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1820. MAY 31.
Deontology
In the other case – in the case where no other
persons are present – if imprudence, in this shape, is
committed, ill humour – anger – is apt to be the cause.
By the antisocial passion the joint force of the self regarding
and the social affections is overborne: weakness
presents itself to him under the garb of merit: he
fancies himself to be displaying strength, when, in fact,
he is betraying weakness.
A case, not absolutely impossible or unexampled,
is – that, by this display of hostility in a case where obsequiousness
is not only more advisable but more
common, the inferior, they entertains a hope of raising
himself in the estimation of the superior; and, where
that hope may even be attended with success have its followed by examples present. But the
experiment is a hazardous one, and requires no small
degree of skill and attention to be formed with success. performed. made a successful one.
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