing thrm diif,'reeable. l'erhaps they talk a Hule too much about themsclves and their wondert'ul performances, and still tlie liitcner is interested and attrnctcd rather than rcpdled. Tbfl man who bit done nothing that i.s DOt wort li doing boctmics tedious when lie tnlksot hiniself', Imt when onc has made gome real invenüon or dbooverod aoything wundorl'u!, vv cxplorcd any rare line oí'study, or accompliitlicd a grund unoceas in the line of' practical business, we likc to hoar all about the matter, just how ie did it, and what perooal resuhs t hm itougbt to him. What looks like sell'conceit may bc at'ter ill only the overflow of animal spirits. One who ia perfectly sound in mind a'id body uay be exected to carry his head a liltle liüher than otiier peujile, and walk with a somewliat ruore pretentieus ireaci. Sidney Siuith has t-aid tliat ho thought L'llritians u i?enural were not gratclul unoilKÜ lor the tii't of personal vanity. We presume that ie had in mind tlie natural exuberance wliich makes a man satixfied with huiiself' and evcrything about him. Who does not irefer the society ot' suoh perrons rathor han those who show their conueit by never eeuiing to be satisfied with anything? There are fonns of conceit of whieh we lave nothing extenuating to say. The worst ot' these appcars in the habit of labitually de])rceiating others. In doing his the detractor is all the time proclaimug to the world, "I am not as other men re. Just look at me I I have never fallen s these people have." I'erhaps not outwardly. Home people are never content to icar an ilusión to the good deeds or the right sayings of others without ealling atention to soine corresponding exploit of heir own. Conoeited people will also ïanage by a cerlain udruitnos, to givc uch a turn to couvtr.satiou as will enable beui to bring in some remiudcr of their wn prowess- oblivious of the fact that liey have told the pauje story to the same copie a dozen times or more. "John Withelno, of South liranch, "on ie plains" has raised tlijs year in his garen 1 rutabaga, 2i feet in circunjferenoe, weight 15 lbs.; 1 white globe turnip, 2 feet 0 inches incircuuiference, weight 13 j Ib., carrot, 8J inches in circurofcrenee, 3 feet nd 1 inch long. Tliis effectually contraicts the statement that nothing can be aised on the plain. N. I). Ford raiscd 00 bushcln of carrots on 1-5 of an acre, on and that had been crqpped 6 years withut the u:-e of any fertilizers. There is yet 5overnment land in this town, and stuiu) ands are selling at 50 cents per aere." -

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News